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Yes, I should have been more clear. The men and boys did have time to change and are in their Sunday best. Indeed, it was was probably taken on a Sunday as they were not at the factory, Bulpitt's. I can hardly imagine my grandmother welcoming a stranger to take a photo, particularly in her old...

Many thanks for tidying it up!

I should have said: St Voncent's St, Ladywood.

All the photos I have of my family before 1930 were either taken in studios or by itinerant photographers, who would set up there tripods in the streets and develop pictures in a few minutes. Many pictures were taken at doorsteps in good weather. They also worked in parks, at beaches and other...

Mike, Lyn. Many thanks. Trying to situate my memories on the map. Yea, the old tin bath... Did many people use Sparkhill public baths for a weekly clean-up? I was in North Korea and saw a long quere near the swimming pool we had been taken to see synchronised swimming. I asked the guide, and he...

I lived at 4 back of 52 for the first 3 years of my life, from 1956 to 1959, and have vague memories of the courtyard house, one up, one down, with an attic at the top. Does anyone have an idea of the size of the rooms? I remember we had no bathroom of toilet. Was this also the case for the...

Does anyone know where the Monkey Run in old Ladywood was? Maybe Monument Road, by the Palais de Danse?

Many thanks, I think competition was considerable!

My Uncle Albert Milton was the co-owner of a chain of View-Well TV rental stores from the mid-1950s to the mid 1960s in working class High Streets in Birmingham, Dudley Road for example. I believe he sold them to Rediffusion. Would anyone have any information? Many thanks, John Milton

My great-grandfather, Thomas Shaw, worked at Bulpitts & Sons as a brass stamper. I believe this may be a picture of the staff of the Spring Hill branch with the owners seated at the front. Thomas Shaw is in the middle row, on the right, next to his wife, Margaret Shaw, neé Hemming, beside his...