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Heneage Street
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Fantastic Phil, you are a font of knowledge & resources!
My elderly parents might be shocked but perhaps the buildings looked newer/smarter in 1891?!
I read in one of the postings on this fantastic site that the majority of houses in Aston were originally occupied by wealthier people but when factories were built with subsequent smoke along with the vast increase in workers and expanse of housing, the wealthier people moved out and the houses became multiple occupancy and courts were built etc to meet the housing demand.
They were baptised in St Matthews & St James the Less so Church of England.
Regards
Steve
My elderly parents might be shocked but perhaps the buildings looked newer/smarter in 1891?!
I read in one of the postings on this fantastic site that the majority of houses in Aston were originally occupied by wealthier people but when factories were built with subsequent smoke along with the vast increase in workers and expanse of housing, the wealthier people moved out and the houses became multiple occupancy and courts were built etc to meet the housing demand.
They were baptised in St Matthews & St James the Less so Church of England.
Regards
Steve
The other houses I'm struggling to identify a picture of are;
Court 1, no. 4 Great Francis Street - 1891 census
180 and 181 Heneage Street - 1895 to 1908
2 Ashted Grove - 1925 to at least 1939
Any help is greatly appreciated and I will then have a full set to show my parents.
My family migrated from Swannington, Leics for work, the head of the family, James Chester, being a Wheelright in Leics worked on the railways and later in the mines as a Colliery Carpenter in Hucknall Torkard, Notts.
Regards
Steve
Court 1, no. 4 Great Francis Street - 1891 census
180 and 181 Heneage Street - 1895 to 1908
2 Ashted Grove - 1925 to at least 1939
Any help is greatly appreciated and I will then have a full set to show my parents.
My family migrated from Swannington, Leics for work, the head of the family, James Chester, being a Wheelright in Leics worked on the railways and later in the mines as a Colliery Carpenter in Hucknall Torkard, Notts.
Regards
Steve
Heneage Street Irish Sweepstake winners announced on 8 October 1932 in the Birmingham Gazette. Viv.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
“In the UK, the sweepstakes caused some strain in Anglo-Irish relations, and the Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 was passed by the parliament of the UK to prevent export and import of lottery related materials.”
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Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake - Wikipedia
49HenageStreet
Brummie babby
Dear Lyn,
My family lived at 49 Henage Street (a corner shop) from the 1880s until my Grandparents were rehoused in 1952 associated with slum clearances. I have childhood memories.
Wumblyjumbly
Brummie babby
Hi, I’ve just found out my great grandfather and his widowed Mom with 7 Children were living at 211 Heneage Street in 1881 they were called Thomas..How can I get some photos please thanks.
Degeneratemoo
New Member
Hi,
Does anyone have any pictures/maps of around 172 Heneage Street? I've seen the previous pictures in this thread and the maps but can't make out where 172 would be. The link for the thread at the start of this one no longer works.
Thank you.
Does anyone have any pictures/maps of around 172 Heneage Street? I've seen the previous pictures in this thread and the maps but can't make out where 172 would be. The link for the thread at the start of this one no longer works.
Thank you.
MWS
from Bham
And there are a couple of photos of the Grapes Inn here, sadly shot not wide enough to get a glimpse of 172...
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The Grapes, Heneage Street, Aston
Hi My great grandfather, Henry Bates, was the landlord of The Grapes, Heneage Street, Aston, where he died in 1917. Does anyone have a picture of The Grapes or any history of this pub.
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Degeneratemoo
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Thank you for those. I've sent them on to my mom who lived at 172, well back of 172 rather.
I have merged several threads about Heneage Street into this one thread, There may now be previously unseen posts. Viv
The interior and exterior view of the Baptist Church with a list of pastors.
Viv
Viv
49HenageStreet
Brummie babby
Kentish Brummie, thank you for drawing together the threads about Henage Street.
There is a 22 June 2007 post seeking information about the Jones family who ran a successful butcher in Henage Street. Touch of the if only about this. My mother's best friend was the daughter of John Jones, both were alive in 2007 but not now. There may be more information about the family via the archivist at Aston Villa, the founder of the business John Adam Jones was chair of Aston Villa between the wars.
