Lady Penelope
master brummie
I know that Upper Sutton Street has been mentioned on other threads but after coming home from the last meet-up with a huge pile of 'Brummagem' magazines we discovered this picture. It was taken in 1969 and appeared in a smashing article by Christine M R Cook (nee Birch) in the August 2013 issue.
Graham, my husband (aka Parker), lived at No. 38 and he hadn't seen this view before. There were actually 3 pictures in the magazines of great interest to him, so well worth carrying them home.
Graham's grandparent's ran the Eagle, which was on the corner of Upper Sutton Street and Park Lane, during WW2 until 1944 when his grandfather died from the effects of being gassed during WWI. He had been a stretcher bearer and won the Military Medal. Nan had to move out of the pub due, I expect, to soldiers returning home from the war and needing jobs.
Does anyone else have any memories of Upper Sutton Street in the 1950's/60's?
Graham, my husband (aka Parker), lived at No. 38 and he hadn't seen this view before. There were actually 3 pictures in the magazines of great interest to him, so well worth carrying them home.
Graham's grandparent's ran the Eagle, which was on the corner of Upper Sutton Street and Park Lane, during WW2 until 1944 when his grandfather died from the effects of being gassed during WWI. He had been a stretcher bearer and won the Military Medal. Nan had to move out of the pub due, I expect, to soldiers returning home from the war and needing jobs.
Does anyone else have any memories of Upper Sutton Street in the 1950's/60's?