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Hi again - just realised I've made a mistake it was Ralph Guest who lived in Allcroft. Sorry - a Senior moment! clive Guest lived in Lyncrofts d had an iron on one leg. After school he became a milkman and married a girl who lived three doors away from me called Carol Jackson a very pretty...

Hi craggy ken yes I remember them a all we were all at York road together. Clive lived at the other end of Allcroft to meand he had a sister Dianne and a younger brother Tony who worked later with my mom at Charles Hill in Cateswell Rd which became Rootes. Clive was quite a character. George...

Caggyken - no I went to York Road School in Hall green- then a year at College Road seniors when Miss Mason was Head - then King Edwards Grammar. School Handsworth.

Probably was the season for them also girls names beginning with 'j'. June Harrison my cousin lived at no.34. And went to College Rd school 1942 -1952 and Joy. Harrison was Mick Harrison's daughter - don't know where she went to school as she was a bit older than us.

Craggy ken-just realised that was another Harrison named Mick who lived at number 38 - he had a small business.

Formans Road memories- my aunt and uncle Ted and Nellie Harrison lived at number 34 for over 40yrs opposite the Mirror Laundry and I was born in Percy Road - five houses down from the outdoor at no. 332 in 1936 at my Grandmothers house. She was Sarah Allcock and this was the family home for over...

Thank you Chris - lots more stories to tell! Pathayward

We lived in Allcroft Rd and on the night of the raid we were in the shelter under The Midland Gearcase when the bombs came and the factory gas and water pipes were fractured and we had to leave the shelter. I was taken by the teenage daughter of a neighbour and we ran along the gully at the back...