Black Diamond - my dad was a motor cycle frame checker as the BSA, in the days when they lead the world in motor scramble, would have been in the early 50s.

Digbeth Civic Hall: Remember seeing, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee.
The Mayfare Suite : Led Zep
The Odeon : Pink Floyd amoungst others. All the in the early 70's.

Remembers Carrotts joke about Spaghetti Junction and the 'Birmingham Crawl' - did that round the Sideslow Island this morning !