Not from Stirchley, but my main memories would be going either with the school, with mates or dad to Stirchley swimming baths.
As kids we would walk from Kings Norton to the baths mostly in the long summer holidays. Just up from the baths was a chip shop (always hungry after swimming), would get chips 6d or a scallop 1d (depending on finances). Across the road was Bunn's, I think this was a newsagent. Walking home we would usually turn left at the Breeden Cross towards Lifford res and walk back along the canal, past Junction House to Kings Norton.
Does anyone remember the family at Junction House in the mid 60's? They kept pigs and chickens. I can remember the youngest lad learning to swim in the canal. His sister in a little rowing boat and him in the water with a rope around his waist.
I can also remember that sometimes Stirchley baths would be closed for some reason when we got there. So we would walk further to Tiverton Road baths. When I look back we must have covered some miles on foot. Never a rucksack in sight, towel and trunks rolled up and carried under the arm...