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Here is a sketch of New street in 1817 from the short-lived publication The Birmingham Inspector, which only lasted 8 months. The...

Here is a sketch of New street in 1817 from the short-lived publication The Birmingham Inspector, which only lasted 8 months. The...

Whilst still awaiting the tram commencing the site has become more accessible And when it opens it will be a short walk to a real ale...

Here is my potted history of the Union Glass Works, Dartmouth Street, Birmingham. All of the characters referenced are documented in the...

I am in this picture, 3 to your left next to someone who I think was called Valentine zEynon

That clinic was where you had to go if you didn't have a dentist. It was indeed dreaded! We took the no.29 bus over to Handsworth where...

Thanks for there amazing photos - and memories!Our first telephone number was SPR3449. In the 40s I lived at 1004 Stratford Road, on...

Branch #8 of the Co-op on Stratford Road where the ladies department was at #384 Stratford Road and the men's department was on the...

A photo of the H G Turner shop at 836 Stratford Road, Springfield dated 1950s. I remember going in the shop in the mid-1960s to buy...

Springfield became the terminus for the Sparkhill steam tram service on 5 May 1899, when the service was extended down the Stratford...

True. I didn't mind being called bab. It made me smile for the rest of the day. They don't much use "darling" down here my lurver.