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Hi, Meads did sell Regent Petrol for a time , I worked in Slims and they used to have their cars and vans serviced there. One day when I was unloading the Bedford CA Van at the back of Slims after coming back from the Fruit and Veg Market in Birmingham, I reversed over a manhole cover, which...

Sad to hear that John Lodge has passed away, he was great in The Moody Blues, along side Justin Haywood, didn,t they have a record shop in Birmingham at one time?

Willis Shop and Petrol Station at the bottom of Beacon Hill , Opposite where the Foley arms is now. We used to catch the bus to Walsall up the Beacon Hill.

Picture of Post Office Opposite Hardwick arms , I used to go there, when I was at school at Blackwood Road to collect my mums family allowance in the 1960s. The Melbourne stores was opposite and used to have a mobile shop on a single decker bus , which used to tour the new estates.

Spent a Quite a few lunch times and evenings in the Buccaneer Pub, under the watchfull eye of Mrs White ,the landlady, who ran the pub with her husband, I left my keys on the table one night, went back at 1.00am and she told me to come back the next day. Luckily for me her husband passed them...

Thanks for your interest and reply, I have plenty more memories to share about Growing up in Streetly with Sutton Park and Barr Beacon on our doorstep.

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Hi Chris , I have recently joined the forum and have enjoyed reading about members the memories of Streetly, we moved there in 1957, onto the 'New' Cottage Farm Estate, after living in Hockley Birmingham by the Joseph Lucas Factory. I was 4 years old when we moved into Planetree Road, and have...

Hi , as children, living in Streetly, back in the 1960s we would look forward to our Aunty April taking us to Lucas Sports, every summer , a massive annual event held at the Lucas Sports Ground for all of Lucas Employees to take part in and enjoy, it was near the Boars Head , on the way to...