A brand new house in Cooksey Lane

The Wharwood family lived in Cooksey Lane, Kingstanding from 1931. Joseph and Ethel Wharwood, (nee Freeman) were thrilled with their brand new house, which took them out of very poor housing in Aston. They had three children; Josie, Mary and Joe. All grew up in Cooksey Lane and attended the local school in Kingsland Road. Eventually they married and moved to Streetly. When my parents married Josie Wharwood – David Booth, they remained at Cooksey Lane, saving to buy their own house, and I lived there too, and also attended Kingsland Road School. We all have happy memories of our life in Kingstanding, shopping at The Circle, going to the park, playing on the green opposite our house. The family left Kingstanding in about 1969. My Grandmother worked at the Co-op in The Circle, and my mother worked for a time at Favours, (Hawthorn Road?) We both worked at Littlewoods in Hawthorn Road too for a time.