Hi Aladdin. I don't remember the road being concrete but the curb stones were indeed laid by Italian POW's. I know the path accross from Ashbrook Grove to Riverside Aven, we used to call it "The Patch". Spent many a happy year building underground dens and we had our bonfire on the wastland. Ashbrook had their bonfire on the allotments, while Lyndsworth Road had theirs on the side of the cricket pitch. The Anderson shelters were use as Coal houses. I lived at number 25 which was the 2nd prefab on the left as you came onto Riverside Avenue from the PatchI also had relatives living in Ashbrook Grove, they were Pauline & Roddy Jones. Someone spoke about the Hewitts in AbG, Mr Hewitt was a fire man and self appointed Bouncer of the allotments, he chased me off many a time while scumping - Ah happy times
I could talk for hours about Stirchley, and may well do now I have found this interesting site.