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Miss Lingen a wonderful maths teacher. I had her for o level maths in 1974/5

I was looking around for someone who started Marsh Hill at the same time as me in 1969 and there I find in the same post Debbie and Janice who were my friends. We hung around together as we enjoyed sports. I was better at Rounders than Netball. I also went through swimming and athletics...

Interesting - Fred Fisher is from Cirencester and run the shop in 1921. Prior to that he ran a baker/confectioner shop in Station Rd, Erdington in 1911, Gravelly Hill in 1901 and Holte Rd 1891 Listed as a Baker in every census. I wonder if he was acquiring shops . Maybe a descendent of this...

By1968 The Geach Arms had gone and we had moved from William St Lozells to a new house off Geach St. this is the first time I knew of a connection here. My family never talked about it so I don’t think they knew. It’s going into my new photo book Who Do You Think You Are! Amazingly my GF must...

It makes sense that it was a shop as in the census my ancestors family were bakers.

In 1901 she lived at 218 Summer Lane. On the census the entries before are Geach Arms and 210. Across the road it appears to be 223 Corner Cowper St as the entry. Suggesting that Geach Arms is on the even side ( but having done the census I know numbering order of houses is not always logical)

I was researching this church. The original St Francis church is next door and is now a convent. They built the ‘new’ church(pictured above) in response to a growing congregation

I made use of the free Census 21 access this weekend (remembrance weekend) and discovered that my great grandmother lived next door to the Geach Arms on Summer Lane side. Her remaining family at home were now bakers. My GGM lived in many streets over the years around here. Great Barr St, Gt...

Hi Bona - you would have been in William St the same time as me. The games and places you described are exactly the same as my memories. I went to Alma St. Did the go cart fun on furnace lane in the summer and sledging in the winter. We were a family of 7 so you must have gone to school with one...

Hi Lyn We have communicated before. I had to set up my membership again. Not sure why. You sent me these photos by email many years ago.

The picture here is 102 William St. Two of the children being my sisters. I notice your name Turley is the same name as the landlord of the Alma Tavern. My family were close friends with them. I went to school with Jackie before the Turleys moved in the slum clearances.

This is my house 102 where the lady is walking past. We were still living there whilst all around was being demolished. The houses either side were eventually knocked down before we were allocated a 4 bed new house in Newtown with indoor bathroom. 2 toilets and a kitchen. A palace! That was in 1967