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No idea, I'm afraid Dave. I would think that the NCB housing would continue for a long time after the mine closure. Nationally 170,000...

1887 map of Main Street. Comparing to a much later map which shows houses up to 72 (rest have gone) it looks as if back of 74 was what...

Yes, it must have been 86, and in 1969 it would have been James Hunt, greengrocer

I visited in 1961, Richard, for a coal board apprenticed career, we went underground , it seemed a very long way to me, they also told...

Happy memories of cycling from Small Heath to Wash Lane Stechford in the late 40s to take my Father's supper when he was on duty for...

I visited in 1961, Richard, for a coal board apprenticed career, we went underground , it seemed a very long way to me, they also told...

8 in my man cave The other 4 are going to be in the frontroom on a period Adams fire Place when i istall it over the winter

The house on Upper Sutton St, think it has to be no. 86, appears to be a shop of some kind. Not sure if those are a couple of bananas...

Happy memories of cycling from Small Heath to Wash Lane Stechford in the late 40s to take my Father's supper when he was on duty for...

The combined service in operation following a severe fire with casualties. The ambulance was always on stand-by at 5 pump fires or more...

Lingard Street Fire Station AI enabled from a poor B&W image. The station mascot usually a dog always seems to be present in this type...

1887 map of Main Street. Comparing to a much later map which shows houses up to 72 (rest have gone) it looks as if back of 74 was what...

Great, thank you, Janice. My brother quoted it as "Back 74, Main Street, Aston (actually Sparkbrook)". By the date of the tragedy, 20th...

I remember Jim Muir as well - agreed he was a nasty piece of work - also remember Caleb Tillott as another PE teacher...

Clifton Road, Aston, c/o Upper Sutton Street, Birmingham.1969. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)