Hi"Chris93940, ( I got it right this time
)the map you showed me was ideal and it gave all the information I wanted, from the same map would you have the area of Balsall Heath Rd and that area, you may or may not know that all the area of Balsall Heath has been whiped of the face of the earth, and its just open spaces now , all we have now are memories of what it was once like, and because most of us are not even in the uk, its hard to find any maps or info ( the earth map is great, but it only shows what is there now ) but there are still some reminders like the name of the streets, which in our minds eye we still run down ( never used to walk,) we had to run because if the guy got hold of us he would kick our backside
I remember when I was small, I used to run down our street ( Cox St West) and run past the shop that was owned by the Deaken family, well, as I could run fast, I used to run past the shop, and at the same time grab an apple, and I was gone. well, one day I ran down the street grabed an apple, then a hand grabed me, I remember the fear in my heart, as I was put down in the cellor with a big black dog ( it was barking at me all the time) and me being so little and he being so big, put the fear of christ into me.
any way my mom came down to the shop, paid for the apple(s) and that was that, but I never did it again, ......... you learn fast...John 2000