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Cannon Street
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Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
I might be wrong but I don't think that is Cannon street
The later photo shows Fore St on the right and maybe this was formerly known as Little Cannon St. The junction with Fore St is half way up Cannon St. In the older photo you can see the buildings on Cherry St at the end. Could be wrong I suppose but looks about right on the 1890 OS. Used to use a little restaurant in the basement of one of those buildings on the left up close to Cherry St. with a friend in the 50s.
Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
OK Lyn. My apologises. I see now,that it is half way up Cannon street
thanks for that oisin...i had to go to town this morning and purposely walked up little cannon st (now fore st) and stood on the corner where the evening mail advertising was...i had the old pic in my minds eye and found it hard to believe thats how it once looked...
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In the 1875 improvement map little cannon st goes across the site of what will be corporation st . the view in 1890 is at https://www.british-history.ac.uk/m...eetid=10098&ox=0&oy=0&zm=1&czm=10&x=218&y=187. In 1883-4 neither Fore st nor Little cannon st are listed. This is presumably while work is being carried out on the improvement. Fore st is listed in 1888. As part of little cannon st disappeared, they presumably thought it appropriate to change the name. Maybe the Fore came from Forward on the birmingham coat of arms, which was awarded in 1889..
Mike
In the 1875 improvement map little cannon st goes across the site of what will be corporation st . the view in 1890 is at https://www.british-history.ac.uk/m...eetid=10098&ox=0&oy=0&zm=1&czm=10&x=218&y=187. In 1883-4 neither Fore st nor Little cannon st are listed. This is presumably while work is being carried out on the improvement. Fore st is listed in 1888. As part of little cannon st disappeared, they presumably thought it appropriate to change the name. Maybe the Fore came from Forward on the birmingham coat of arms, which was awarded in 1889..
Mike
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Lyn / Mike - thanks for the information ref the name change from Little Cannon to Fore Street. Very interesting. I must take a trip up that way in the summer - and like yourselves - think "crumbs, you wouldn't recognise half of this if you had lived here at the turn of the century"! Might take a look at the "back to back" housing example also while I'm there.
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Cannon Street looking from New Street. 1892.
Carolina
The earliest directories seem to list it as a private house (dates are publication dates, which could at that time be more than 1 year earlier), though possibly with business from their homes, but this seems to change in the 1860s.
1841-50 George Newton Swinson, Surgeon (Eye hospital was a couple of doors away)
1855 George R.Bull
1862 Mrs Mary Louisa Pearson, stay & corset maker
1867 Thomas Ash & Co, zinc workers
Does that give you the information you require?
The earliest directories seem to list it as a private house (dates are publication dates, which could at that time be more than 1 year earlier), though possibly with business from their homes, but this seems to change in the 1860s.
1841-50 George Newton Swinson, Surgeon (Eye hospital was a couple of doors away)
1855 George R.Bull
1862 Mrs Mary Louisa Pearson, stay & corset maker
1867 Thomas Ash & Co, zinc workers
Does that give you the information you require?
