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Is the pub on the last one The Smiths Arms, which (I seem to remember) stood on the corner of Winson Green Rd. and either Norman St. or Peel St? It's now 'The Old Smithy' i believe. Or is it The Shakespeare, which was further up on the corner of Aberdeen St. (Or was it Heath St? .. told you my...

Thanks for these pics, Phil. And after all that, I don't remember many of the shops! The first one possibly shows the barbers where I used to try and get a Beatle cut! If so, I think that was further down, just past the nick. The only shops I remember are: Dykes the bicycle shop, Tong Kee, a...

Hi Eric, I'm Using Adobe Photoshop for my photo "messing about" :) Here's a slight tidy up of your mum's picture.

Thanks Mike... If you need any of the colours changing, give me a shout!

Ta Lyn.... I lived in Blackford Street... just up from the prison, but i'd be interested in pics of the shops that were opposite The Smiths Arms on Winson Green Road. Also Magdala St. Clinton St. Bryant St. Foundry Road School and Summerfield Park. (I bet you didn't expect such a list) {:o)...

They certainly are a fantastic set of photos from Ray. Almost makes me wish I was from Aston myself! I need someone to post a bunch of Winson Green pics. I don't seem to have any from my childhood.

Lyn, I'm assuming you meant without the little square

Lyn, it looks like 10 to me.. with a right angle painted around it to the left and bottom.

Ah, it appears they did catch him! https://www.real-crime.co.uk/Murder1/docbmen.htm#Byrne,%20Patrick

While researching this, I came across this on the Time Magazine site: https://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,894631,00.html Anyone remember it? And if they ever caught the perpetrator?

June 2 1962: Newsagent Thomas Bates was shot during a robbery in Lee Bank Road. Oswald Grey was convicted for murder and became the last person hanged for murder in Birmingham. (Len did all the work! :) )

Ray, this is a fantastic set of photos. Thanks very much for posting them. I hope you won't consider me too cheeky if I have a go at colour correcting some of the more faded (purpley) ones.

Another attempt... EDIT: added a colourised version. Don't know if the colours are correct, but they are easy enough to change.

Hooray for the Etch-a-Sketch!

I'm sure that The Parasol was on the corner of Hill St. and John Bright St. Did it turn into Sam Weller's or was that another pub next door? I think I spent virtually every night of the early/mid seventies in Bogarts.

Happy memories! YouTube - Watch With Mother - The Woodentops 1/2 (1958) YouTube - Watch with Mother - Rag, Tag and Bobtail (1957) pt 1

Hi Jean I thought I'd have a go at squaring this up! Can't get much more detail from the badge!

Another go...

Some great photos in this thread. Here's one of my dad, my younger brother and myself at Weston 1963ish... I always had to pull a face on holiday photos...it was the law! :D The other one is myself, my brother and a friend in Blackford St. Winson Green.

Here's a photo of the school... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barford_Road_School_Birmingham.jpg Also, a web page here with some old pupil pics: https://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/barfordroadschool.htm (from the 'Ladywood Past and Present' site)