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A knitted base ball cap? Peak to the front I do hope! A cap was part of my school uniform fairly rigorously enforced. I can't remember my grandfather out without a hat, cap or trilby even a very smart one in hand on his wedding day but I don't recall my father or his siblings wearing a hat. I've...

I went to a football match on Saturday, I wore a cap, it kept the sun out of my eyes.

I'm rewatching the wonderful series "Full Steam Ahead" as a box set on PBS America (see British History). Well worth a watch or re-watch if you want to learn how railways facilitated the industrial revolution. Wonder how the railways were built with shovel and spade in relative view years...

The statue is a Saxon King by John Mckenna But why is it there, who paid for it etc. What's the story?

Shows how little traffic there was in 1930's to off load passengers in the middle of a traffic island. Apart from the trams that were discontinued in 1937 this view is as I remember it the mid-1940's. Notice the bus behind the tram, No1 to Moseley.

Erdington born Moody Blues lead singer John Lodge passed away aged 82

Lyn, is that to the rear of "The Rose & Crown"?

It might come as a surprise that the school cook had to submit her week's recipes to "the office" and each day's menus had to show a balanced content, carbs, greens etc.

Can't really remember her dates but I think just before your time, I think around 1952 at Blakenhale and 1958 at Central before moving on to Oldknow Rd.

Rest in peace, my friend.

I recall making arrangements for a young lady with special needs to be taken to this unit from N Devon. This would have been around 2008 when I was working for South West Ambulance.

Thank you so much for the reply, in all honesty I don't remember. The classes were at Stone Hall in Acocks Green, he introduced us to the work of Ansel Adams, and to the value of sheet of black paper when glass or silver needs to be photographed!

Way back in 1970's I went to a lecture. "O" Level photography, by an industrial photographer amongst many other subjects he showed a series of shots of the construction of those windows of the rep I was impressed with the steel structure which was then encased in concrete, almost a work of art...

The school clinic where I had to go in 1940's The dreaded gas!

Travelled on 66 daily 1970-80 ie time of your picture to and from work it went past Gosta Green tech and then straight out along Lichfield Rd.

Have you a record of the name of the farm mentioned, my mom went to that school from around 1927, as did I much later!

Pastel chalks perhaps.

My favourite place as a nipper was on the embankment opposite the end of Tyseley Lane on the Warwick Road.

Even getting quite a few bees now, mid September, flowers on ivy proving particularly attractive. Mahonia will usually keep them interested later in the year.

Despite going backwards and forwards along the 11 route for many years school then work, bus, cycling then driving I never realised that Southam Rd went left AND right of Colebank Rd.