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Sycamore Road Aston

Lyn,

Yes, please as one of my DORMANs was living there at some stage. Thank you.

Maurice :cool:
 
ok folks will sort them out and post them sometime tomorrow..sorry john i missed your post..you should have given me a nudge

lyn
 
many apologies folks i cant believe i forgot to post these photos...better late than never...hover over them for the dates and in some cases which junction the road is at and some will also have the numbers on..enjoy

lyn
Sycamore Road - Church Lane Aston 8-9-1969.jpgSycamore Road - Park Lane Aston 22-6-1967.jpgSycamore Road - Pugh Road Aston 27-4-1971.jpgSycamore Road - Vicarage Road Aston 27-4-1971 2.jpg
 
can i just add that sycamore road is still there and so is no 17..its the one with the mattresses in the garden on street view below

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Hi Lyn, I'm attempting to put numbers to the houses, this is the first, some have the house numbers in the file name.
 

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so which house do you think is 17 john...if its the far right one with no house next to it im not sure ...looking at todays view there are 2 houses next to no 17 and as shown on your map..i could be wrong but i think no 17 is the one with the mattresses in the front garden its also near a bend

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Astoness said:
so which house do you think is 17 john...if its the far right one with no house next to it im not sure ...looking at todays view there are 2 houses next to no 17 and as shown on your map..i could be wrong but i think no 17 is the one with the mattresses in the front garden its also near a bend

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I think No.17 is the house just behind the Ford Corsair, there is a gap on the left of it. haven't seen the 'todays' view, I thought these houses were all long gone.
 
Astoness said:
i now have 12 photos of this road...if anyone has an interest in it i will happily post them...one of them show 2 young lad standing outside no 10

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Thanks Lyn, My grandparents the Trueman's lived at 28 Sycamore Road they moved in in about 1935 and stayed there until being moved out when the Aston Exprees way was being built, nice picture of there house next door to the green grocers.
Mike
 
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