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    King Edwards Grammar School Camp Hill

    I remember trying to play on the courts at the old school but there was no booking system and we were usually evicted by older boys. When we moved to Kings Heath there was a booking system but by then other interests had taken over. Google Earth shows one of the Camp Hill courts still in use...
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    King Edwards Grammar School Camp Hill

    Brings back memories. Can’t place Polly Bates’s companion. Could it have been Bert Blackshaw who taught German ?
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    King Edwards Grammar School Camp Hill

    E.J.(John) Davies
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    A visit to the Doctor.

    I went to Yarnfield School 1946- 1954. Dr K or Kaczmarska was a Polish doctor who , I think replaced Dr Essen. The surgery moved further up Spring Road towards Bowsteads paper shop. Dr K died in mysterious circumstances
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    King Edwards Grammar School Camp Hill

    Just came across this thread, so good to hear of names from the past, many almost forgotten. Sorry to hear of Johnny Cleak‘s death, can‘t be (m) any more masters left from my time there, 1954-1959.
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    Tyseley Farm/Hall

    When I lived in Hattersley Grove in the 40/50s, the land behind the houses at the head of the cul-de-sac was used as allotments. It was subsequently developed as Tean Close in the 70/80s. An old plan of the housing development in the 20s showed the outline of a moat where the allotments were...
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