ERDINGTON - Now and Then

[@1in400trillion]

Lived in Erdington my whole life it’s beautiful

[@theoneonlymusicchannel]

lived on the tyburn road & went to jaffray school erdington & later after i left school i worked in the little acorn pub just down the road from the old roebuck pub ,& on a saturday night would drink in the old roebuck .some great memories .left erdington around 1989 .

[@beverleyclarke523]

I lived in Erdington from 1985 to 2002. I was only 18 and I had relatives who live there still. I loved Erdington and have still good memories. Now living in Royal Leamington Spa x

[@edwardobrien556]

I remember your name , but can't remember from where. Did you go to Aston manor x

[@beverleyclarke523]

@@edwardobrien556 no i didnt,

[@edwardobrien556]

I can't think we I know you from, but im sure I did. Don 'brien. Did you drink in the acorn x

[@beverleyclarke523]

i knew a dominic that lived near the shops on gravelly hill that at one time was the guitar shop,also a john curtis and someone called grafton.i did not go drinking only very rarely on the high street,

[@edwardobrien556]

Hi, no, my name's don. I recognize the face. I recall you being very pretty. You didn't go to manor park school.

[@Coleshill1]

great photos, thanks for posting this, nice tune too !!

[@ErdBhappy]

Loved it ! Erdington has been my home for 16 years & I've come to appreciate it so much more as the years have passed. Your video creates a very positive impression ...oh, and well done Tom Jones too - what a brill song to choose.

[@muhammadalieesaa3379]

I visit Erdington quite a lot & I like Erdington, I never lived in Erdington though, I always been a Small Heath person living around Small Heath & I still do. You have my likes on Erdington from a Small Heath man, & I enjoy shopping in Erdington.

[@michaelralph7254]

Thank you for this. Born here in 1949, left in 1968. You take the the boy out of Erdington but not Erdington out of the boy. Great images and memories.

[@baldieman64]

Closing down the pool is a crime against the people of the town. The local authority should be ashamed of themselves.

[@penfloyd]

Beautifully Done....I was born in South Rd..Erdington. My grandparents rest in the parish church where i was christened....I still have a few photos of long gone days at Rookery Park..... Thank you from Phillip Island . (South East of Melbourne..Australia.)where i now live.

[@gramosea]

I lived just up on Chester Road, now in Perth Australia - great now and then shots, thanks for sharing it Lol.

[@gas850]

what a wonderful video.i hope we can have more like this of Erdington

[@maciek5664]

Thanks for bringing us to the past!

[@penfloyd]

I spent the first five years of my life in Erdington....Born in South Road,,,,, Then Great Barr......Aldridge and now Australia.. My grandparents are buried at the Parish Church ..Parents married there and i christened there.! Up the Villa! I saw some fantastic bands at "Mothers"

[@muhammadalieesaa3379]

Coming from a Small Heath person, I always lived around Small Heath & I like Erdington.

[@GuitarLessonsKellyShenker]

Just thought I’d look it’s been a while since I’ve been there Awesome!

[@teriaxtrolllll1440]

i live there omg thats awesome to know how it look back in the 19th century

[@mb013962]

20th*

[@teriaxtrolllll1440]

yh lol ok

[@ct46518]

born bread aston erdington bham no one can ever take our memories guys god bless x

[@STOCKLAND78]

I will always love Erdington..in the 70,s Innocent times....and the plaza .

[@jaycooper2624]

Memories come back in a flood! I lived in Erdington (Hillaries Road) for many years from early 1950s to mid 1960s, went to Slade Road School (later Handsworth Grammar) next to the Star Cinema and the Brookvale Pub. Erdington High Street played a big part in my teenage life, it had 2 cinemas, the Palace was one I can't remember the name of the other but do remember that I saw The Dambusters there. When I first went to the Carlton Club (later Mothers) over the furniture store opposite the church The Moody Blues and Carl Wayne and the Vikings were the regulars and anyone remember Pandora's on Orphanage Road? Hours were spent making a coffee last in the Griddle Inn and the Pop Inn and we bought our records (vinyl) from Redifusion at 6 ways and the Music Box. In my mind's eye it's so clear, Burtons Snooker Hall opposite The Acorn and Gardeners Milk Bar on the corner, the swimming baths, Woolworths the market opposite etc. etc.I even lived for a while in Harrison Road off the High Street, I loved it, but what a disappointment to see it now, all it's former charm gone - That's life I guess!

[@craighaden7552]

it was a better place in the old days now a epidemic waste land

[@lillianflorence6056]

Crap now,

[@tangogirl100]

I will be visiting this area around Christmas time to visit a friend & Birmingham - looks like a nice place..any comments? Thanks, nice video.

[@crazy-diamond7683]

I live around the corner from station road, happy days then, now you can't risk driving through.

[@blondjenni]

wow, this is where i live!! right near rookery park, aww i love Erdington.

[@mikecollett9152]

I CAME LIVE IN ERDINGTON WITH MOM AND DAD , AND SISTERS, IN 1964 , ALSO WENT LOCAL SCHOOLS,OSBORNE RD INFANTS AND JUNIORS, STOCKLAND GREEN , MY MOM USE LOCAL SHOPS AND MY DAD TOOK ME AND SISTERS SWIMMING LOCAL BATHS. AND MY SISTER STILL IN LIVE IN ERDINGTON, I HAVE LEFT AREA, BUT FOND REMEMBERS

[@CoalMiningTown]

Me Nan & Granddad lived in Eversley Dale opposite the The Green Man pub.

