Barry, your name rings a bell. what number Glendon Road were you at? Were you in the first "lollipop" on our side, a couple of houses around from the house that had the green McAlpines trucks out front (maybe the Leas? All of the "modern" houses from that circle down had nice front gardens and the back gardens had the lane at the rear that faced the old orchards on Streetly Road.
You'd be a few years older than us, but your name is still familiar. I remember the Heaths (Tony? and another brother Philip?) at the corner of Ilstead Road
On the opposite side was the fella who rode Jawas and Ariel motorcycles and drove an read old MC TC.
I grew up at # 58 from 1953, when I was a year old until I immigrated to Canada in 1974, right across from the Cadbys, Alfie, Paul and their sister. I hung out mostly with Colin Mills who lived with his Grandparents the Bayliss family and his cousin Philip Reynolds.
We lived next to Norman Goodman and his Mom and Dad. His Dad George Snr, rode sidecar outfits for years, then switched to Reliants. I heard that he died in one on a trip. Their son Georgie had gone off the Australia and New Zealand, then returned before I made my exit. Last I heard of Norman was that he was a Jaguar test driver, but he would be retired now.
Martin Smith