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Thanks so much Rob. The old memory hasn't gone then!

Thanks Mike. I think it was you who posted a 1953 map of the same area for me a long time ago. Interesting to see that Abbey Place is there on the 1889 map..

I've always loved this photo, and its great to be able to place it on the map - with No 40 shown! What year would the map be? I ask because my first job from school was at Harry Astbury Electrical Engineers in 1954, they were at Abbey Place and I can see it on this map. The number if I...

My friend had a Morrison shelter in her family's breakfast room. I can remember playing in it after the war, and her Anderson shelter in the garden.

I should also have mentioned that the original Ionic pillars at the entrance door were sadly knocked down by a delivery van reversing into them during the First World War, and you can see the remains of them either side of the cherry tree at the front of the lawn.

Interesting to see the photos again of my old home. I can tell you that the top two photos in Viv's post #115 were taken in September 1927 when the house was a hotel run by Clifford Thomas. My grandparents had bought the house and were running it as a hotel by 1929, and later my parents took...

Here is a map from 1889, showing Spring Road (Spring Row on 1861 census), together with Spring Row, and the Ivy House Pub on the corner of Soho Street at the bottom of the map.

I've always liked this photo of the Ivy House because about 20 years earlier in 1861, my 3 x gt.grandmother, Emelia Mackain, was living just up that road to the right. It was then called Summer Row and Emelia lived along there in Spring Row. The main road was then called Soho Street.

Wonderful! Thank you John. It is great to see where the Court was. It looks as though Courts 26 and 27 were combined. I never knew exactly where it was before!! Much appreciated. Judy

The name is William Hanson or his sons George and Samuel.

Hi John - would you be able to show Court 26 in Gt Russell Street on that map? My 2 x Gt.Grandparents lived there from about 1851 until after 1871. Fingers crossed! Thanks Judy

I always knew it as the Edgbaston cinema in Monument Road. I remember seeing Patrick Boone in Friendly Persuasion there in about 1957/1958

I remember being one of a few girls invited to see the Coronation on my headmistress's 12" television. She was the only person I knew that had one! My school was Soho College in Handsworth, and my headmistress - Dorothy Courbet - lived in the building which was just round the corner from where...

I used to go to the Plaza in the mid 50s!

For Dynamike! Here's the middle section of a panoramic school photo taken in 1949 of Soho College. I am sitting second from left cross legged in front of the teachers and head girl!

I wish I could help but the name is not familiar to me, although I might have known your mother by sight as we would both have been at Soho College at the same time. Ann would have been in the year above me. Judy

Thank you Dave. I can remember going in there a couple of times with my boyfriend at the time, and like you say, it's got to be about 60 years ago!!! Judy

This is part of a school photograph taken of the whole school in 1949. The photo of all of the pupils and staff of Soho College, was taken in the ground in front of the scout hut at St Michael's Church, which just just along from the church in Soho Avenue. I am the little girl seated cross...

Thank you for this pmjburns. Yes Frank did move to Dover and was running the Lord Nelson Public House from 1932 until 1940 and his wife was Mary. As I said in my reply to Chris, since my original post I have managed to find out a lot more about him and have slowly unravelled most of the...