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I can remember the church quite well, I used to pass it on the number 16 bus to town going to work. Strange but I can't really recollect it actually being demolished!

I know what you mean but at least the building has survived. I've never been inside but am very familiar with the place as I used to work part-time at the old Ikon Gallery when they were in John Bright Street.

The Futurist Cinema in John Bright Street has been given Grade 2 listed status... An old Birmingham cinema that spent years as a strip club and shisha bar has been granted Grade II listed status. The Futurist, on John Bright Street, has been listed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...

Hope all goes well today Warren. Thinking of your Dad, you and your family.

A different opinion on Druid's Heath there then!!

Re Barr Beacon, the Aldridge History website says this.... The name Barr Beacon was first referred to as such in documents of the 17th century, although the name Barr is almost certainly derived from the Celtic “barra”, meaning summit. Early antiquarians thought this to be a centre for Druidic...

Druid's Well is mentioned as a possibility as per Google.

According to a Google search, there is no direct evidence of significant druidic presence in Warwickshire during the Roman period but there are several locations with potential ties.. Evidence of Possible Druidic Sites: Holy Wells: Many holy wells, such as Druid's Well in Sutton Coldfield and...

That was Hirons Nursery Gardens wasn't it, went in there a few times as my parents used to buy plants for the garden from them.

Very interesting! I see that one of their premises was at 54 Soho Road, that is now the Sikh Gurdwara building and was formerly a Polish club for those men who stayed in the UK after WW2 I remember my Dad telling me?

Happy Birthday!

There's a thread in our buses section about the first lady driver in Birmingham ... BCT's First Lady. It doesn't say the year but I know the first lady driver in London was in 1974. There were of course some lady drivers during the war.

Is that the Edgbaston Wellington Road they mean as a suggestion, not the Handsworth/Perry Barr one? More likely I guess.

Ah thanks...yes, I think we are probably right!

Not the same building, this photograph by William Dargue was the Mackadown pub I remember ( now demolished, a Lidl now occupies the space)...

Thanks, not heard that word before!

I wonder if it was actually the Mackadown pub the band played at? I know bands played there in the mid/late 60s as I went there a couple of times.

Sounds great! No, I like subtitles, always rather see films with them than the dubbed versions. I like Jackie Chan too and also Jet Li. Going off topic a bit now but I've seen the Shaolin Monks performing at theatres in London twice - amazing!

Yes, that was very sad. The films might seem a bit corny but he was an amazing athlete. Interesting life too, he was also a good dancer and was a Cha Cha champion back in Hong Kong when he was younger!

Happy Birthday!