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Hi all. My wife lived at 351 Witton Rd in the 1950s and by climbing the fence at the end of her garden she said she had a clear view of the Barracks. Regards Acklam19.

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Hi all when I lived in Castle Bromwich on the late 50s and 60s I used to catch the 56 bus into town which went through Vauxhall and when it got to Belmont Row one conductress who was a real character used to shout Vauxhall Gardens and it always raised a laugh as anyone who can remember what it...

Hi all photo no 4 is where Herbert Rd meets Coventry Rd next to the bus garage in my day 1940/50s it was a shop that produced mainly mirrors for the home.regards Acklam19

Hi all. In the late 40 and 50s one of the highlights of the week for us kids was to watch the unloading of the animals at Bywaters which I think took place on a Sunday because they blocked the Coventry Rd to get the right angle for the lorry ramp, sometimes one would escape and send us all...

Hi Brummie. Yes you are correct with your siteing of the bus depot it was next to Lyons and took up most of the bend in Liverpool St. The gas works you refer to is where Liverpool St ends and joins what I think is Glover St and is facing the junction, I have spent many hours in that queue also...

hi brummie. I worked on the then Lyons bakery building on the corner of Liverpool St in 1955 and you certainly knew when the bone factory was in action, being on the top lft of the scaffold you got the full blast which you took home in your hair and clothes I cannot imagine how the workers got...

Hi Tinpot. I was born at 8 back 90 Arthur St in 1939 so would been surrounded by the same sights as Elsie May saw in her letter as the old yard had not changed much even then. Our house was exactly as she described which was home to us five children and mom and dad , we left there in 1956...

hi all. While carrying out a large decorating contract at Davenports Brewery Bath Row we were supplied with Ryland undercoat and gloss which turned out to be no good for the job in hand l complained to my boss and he said l will see what Rylands have to say. Next day much to my surprise he...

Hi Michael just to say its a pity your parents and family left when they did as the club built a superb concert room at the rear complete with a very nice stewards flat above.I did quite a bit of building repairs there over the years I was a member working through the club's money man George...

Hi mws. Nellie (Ellen) Baxter was born in Wolverhampton in about 1867 her father was George Platt 1821 and was a coal dealer living at 57 Salop Street her mother was Emma and can be found on the 1851,61,71 and 81 census. Regards Acklam19

Hi Michael. I lived in St Benidicts Rd from 1963 to 1976 but the Cov end No 3. I was a member of the Bordesley Labour club for about 15 years, the steward in those days was Alan Green and his wife, the chairman was Jack Danter the father of my best friend Alan I have many happy memories of the...

Hi Boatwoman. My family tree includes many Brummie boatmen from 1850 to 1930 they seemed to live mainly in the Bordesley area near to the Wharf. Most of their B M D were at St Gabriels Barn St or at St James the Less in Ashted which were almost Boatman churchs so you may find some of your people...

Hi Lady wood1. Just to say how interesting your post was after all this time. My interest was in James Mole who became a publican after returning from Queensland Australia with his wife and children in about 1900, can you imagine the culture shock after those sunny days in Oz to be in his first...

Hi Jim & Annie. Thank you both for the photo and info it makes my memories a little more clear. The family name of the caretakers was Baldwin but I think they may have left by the middle fifties. Many thanks Acklam19.

Hi All. my grandparents lived in Victoria Street in the late 40s early 50s, it was a large Victorian looking building with a very big garden looking at the map it looks as though it is to the left of the Baptist church but I can not remember the number.When I visited them I would rush up to the...

Hi all great picture of Bordesley Palace , my mom met my dad there in the 1930s she said she hated him at first sight because he had bright Ginger hair and of course the rest is history. When we were kids in the 1950s we always called ln there with our gang on our walk to the city centre as it...

Hi all I as a lifetime non smoker I can still recall when l was working that the carpenters on site favoured the Woodbine packet as they reckoned if they put it behind a door hinge it would just do enough to make a door hang correctly on the event of snags Acklam19

Hi all. I remember Jenkins St school as an adventure playground after the war ,we would get in through one of the smashed windows and climb over all the rubble and broken desks, on reflection we were lucky to get away with it as some of lnterior walls were very dodgy. My younger sisters went...