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Thank you, both.

You on the right? Just remind me, were their houses to the left in the picture or factories? As regards the train, I have seen it mentioned elsewhere, although, as I say, I don't recall ever seeing it.

Footnote: The very last house (I think) was occupied by a man and his son, the Smiths. They were South African. The son's name was Hilton, went to Yardley Grammar and was good friends with my brother, Mark. Happy days!

Wow! That picture brings back memories, If I remember correctly, Arthur Terrace was fronted by a cobbled area. My dad knew Jimmy Parker better than I did, as he was a number of years older than me. He used to drink in the Redhill and Bulls Head. Often! There was a story, perhaps apocryphal) that...

Hello, I knew Arthur Road well, and was friendly with one or two lads who lived there. I recall the Sargant's and the Parkers. I don't remember the paper shop where you worked, although there was one further down Hay Mills, on the other side of Berkley Road. Roughly where you talk about, there...

A brief postscript to the above: the name of the furniture store I mentioned came to me whilst I was in the shower! Mckennas.

Thank you. I've seen this picture previously, but not such a clear re-production. If anyone is interested (If not, desist from reading any further) I can sketch in a few details about how the above scene looked when I was growing up during the late fifties until the mid sixties. The shop on the...

They are. Thank you. I lived just down from them, on the opposite side of Coventry Road and actually recall them being demolished in, I think, the mid- sixties. Adjacent to them, running down to a terrace of large houses, was a stretch of waste land. A playground for we kids! All gone now, alas.

Is there anyone out there who is able to recall the pair of cottages on the Coventry Road, almost, but not quite, facing the Post Office and Redhill Cafe? They were separated from BRS depot, by gates and pathway leading to the allotments that ran over the back and down to Amington Road, then...

Actually, the surgery was on the corner of Geraldine Road. It was demolished sometime, I think during the nineties and became a car park, accommodating the staff vehicles of Bristol Street Motors. A wonderful example of council sanctioned vandalism!. The building you referred to on the corner of...

This building still stands. Just about!