I recently visited 49 Henage Street, it is a new semi. It is near to but not on the site of my Grandparent’s shop. The owner had no idea what the street was like before redevelopment and have sent him this photo of my Mother outside No 49 in the late 30s. Have no idea of the name of the pub on the corner of Hanage and Windsor St. Can anyone help?
There is a 22 June 2007 post seeking information about the Jones family who ran a successful butcher in Henage Street. Touch of the if only about this. My mother's best friend was the daughter of John Jones, both were alive in 2007 but not now. There may be more information about the family via the archivist at Aston Villa, the founder of the business John Adam Jones was chair of Aston Villa between the wars.
I recently visited 49 Henage Street, it is a new semi. It is near to but not on the site of my Grandparent’s shop. The owner had no idea what the street was like before redevelopment and have sent him this photo of my Mother outside No 49 in the late 30s. Have no idea of the name of the pub on the corner of Hanage and Windsor St. Can anyone help?
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MWS
from Bham
I think it was The Rising Sun on the corner, there's another photo here...
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Rising Sun Pub in Heneage Street
Can the moderators delete this thread please, thanks!
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Stuart Bannerman
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Hi, I’ve just found out part of my family lived in “Heneage Row” in Heneage St, Ashted c:1882.
Does anyone know where abouts on the street Heneage Row might have been?
Cheers
Does anyone know where abouts on the street Heneage Row might have been?
Cheers
Seeing Heneage Street pop up in the threads I thought I'd post my Father's (James Dell) recollections of it. They were bombed out of their house in Sunningdale Road in 1941 and moved to Heneage Street.
We then moved to 91, Heneage Street, Ashted, Birmingham. The real reason for this I do not know, but I think it was because of Mum’s health, so that we could be near to her foster mother who was Grannie Kay, and her family, who all lived within yards of each other. The house we moved into was more bomb damaged than Sunningdale Road. All the windows were blown out and were covered in tarpaulin. There was no running water and no electricity. Dad had to pay seven pounds ten shillings (7 pounds 50 pence) to have electricity put in, and that was light only, no power plugs. Seven pounds ten shillings was a week and a half’s wages for my Dad. To save everyone running down the yard in the middle of winter for water, Dad put in a sink. He put the wastewater pipe through the wall into the entry and built a gully down the entry for the water to run into the road. Water was fetched in buckets from the brew house and left under the sink to use in washing up and making tea etc. I was about 12 years old at this time. I really hated the area, the school and the house. Dad must have disliked it also because we were only there for about 12 months and then we moved to Oldknow Road, Small Heath.
"Grannie Kay" was apparently quite a character. Originally from Ireland, in her younger years she had been a singer on ocean liners going across the Atlantic. - She would entertain people with her singing in the local pubs.
We then moved to 91, Heneage Street, Ashted, Birmingham. The real reason for this I do not know, but I think it was because of Mum’s health, so that we could be near to her foster mother who was Grannie Kay, and her family, who all lived within yards of each other. The house we moved into was more bomb damaged than Sunningdale Road. All the windows were blown out and were covered in tarpaulin. There was no running water and no electricity. Dad had to pay seven pounds ten shillings (7 pounds 50 pence) to have electricity put in, and that was light only, no power plugs. Seven pounds ten shillings was a week and a half’s wages for my Dad. To save everyone running down the yard in the middle of winter for water, Dad put in a sink. He put the wastewater pipe through the wall into the entry and built a gully down the entry for the water to run into the road. Water was fetched in buckets from the brew house and left under the sink to use in washing up and making tea etc. I was about 12 years old at this time. I really hated the area, the school and the house. Dad must have disliked it also because we were only there for about 12 months and then we moved to Oldknow Road, Small Heath.
"Grannie Kay" was apparently quite a character. Originally from Ireland, in her younger years she had been a singer on ocean liners going across the Atlantic. - She would entertain people with her singing in the local pubs.
