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45. St Vincent Street Ladywood, Birmingham

44. The Goal Post Cafe. 1970s 170 Winson Green Road. Thanks John.

43. Winson Green Road. Late 1970s

41. Mount Street Recreation Ground July 1985

40. Photilities Perry Barr Mr Vic Bird (called "Dicky" by his customers) and his son, Graham, ran Photilities, a photographic supplies shop in Wheeler Street, Lozells until its demolition in the 1960s. Vic moved his shop here, on the corner of Leslie Road and Willmore Road just off the...

39. Street party. 1977 This was a street party in Brantley Road to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.

38. Manor Road Witton The back of houses in Manor Road, Witton, photographed from the ramp to the railway station. The structure in the foreground is an Anderson shelter, an air raid shelter from WWII. These houses have since been demolished to make room for a car park.

37. Village Road Witton

36. Holte Road/Station Road junction The Aston Villa football ground is visible over the houses. May 1979

35. Serpentine Road Witton. 1980s The spire belongs to Aston Parish Church.

33. Aston Park. 1970s Aston Park in the snow, one of Aston Hall's Lodges in the background

31. Holte Road Aston. 1978 These houses are diagonally opposite Villa Park at the Holte end. Aston Park (the grounds of Aston Hall) is visible in the distance. 32. The Holte Hotel Aston.1970s Witton Lane. Off the picture, left, is Aston Villa F.C's ground, Villa Park

29. Bevington Road Aston All of the houses on this road were demolished a couple of decades ago. The Council was in a great hurry to move everyone out and flatten the houses, but the grassed over area that was left had yet to be built upon when last I looked in 2008. Two photos of the backs...

28. Aston's former Asda This was the Asda Supermarket in The Serpentine Grounds, where Pat Collins' Onion Fair used to be held up until the mid 1970s. This shop closed when the Asda store was opened at One-Stop, Perry Barr. The site seems now only to be used once a fortnight in the winter...

27. Witton Road A few yards nearer to Mansfield Road than the previous photo.

26. Witton Road grocers Witton Road between the junctions of Lodge Road and Mansfield Road. The second shop down used to be Claremont Bakery and my grandmother, an avid breadmaker, used to prevail upon them to sell her some yeast. These shops have all been since replaced by bland modern housing.

24. Witton Road Witton Road taken from the platform of Witton Railway Station. ... opposite the railway station. The same shops as the previous photo but this was taken at ground level and at a different time and so the shop owners are different.

20. Mansfield Road Aston undergoing demolition. There are new houses there today. at its junction with Albert Road. Urban Renewal saved these buildings but the couple of shops have reverted to houses. As a child, I once bought a bag of marbles from one of them. Thanks Gerry. All this...

19. Mansfield Road. May 1979 The junction of Mansfield Road and Witton Road. The Guild public house is visible at extreme right and the tower of the Catholic church is beyond it. The right hand side of Witton Road hasn't changed much but all of the buildings on the left have been swept away and...

18. Witton Square at night 1960s Taken from the pavement opposite the Tram Depot