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I walk my dog up this road every day. Visit Brookvale Park and Witton Lakes. Where the shop is it is houses, also a post office got no dates. The other side of the phone box is the entrance to the allotments. The post box is gone. In front the no 11 bus there is a pedestrian crossing...

It’s a beautiful church, I was christened there.

God bless RIP, condolences to her family.

Hi Lyn, it’s changed since I last saw it. Use to pass that way on the no.8 on my way to work.

Great photo’s Lyn, I enjoy seeing new photos I haven’t seen before. At the bottom of the road is that the Carnegie building and all the Jewellery buildings (Samuels). My sister worked down there.

Born at home 3rd November 1960, Porchester St, Aston. Joined BHF in Dec 2016, helpful people, great stories and wonderful pictures.

R.I.P Phil.

Happy 90th Birthday, have a wonderful day.

Great photo’s Lyn, working at Spring Hill, I use to attend a dentist on monument road. No 8 route. It’s like every where the changes with time. Thankful for historians and BHF.

Hi Lyn, Irene & John James are on your eroll for number 60 Porchester St. My parents are on the eroll number 60 I posted. Have I posted it on the wrong thread. How often do they update the eroll’s? Stay Safe Jackie

Hi Lyn, I have this one, would it be that it’s a later date. As on yours my parents name is not on it. I have the earlier people’s address.

R.I.P Bob

Hi Nico, it’s where the bombs had hit it. It’s deserted piece of ground that was full of rubble and small craters, a bomb sites ( later demolition sites). Children use to play on them.

This brings back memories, I was born in Porchester St. back to back in the 60s I remember going up the entry to the toilets where we all shared, there were plenty of spiders in there, squares of newspaper on a nail, for toilet roll. My sisters use to go to the bomb peck to collect wood for the...

Hi Lyn, I will do, I saw her at the funeral. But wasn’t aware she was on the Forum.

Hi Sharron, hope all is well. Yes we are cousins. Irene Elsie Evans was my grandmother, I met her I was very young. We use to visit her in the cotswolds. I have the postcard/wedding cards and news paper cutting of her and Charles since my father past away 16th January 2019. My father was your...

Wow love the your grandson Easter bonnet. So cute bless him.

If it was for you posting it I wouldn’t of known, very grateful for this and the BHF a brilliant site. I just wish I could get hold of some old photo’s.

Hi Lyn, it’s just like the photo of me at the Porchester Arms.

Great photo’s Lyn never seen Aston like that. Lovely to see all those shops.