Who remembers the blacksmith's forge in Bell's Lane at the Maypole?
Also on a Friday evening there was a wooden hut, opposite the Maypole cinema, which acted as a savings point for the Birmingham Municipal Bank, in Hawkhurst Road.
On the canal at Millpool Hill there were canoes and boats for hire. This was near the bridge close to the Three Horseshoes pub.
All this was in the early fifties.
The E57 Social Club is near there and my first father-in-law was a founder member. The name originates from the serial number of a nissen hut that was on spare ground on the corner of Alcester Road South and Warstock Road.
After WW2 permission was given for my father -in- law and some of his pals to use the ground as allotments. They used to take a crate (or two ) of beer to enjoy after their labours and the result was - the E57 Social Club!