Selly Oak, The Oak Cinema 1923

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I'd like to reply to Shirley who recalled all those wonderful times around George Road and Dale Road Selly Oak in the 50s. I lived at 72 North Road. The Carpenters family you mentioned were my relatives. I went to Tiverton Road school. You bought back such good memories for me. I remember everything that you recalled yourself. Remember Winters the Tailors. Thongers the chemists, Sweenys the TV Shop. I watch the Villa best MAN U in the 57 final on my dads shoulders.

It was the 28th of June 1940 I was born at Selly Oak, during an air raid. For some reason, I was named GORDON. Since this given name didn't appear in our PACE family before, I asked my mother, many years ago how I became to be named GORDON and she said the night I was born, it was during an air raid and a nurse GORDON had helped us to the basement and I was named after NURSE GORDON, at the ...see more

I was born in 1960 in Great Barr but moved to Dawlish Rd in 1964 until 1968 with my elder brother Brian. My mother, Irene, ran the shop and my father Dennis worked at GEC Witton. I went to Tiverton Rd School and we lived in the 'Mace' grocery shop next to the school entrance. I went to Tiverton Rd swimming baths nearly every day. We used to take the bus to the Lickey Hills and played very often in Raddlebarn Park or ...see more

I am trying to find out infomation about Stanley H Davies. He was the owner of Stanley H Davies Motor Engineers in the 1950s in Harborne Lane. I believe he lived on Harborne Lane next to a pub and was possibly married to a woman called Margaret who he had 2 children with. His father was Arthur and his sister Betty (Elizabeth).