Hello Phil,
I do have an interest in Birmingham past and present, and also enjoy a good natter,
especially if it's vested interests.
I have lived in Nechells, Small Heath,Yardley,Northfield, Castle Vale, Kings Heath, and
Kings Norton before moving to Brighton in 1993.
As a small aside I was buried for 2 hours at the age of 2 when Rocky Lane Methodist Chapel was bombed, and where my father was on fire watch on the roof, and my mother threw me under a table which saved me, when they got me out mom said I had a lump as big as an orange on my head,(so that's what been wrong with me all these years) ha ha -only joking.
Regards John.