Phill...I cut out the photos of all three, and I put the top photo to the right, and the bottom photo to the left. put them together and I have a long row of houses, with a shop in the middle, and to the right of the photo I have a yard with a sign with what looks like the letter S.? the middle photo, ( of the back yard ), would hard to find because the area would have been built up and nothing would have been seen, another point is the telephone pole, has got a lot of lines ( which you normally have along railway tracks.?)
Cox's St West had only 4 shops, standing by the outdoor, looking down the street, on the right would be Deckins,( grocery shop, ( which had large opening to the left of the shop), further down on the same side was a small shop, ( don't recall what they sold,) but then towards the bottom Balsall Heath end there was the milk shop ( on the left) and across the road from them was a paper shop, few doors up from the bank which was on the corner of Coxs St West and Balsall Heath Rd,and on the other corner was a wine shop, ( like an outdoor, but sold mainly wines.)?
I'm looking in my minds eye where was the shop that had the yard near it. ?? and it could'nt be Upper Coxs St, because there was no shops in that street, only 1 at the bottom ( Co-op ).
Also on the bottom of one of the photos is a name...Oakfield place,?? does that ring any bells for you,? ....J2