Blitz casualties

[Godber]

robind, I still visit the area occasionally and if possible next time I’ll get some photos of the pond and what used to be the bowling green. The last time I was there I bought roe and chips from the chippy at the top Allens Croft Road, then drove to Shalnecote Grove intending to sit at the top of Dawberry Fields with my wife to eat them in the sunshine. When I arrived it was badly overgrown and looked a mess, yet even in the ‘70s and ‘80s it was properly maintained. It seems these days you really don’t get what you pay for.

By the way, there were plans to build houses on the old allotments a short while ago so that whole area may soon disappear.

Social housing scheme 'imposed' on community overturned

One councillor said he felt 'gas lit'

www.birminghammail.co.uk

https://bforumnew.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/6638d-land-at-dawberry-fields-road-consultation-boards-final.pdf

 

[robind]

Thanks for the link Godber. To be honest, when I first started looking at my photographs, maps and aerial views behind W/Moor, I did wonder why it hadn't been built up. Hope you can get some pictures, possibly winter time when the vegetation will be at its least, before it disappears.