Nostalgic memories of Small Heath's local history

Share your own memories of Small Heath and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I went to St Benedict school before going to Oldknow Secondry Modern School. Small Heath Birming. I went to school with Christine Truman, Valerie Hunt, Judith Bradley, Ryan Twins and the Mslekabich twins. I would love to get in contact with any of these guys. It has been over 50 years.
My name is Linda and I was born in 335 Cooksey road, Small Heath. I went to Goodwin School in Jenkins street until we left Birmingham in December 1960. My fondest memory of my school days was during the winter the dinner ladies used to warm up the daily milk rations and make hot cocoa then took this in large white enamel jugs and have gave a cup full to each child in the playground, this made the ...see more
I was born at 54 Herbert Road on January 21st 1940 a war-time baby although I remember nothing of the bombing raids that wrecked a number of the houses in the lower part of the road where the bus garage and the railway line were obvious targets for the Germans, but I do remember the later war years when the street lamps were painted black apart from about a two inch line at the top, and can recall the ...see more
Pictures of Goodwin County Primary School ~ 1955-1961. Pictures of Oakley Secondary School 1961-1966
I was head boy at Oakley Road School. The staff I remember; Mr Williams, Miss Mobbs, Mr Evans (junior), Mr Evans (senior) and Miss Busby. Holidays in Kessingland...and Staithes at the holiday fellowship youth camp... Climbing Snowden, the Youth hostels.... so many things that were character builders!
My earliest memory of Small Heath was when we lived in Herbert Road at 3/97 and then I was evacuated to a small village near Ross-on-Wye during the war years. The Secondary Modern school I went to was in Oakley Road. My best teacher was Miss Mobbs. She was very strict but I learned a lot from her. At that time I was living in Cooksey Road in a terraced house with my parents. The house number was ...see more