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Gerrard Street
- Thread starter Astoness
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There was a family named roper that lived in wheeler st
There was a site in gerrard st that was close to the pub and in the 50/60s had a car repair garage on it used to lie back from the road. I would think that would it by the numbers
brummy-lad
master brummie
That barber went to prison
Thats the shop I was thinking about I remember seeing a different view of it when the buses were diverted because of building the underpass in high st
HogsBellyFarm
Brummie babby
Thank you so much for this, MWS.A little later but I think (and I'm sure I'll be corrected if it isn't) that this picture here shows no. 67 on the right corner...
Guildford Street Lozells
Yes Dave A, I was in Mr Dean's class in my 3rd year. He used to throw the blackboard chalk at us if we angered him. Other teachers were J.D.T.Ball Head Teacher, Mr Williams 2nd year, Mr Wally Eyton, Mr Robertson P.E, Mr Cross science & a teacher we called "chrome dome", possibly Richards?birminghamhistory.co.uk
This map (1950) shows the junction and if it was the opposite side then the building on the left would be a pub...
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It's genuinely amazing to be able to see the location where my great-grandmother worked as a young, single woman just prior to her marriage. It puts a map pin in what have been an exciting time in her life. From what I've learned, Emily was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire and her family moved around a fair bit.
In 1901, they were living in Latimer Street in Birmingham. By 1911, though, she was commuting in to Gerrard Street from Wolverhampton. She married a wool-buyer who lived in Kidderminster and, after the wedding in 1912, that is where she moved to.
HogsBellyFarm
Brummie babby
Fantastic! Thank you so much, Brummy Lad!
Martin Reed
Brummie babby
Hello everyone. I have found an ancestor that ran a shop at 39 Gerrard Street, Lozells.
Her name was Annie Lousia Starkey. She lived there with her husband Leonard Starkey from 1920 through to 1946.
Just a long shot, but does anyone have any photographs or memories of this shop?
Her name was Annie Lousia Starkey. She lived there with her husband Leonard Starkey from 1920 through to 1946.
Just a long shot, but does anyone have any photographs or memories of this shop?
brummy-lad
master brummie
Can't find an image at the moment, I've attached a map showing the location.
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Martin Reed
Brummie babby
Thanks very much for that. I know from the 1921 Kelly's Directory that it was a "Dairy". Then through the war and until the 1940's it was a General Store owned by Annie Louisa Starkey (b.1877- d.1962).
brummy-lad
master brummie
Margaret Gamwell
proper brummie kid
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Margaret Gamwell
proper brummie kid
Sorry ive messed up the photos but the one with the taxi is a shop at the bottom of furnace lane and gerrard st my friend lived at no 44 so must be close
Martin Reed
Brummie babby
No problem. That photo seems to be of the south side of Gerrard Street next to Furnace Lane. Nice quality photograph of the famous taxi! Thank you for sharing.
OuterCircleBus
master brummie
You may wish to take a look at the book: The Girl from Guildford Street (Lozells) by Grace Caroline Holte. It is her recollections as a girl living in Guildford Street which crosses Gerrard Street, just a few yards away from 39. It's a good read.
Martin Reed
Brummie babby
Thanks for the recommendation. Coincidentally, my great grandparents William & Lily Hill lived at 24 Court 12, back of 154 Guildford Street from the 1920's up until when the back-to-backs were knocked down.
brummy-lad
master brummie
Radiorails
master brummie
The link for Leroux is said to be not secure by my pc.
brummy-lad
master brummie
Hi Alan, when I constructed this website I googled 'not secure' and got the following:
The site may be displayed as 'not secure' but there is no personal data being collected and you don't have to enter any details to view the site.
Googling 'not secure' gives the following statement: 'The notification does not mean that the site is compromised or not functioning correctly'.
The Leroux website has a "http" address rather than a "https" address - The "s" on the end of the https stands for "secure". - If a website has an "https" address (the majority these days) it means that whoever runs the website has paid to have a security certificate - This acts to encrypt any information passed between your computer and the website. - When the internet started there were no "https" websites, they were all "insecure" http sites. - Its only in recent years that the makers of web browsing apps (like Chrome, Firefox, edge, Opera etc) have started flagging up http sites as "not secure". - In itself it does not mean such a site is a security risk - If you are just browsing such a site to read information there is no extra risk at all - However, you should avoid filling in forms and giving any personal or financial information to a site that comes up as "not secure". A lot of personal and hobby websites run by individuals are often still "insecure" http sites, because it saves the person running it about 25-100 pounds a year for buying the security certificate.
