3rd attempt - each time I post it disappears !
Hello Pamela,
You are not far from me. I know the area well, and also Hughie & Bill Williets, having used their businesses several times. I have no idea about the house numbers, but I'll bet B'ham Council do ! You see most of the fields from Turf Pitts Ln, through Slade Ln, along to Withy Hill and out along Springfield Rd are designated B'ham Council Building lands. In my lifetime the estate at the Northern end of Slade Ln was built, and I'll put money on a few more houses appearing soon in the area.
My grandfather bought some 20 or so acres of scrubland called Middleton Heath in the late 20's after the sale of the Middleton Estate. Bounded in the North by the Bassett's Pole intersection & Pub, and on it's Southern side by a row of what he called the 'municipal' (Council built) houses, on this ground he kept pigs as a joint venture with a gentleman in No 1 Slade Ln. A track ran across it, (now Hill Ln), linking Fox Hill Ln to Coppice Ln into Middleton, crossing the A.453 Sutton Rd and A.446 London, (now Lichfield ) Rd. Being a builder and Driveway specialist, in the 30's he built an absolute BLOCKHOUSE of a Bungalow, (still there, No 45), at the Eastern end. Walls 3 feet thick of Engineering bricks & concrete, he knew war was coming ! As the years went by, he sold much of the land off as building plots, the last 1/2 acre going for £200 in 1955.
Now - ROUGHLEY - This is a corruption of the name "Ruffian's Den" .... In the 18th Century it was the hideout of all sorts of thieves. Tom King the highwayman was born at Stonnall and was a 'regular'. His best friend was Dick Turpin, and both were at Roughley at times. Bishop Vesey, in order to keep watch on the area, built 2 fortified houses at Cotty's Moor and Withy Hill. Many Thieves were caught in Slade Ln and area, tried and sentenced in Sutton, they were hung on Gibbets in Fox Hill as a warning to their comrades.
Hope that helps.... !