Hi oldbrummie,
you have got me stumped there, what year would that be. All I can remember on Highgate Rd just under the bridge was Hudsons furniture shop and removals on the one side and on the other was the sewing machine shop a couple of clothes shops and a shroud maker. On the corner of Kyrwicks Lane was Fred's Cafe and down the road near Ladypool Rd was Olives Cafe. These were the only two cafes I remember in Highgate Rd. But if it didn't last long I could have been on my travels or living in Nechells. Or was it in the 70's after I had moved to Solihull?
I can't say I remember a Blues Club in Trafalgar Rd either, are we talking about a shebeen, because they were all over Balsall Heath in the 60's. They did start calling them Blues later didn't they?
Phil