Hi Tassie Devil,
This is John L in New Zealand.
I was born at 10 Cromwell Passage and then moved to last house Angelina St next to bombed site cnr Upper Highgate St.in 1944.
The local shops I remember were Rhodes the chemist and Henson,s the grocer and greengrocer cnr's Conybere and Upper Highgate Sts
Did my schooling in Small Heath.
My sister did infant and junior school at Upper Highgate St then got a place at Aston Commercial college.
A person who I remember from Upper Highgate St was Frank Toombs he went to St Albans School also.
Moved to Shard End in 1957 then to New Zealands in 1967.
Believe there is now a road where our house in Angelina St stood.
Great to see the memories of the area where I was born.
John L