Bobby, I did occasionally frequent the Ritz in Kings Heath, but, let's be honest here, it was a dump.
We owned a house at the top of the Fordrough (past the rubber mill). We lived on top of the hill next to Newlands Park. Actually we were rather closer to the Kings Heath border on Vicarage Road (Pineapple Bridge), but I did go to grade school in Stirchley. After grade school, I went to Swanshurst Grammar. Jacqueline, who also posts here, grew up very close to me and attended grade school with one of my younger siblings.