[@KARL78WORH]

born in birmingham lived in erdington 1978 - 1987 nice video

[@KayleighNatasha]

As if, I only had days off when I wasn't well or the school was closed for a reason

[@LilMissEnigmaa]

Home town

[@chrisquader3637]

Came to visit my grandparents in Edwards rd. This i believe is the fire station on the corner. Dads car had a hole in the exhaust and i collapsed on arrival. I still, albeit rather foggily remember the guys from this fire station saving my life.

[@julieslater2541]

The old images are disappearing too quickly to have a good look at them and take them in.

[@KayleighNatasha]

One I'm not a kid I'm almost 24, two yes I did go to school in Erdington-I went to Birches Green Infant and Junior School and then Kingsbury Secondary School and three yes I did pay attention in English lessons thank u very much

[@KayleighNatasha]

There was a fire at the Erdington Parish Church a while back,

[@Mrfort]

Kayleigh, church rebuilt the clock tower only surviving piece , like a lot of places getting run down now. But Sutton no better.

[@jbl6514]

More like now and now for the most part.

[@hayabusabart]

at 21 seconds that is me in my old silver cougar crossing over the lights at the crosskeys pub! how weird. I would love the original photo. Get in touch someone?

[@kennethomahoney3025]

I used to live in Birmingham that pebble mill road and in Erdington in Slade road l now it is a nice place to live to l hap that all of you are happy their in Erdington and in Birmingham to

[@chrisdavidoreilly1857]

I went to Queensbury 🏫 In 1988 But lived in castle vile

[@liz8179]

Turdington😬

[@foo4572]

My Family used to have a shop next to Dods Wallpaper from 1976-79 on Marsh lane ... We used to go to the High Street and remember seeing an actor from crossroads going into woolworths , I used to go to Featherstone primary school ... Fond memories

[@STOCKLAND78]

Went to stockland green school ..oh and Brian's for a haircut...and the plaza in 1975 when the cinema guy put up the score on the screen that blues were out of the fa cup ...he put it up in a small paper thing on the screen ..this is true .

[@STOCKLAND78]

I can still see banks..a full row of shops ..

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Always thought from a distance the painted man on the ladders of sign service always looked so realistic plus now the cross keys pub is closed at 0.10, the lad in the Lane pub is now closed and derelict at 0.32

[@lextoodude5931]

Now its 2018 totally different

[@davidpendry7731]

I was born at 82 South Road 1950 As a young boy I still remember the Steam Engines at the bottom of the yard

[@SimonThe1st]

No picture of Mothers Club - Google it!

[@muhammadalieesaa3379]

I live in Small Heath & I'm planning to cycle to Erdington today.

[@KayleighNatasha]

@ 1:37, is that Erdington Library or Erdington Swimming Baths

[@coreycoulson]

lad in the lane pub (0:25) up road from me i live on tyburn

[@dapgy]

Thanks for the memories, I lived in High St Erdington until I left England in 1968. Never been back. Whatever happened to the ABC Palace? and Marsh Hill Boys' School at Stockland Green ?

[@Random-bj3gf]

its a primary scholl now,

[@tent7014]

Marsh Hill school (Boys and Girls ) is a college Josiah Mason College. Same buildings on the campus. The Palace i think (On the High Street was bulldozed in 1970-71

[@mavidbabae]

hey well done mate, nice work there, much better than the train pulling into the station lol (that was funny) hasnt got as many views yet though :O lol

[@peggyquigley3162]

I youed to live there in south view and my brother lived in house one after our perants died in 60

[@marija]

very good LOL. I live on south road, its not far to anywhere on here from where i live. Ive lived here all my life so far XD. Lol. I went to the abbey primary school, and the abbey church is my parish. Erdington i

[@jayne2943]

My nan and grandad lived in new street erdington

[@Goproflying]

Do you go to school in Erdington? Pay more attention during English lessons.

[@patc161]

Oh yes, those were the good ole days, of diptheria, polio, hunger to name a few. Life goes on, throw away those rose tinted glasses, will you!!!

[@HELLHAMMERHANDHIX]

I used to work at abbey stone and timber !!!

[@ellie17895]

the ‘now😊’ is becoming the then.

[@marija]

yeah, but at least the abbey's stil there.

[@Goproflying]

You must have been away the day they taught punctuation.

[@visiont5]

thanks for that!! yes i know its crazy!! my crapy train video is by far my most popular video on here! just dont make sence does it LOL :D

[@lostman8990]

An ancient prophecy foretold of a place that was truly more bostin' than many other bostin' things. This place would be so epic, t'would spawn not one, but TWO Poundlands ! The Hanging gardens of Babylon and The Grand Canyon pale into insignificance in comparison! That place is ERDINGTON !!! 🤔 " Ees right yer know, it's really good. An' the number 11 guzz there" !!!

[@craighaden7552]

terds of erd

[@moneyshop16]

my GP dr rita bagchi lol

[@penfloyd]

Where abouts in Erdington did your Mother live?........

[@leakywallet606]

I had my first kiss under that archway in the parish church

[@muhammadalieesaa3379]

I like Erdington & the song coming from Tom Jones.

[@edwardhicks2499]

I'd sooner a day out in sparkbrook. Do go over for the day. Bet your out inside an hour.

[@muhammadalieesaa3379]

I always lived around Small Heath & never lived in Erdington but I love Erdington & I like taking bus trips to Erdington with my 2 daughters.

[@gerrykea]

Badly needs up dating