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I don't know what their sleeve patches are but they've obviously pulled them into view for the photo so must be proud of them.

an dar etryin g German or Greek Mike? :)

Sticking my nose in here again ;) We bought our first house in Birdbrook Road Great Barr from a Bennet family.

Yes MWS that's correct, in my tree (link in my last post) I have Sarah Gibson nee Terry, her parents were David Terry and Sarah Ann Horton 1816-1898. Sorry if it's caused confusion.

Sorry, as I said I haven't yet put that part of the information in my online tree but you can see up as far as I've got here: https://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-36093811/gibson

It's a step up in the tree I haven't completed yet Tuppence, I have the link from the Latter day saints site but haven put it in the tree yet.

Thomas Gibson's wife Sarah Terry, her parents David Terry and Sarah Ann Horton.

My great grandfather Thomas Gibson's wife's parents.

These in my tree, I knew the Horton name was in there somewhere.:) Female Sarah Ann Horton 1816–1898 • LBWM-4PL Spouse Male David Terry 1816–1881 • LB71-PHV

I think the one poking its nose out of the side street is a Mk 4 Jaguar from about 1945.

The Morris 8 in your pictures has a reg No close to my first Austin 10 which was BNP14 so a 1937 reg. The first pic is an Austin Big 7.

Having left Birmingham in 1965 looking at it now I think it's too late to save it.

My nephew drives for one of these companies the targets they have for daily deliveries makes it impossible to even stop and say hello to the recipients.

Thanks John, they're brother and sister both now in their mid-eighties and the photo was just found tucked away in a cupboard.

Please could one of the fixers take the white blemishes out of this photo.

When I worked for Brooklyn Garage in the early 1960s the son of one of our customers took his dad's Austin A60 out in the evening and at some time after midnight wrapped it round the corner pillars of the Beacon Motors showroom. He suffered multiple injuries and was touch and go for a while but...

The 2nd Lt G C Coughlin wouldn't be my granddad he was simply Charles and I'm pretty sure he was 'other ranks' not an officer but thanks for looking.

My recollection of the Renown is that they had inadequate thickness of metal around the steering box which needed reinforcing because the box tore out of its mounting., Repaired three of them back in the day.

It's today Viv, somehow got wrong way back 3-Feb-35 Thanks.

Thanks all for the greetings, Riding a bike round here at my age would be suicidal though. :)