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I've attached a pdf of an image from Google of the same piece of road. Not as enticing.......

It was and, as answered by Rob, was at no 4 though it was well down the road so the numbering was a little peculiar.

What a wonderful photo, thanks. It is from a time when, I suspect, the fastest thing on the road was horses. And, yes, Rob, I am pretty certain that the first shop on the right was what became Bennetts. Beyond these three shops there appears to be more houses which must have been demolished for...

I don't remember the stamps but then, we lived in station road between 1968 amd 1971, when I was aged 7-10, stamp-collecting wasn't something I was interested in.

By the way, my parents owned what was then known as The Lunch Box Cafe (no 30 Station Road).

Wonderful photo looking at the back of what was the picture house. Does anyone remember Mrs Bennett's shop which was about half way down Station Road and who sold sweets, small toys, some general household products and, coming up to Nov 5th, fireworks? It was a little emporium packed into what...

What a great photo which is so evocative of the 'village' as it was known then. The fact that there were tree on the island and so few cars around tells you much about how things have changed. The shops on the right were demolished in, I recall, 1973 to down to allow the building of the dreadful...

Vivienne, it is on the Aston University Campus and, as far as I am aware, has been there for many decades, the campus having been created in the 1950s from having demolished housing and factories to make way for the College of Technology, Birmingham. The film is good but I'd agree that it cuts...

I've been a bit preoccupied for the last couple of months so it's good to be back. Some wonderful pictures of a Birmingham that was disappearing fast during my childhood. Sincere thanks to Stevebhx. One regret I have is not having gone to see Snow Hill station before it and the hotel at the...

Brilliant photo of a long disappeared Birmingham. Obsession with cars and building the Inner Ring road was such a curse. What's interesting is to note the juxtaposition of housing and factories and warehousing which provided valuable local employment. The former may not have been of the high...

I've lived in Hall Green for 50 years so know these shops well. Here's what they look like now on Google Maps (I've yet to learn how to screenshot it so apologies)...

This is in the days when you got free gifts with petrol. I still remember collecting all the 1970 England World Cup squad coins that, I seem to recall, were mounted in a booklet. I note this station offers Green Shield Stamps. Takes me back to filling books for whatever item was needed. A bit of...

And, in the words of local hero Murray Walker, born on Reddings Lane, Hall Green just up the road from where I used to live, very close to where Nigel Mansell grew up, and who died recently, "unless I'm greatly mistaken", there is no building from that photo that still exists today. How much of...

The first picture in this link would indicated Alf is right: https://modernistpilgrimage.com/2017/09/17/the-rotunda-birmingham-b2/

Thanks, the map is very useful and I can see there was indeed a rail between New Street and the goods yard. I guess that yard would have existed to serve Gas Street for goods coming into Birmingham by Canal?

Thanks Bob. I was doing a bit of digging and found this link to a potted recent history of Suffolk Street which I found helpful (I suspect many will have seen it): https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/suffolk-street/

I had certaintly heard of old Matthew Boulton Tech but the West End Ballroom was a new one. Are there any photos? I'm trying to work out where this would have been taken precisely in contemporary terms. Is it likely that the goods yard is where the current Mailbox is? What's perplexing is that...

Once again, my mistake;) Thanks. On the subject of cinemas, the Warwick Bowl, which I went to on many, many occasions when we lived in Acocks Green, lasted longer than many but closed about 15-20 years ago. Interestingly, on the corner of Station Road where we lived, until the shopping centre...

A great shot which, when I checked on Googlemaps, doesn't not look that different now. (https://goo.gl/maps/pfKVNTYFUKx7NBDf9) The modern building in the distance is the Library. We moved from Acocks Green to Hall Green in 1971 and went to the school around the corner (Hall Green Bilateral as...

Thanks for the clarification. My mistake.