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Do you have any photographs of it, by any chance, that you'd be willing to post? Thanks.

Nice that you remember them, Carol. Sadly, my friend Denise died last year but her brothers David and Glynn, who were also born in Malthouse Lane, are still living in Alum Rock. I would love to see a photograph! Thanks for making contact.

Hi Carol, thanks for commenting. My friend was Denise Walker; they lived in one of the very old terraced houses on Malthouse Lane itself. They lived there with Denise's grandmother; the Walkers had lived there many years. The grandfather had been an air-raid warden in the World War II and was...

Oh, it'd be great if you had one! I have discovered that there is one photo of Malthouse Lane, circa mid-60s, in the Birmingham Archives at Central Library. I will try to call in to view it sometime. You can photograph what they have but for personal use only, though if this is a good pic I...

Yes, unfortunately it does seem to have done. A lot of the surrounding old housing stock is still there, though, it seems - on Washwood Heath Rd, Wright Rd and Highfield Road etc - though I haven't actually walked around there in a very long time. We lived in Tarry Rd, which ran off the Alum...

Definitely. And it was a fantastic shop, too. He'd get hold of anything you needed.

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Ah, yes, Alberta! I remember the old police station and the off license (which I recall as one of those which had the old brass pumps and served customers who brought in their own jugs!). We used to go in there for dandelion and burdoch pop. I have some great memories of the bit of Washwood...

Thank you very much. That map is brilliant and I shall be sending for a copy!

Does anyone have any old photographs/historical info re Malthouse Lane (Alum Rock/Washwood Heath/Ward End) prior to it being redeveloped in the 1970s/80s, please? In my childhood in the early sixties it was a place I frequently went to as my little schoolfriend lived in one of the old Victorian...

I found this one image online. I presume this is the same place,,, it seems it was in continuous use from 1895,

Yes; I have been unable to open the links as well. They are no longer current, it seems.