Thanks for the welcome, I have lots of good childhood memories of William street I left in 1966 to move to Erdington when I was 16 I was born in a back to back house in Brealey Street Hockley then moved to William Street as a young baby/toddler. Looking forward to hearing from anyone who lived in the street as a kid. I always had a big grin on my face when my mom used to give me a penny when doing jobs for her in our busy household and I’d run down to the sweet shop a few doors down from our house and ask for the sweet tray to select some yummy delights as that penny gave you a good choice of sweet things off that magical sweetie tray I used to gaze in that sweet shop window everyday at all the yummy things on display. I worked hard to get my penny reward as I was the only girl in the house and the boys just made a mess and went out playing leaving me to keep house tidy ready for our stern father to come home from work.
