I also remember a very pleasant cafe in Needless Alley, but a bit later, probably about 1962 to 1967. My mother used to take me there while she hauled me around Birmingham on her shopping trips. I can't recall its name but if anybody has any ideas to suggest I am sure I would recognise its name. I do recall that it was a bit ahead of its time, offering food and drink in a way that had not been done previously in Birmingham (what you might call "avant garde"). Then to add to the nostalgia, I can still hear in my head the cacophony of roosting starlings and I can still smell in my head the charcoal-fired chestnut and potato roaster man on the corner of New Street and Stephenson Street as we left Birmingham to catch the train home. Happy days.