BIRMINGHAM FOREVER...HAS OZZY IN ITS HEART

POIGNANT LAST TRIP ROUND PLACES THE OF HIS YOUTH

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THE cortege carrying Ozzy Osbourne and his loved ones made a poignant detour down the road where he grew up - and where the star's name is still etched into brickwork beside his old front door.

Two police outriders led the procession into Lodge Road, Aston, a side street less than a third of a mile from Villa Park's Trinity Road stand, during its journey into central Birmingham.

The hearse and the following funeral cars slowed as they passed the property, adorned with a picture of Osbourne and numerous other tributes including a balloon, as a handful of fans and well-wishers paid their respects from the pavement.