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Thats the shop I was thinking about I remember seeing a different view of it when the buses were diverted because of building the underpass in high st

That barber went to prison

There was a site in gerrard st that was close to the pub and in the 50/60s had a car repair garage on it used to lie back from the road. I would think that would it by the numbers

There was a family named roper that lived in wheeler st

That was a shop in the 1960s it was always just empty but it was opened up if I remember right as a second hand shop I have seen a photo of it I will have a look to see if I can find it no 67

Goodness it is a small world yes I know Des died last year and I know louise she worked at the hotel as well . Yes I would like to be your face book friend ,my married name is gamwell so if you contact me then I accept is that how it works. As I said before Im bit hopeless with these things...

Sorry to hear about your moms sister !thats so sad both myself and my husband was in a serious head on accident in 1998 its just terrible lifes never the same again.but we did survive to see our grandchildren so we are gratefull for that. My daughter s name is Joanne Gamwell shes 42 in a couple...

Hi again my husbands brother used to live in greenholm rd no 115 a few yrs ago now they moved to blakeland rd after just round the corner small world did you go to the great barr comp as my own children did my daughter was born 1975 so your quite close in age that would be strange if you know...

I Have only just seen this message so I dont really know what you want to know but I grew up in furnace lane the centre part right on the highest point so if I can help you with anything let me know. Margaret

I cant believe after all these years that I have heard Ritas name twice the other was a grandson of the lady who had the shop next door to your moms .I have lived also in Great Barr for the last 47 yrs first in Fowlmere rd and now we live on the Pear Tree estate where abouts are you . Tell her...

I remember Rita we were quite good friends her mom and dad had the wallpaper shop in alma st

Thank you for finding the photos they bring so many memories back where did you get them they are the best as it looks how it did in my childhood not all derelict. 1 Clifford St to gerrard st 2 same but right at the highest point of the hill ( this is right outside my house ) 3 porch ester...

The building that I think was the roller rink was by six ways past chain walk opposit gower St school,I would have thought that site by Wilton St was prehaps the site of the picture house and ice rink as the house of Holland used to be there and a row of shops that were built after the war but...

I think the roller rink on the lozells rd ,was in the 1950s as a .co op shop and it was six ways end and by the royal oak pub it was mentioned in a book called up a terrace in Aston and lozells and it was a low flat building similar to this one in the photo if I remember right it had railing at...

Dear Mary Pictures are great you have a good view of the terrace from your photos,was that your cat or was it ours if it was his name was Horace All the best Margaret

Dear Lynn Sorry if I am confusing you the 4 that you posted of the lane it's the second one taken from gower st looking. Straight over gerrard st and up to our part of the lane where the wall of the large high building Jutes out that's was opposite our front garden gate hope that makes it...

Dear rupert I have just been reading your message and I love the maps I think you are getting the direction wrong the house as you see in the drawings was west to east the right hand side is where the lane ran the gate was in my back garden and ran pararal with gerrard street it had been...

Just noticed the other photos no 3 was taken from gower st to gerrard st as the wall Jutes out that's were our front gate was opposite it ,that has bought back memories where did you find these I've never seen these before Margaret

Dear Lynn Thank you for putting the pictures on the site people do seem to be interested I am really pleased.this one of the lane was taken standing more or less on the corner of the front edge of the house as you look at the drawing looking down towards Clifford st the houses that you can see...

Rupert From all my studying of the house over the years the house came first if you look at maps. It was mostly fields and meadows the picture on the. Aston furnace site shows how the land slopes down towards summer lane the house stood on the top of the hill in the middle section of furnace...