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Farm Street Hockley

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hi sian. you are quite right about there not being many old building left in farm st. there are only 3 to my knowledge. the queens head pub.. the dispensary.. and friends hall.

lyn
 
Missed the Friend's Hall Lyn if I go down that way again I will look out for it.

Best wishes
Sian
 
hi all. catkin has sent me this lovely pic of king georges coronation celebrations... thats cats sister in the middle. now the thing is its either taken in farm st or frankfort st. does anyone know or indeed recognise anybody in the pic. thanks cat.

wales.
 
hi all heres another lovely pic of catkins family again taken in either farm or frankfort street. we have elizabeth purshouse on the right.. harry freeman in the middle and cats grandmother catherine fletcher left. thanks for sharing with us cat.

lyn
 
In 1911 my Grandfather was living at 3 Back, 303 Farm Street. Can anyone help me to pin point the location of the house?

Yardley
 
Yardley
no 303 was on the north side between burbery st and Gt King st. It was close to Burbery st, as the numbers straggling burbery st were 306 and 307. At the time you are refering to the end (306) is occupied by a pearl button manufacturer, Broughton & Brook. Therefore on the 1913 map attached Back 303 must be the yard marked in red.

Mike


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Dear Mike,

Thank you very much indeed for pin pointing 303 Farm Street. The detail and the map are excellent. I will be following future postings about the area with great interest.



kind regards

Yardley
 
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hello
Just to say that i used to live in Burbury street 142 moved there in 1946.When i was 2 years old . That house was near to Clifford street and i used to go to Harry Lucas infant school in Farm Street.But before that i went to saint silasis but i cannot remember the name of the road where the school was.
Roystonp123
 
hi all...i am posting here rather than on the farm st school thread as more members will be alerted to it... i received a letter today from the archives dept of central library approving my application to view the records of farm st school....i will be able to view the boys admissions from 1949/65..girls admissions from 1949/65...and the punishment book....as one or two members cant quite remember how many times they got the cane off smithy the head....if any of you would like me to look up any info from these records i am happy to do so...just let me have the details..also if anyone would like me to make another application to see earlier records of maybe any ancestors who attended farm street i am also happy to do that..once again just let me have the details....

with the weather as it is i probably wont be going up till next week so theres no rush...

lyn
 
Hi Lyn - can you please check my admission date (about 1961?). Oh, and any punishment dates between 1961 and 1963 for fighting with my mate Bugsy Murray. I can still feel the pain............ Mabz
 
no probs mabz.. ive noted that...cant wait to see yer punishment record....lol

lyn

ps i am hoping i will allowed to take pics of relevent info if not i will just have to write it all down..
 
hi all just a reminder that i will shortly be going to the central library to look at farm st school records...if anyone would like me to do a look up please see post 72 for the details...

lyn
 
I wish you well but when I tried to look up Lozells school I was told viewing was only for after 100 years

Ray
 
hi ray...i have the written authority to view these records....when i was at the archives about 3 weeks ago i was able to look at photos and letters dating back to the early 1900s of farm st school....this is what it says on my letter of permission

....i.....my name....request permisson to consult the records written overleaf..farm st school...and agree to make use of any personal data contained therin in compliance with the data protection act 1998. my research will not be used to support measures or decisions with respect to particular individuals and will not cause or be likely cause substantial distress to any person who is the subject of those data while he or she is alive or likely to be alive(assuming a life span of 100 years)

i will not make the results of my search available in a form that indentifies any data subject without the consent in writing of the data subject.

i have to sign this..


i used to attend lozells girls school and was hoping to gain access to these records...i will make enquires and get back to you as i cant see any reason why you would not be able to do this...

lyn
 
I used to get off the Midland Red in New town row (The house that Jack built)with my mom, Lily Fowkes(Crowe) and walk down Summer Lane up Gee St and down Frankfort St to Gt Russell St where my nan had a shop.
 
Hi
My cousins who lived in Little king Street went to Farm St School family named Jarvis thier grandparents Jim and Harriet had a shop in little King Street, if you come acroos the name I would be very interested.
Thanks Gladi
 
leonardjob said:
I used to get off the Midland Red in New town row (The house that Jack built)with my mom, Lily Fowkes(Crowe) and walk down Summer Lane up Gee St and down Frankfort St to Gt Russell St where my nan had a shop.
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I remember Mrs Crowe had 2 shops opposite each other ,1 was a drapers & the other was a grocery shop . this was in the mid to late 30s . she had twins a boy Tony & a girl & an older son. my parents had a fish & chip shop in Farm st.
Jean
 
hi jean..do you recall a shop run by a miss bunch...think it was drapery etc...it would have been more or less farm st school....

lyn
 
Hi Jean
I lived in Lennox st I remember a fish and chip shop in Farm St was it the one by Lawleys and the butchers as there was a little grocery shop opposite I worked there every weekend and school hols
(Lozells st Sn School )
The grocery shop was run by a Fanny Green after her husband died, and if I remember right they were related to the Lawleys greengrocers anyway
Lawleys son I think brought the fish shop.then it was changed into a house.
Gladi
 
GLADI said:
Hi Jean
I lived in Lennox st I remember a fish and chip shop in Farm St was it the one by Lawleys and the butchers as there was a little grocery shop opposite I worked there every weekend and school hols
(Lozells st Sn School )
The grocery shop was run by a Fanny Green after her husband died, and if I remember right they were related to the Lawleys greengrocers anyway
Lawleys son I think brought the fish shop.then it was changed into a house.
Gladi[/quote
Yes Glad that was our fish & chip shop. my brother Ken & his wife ran it until Fanny Green bought it , her sister owned the grocery shop whos husband Syd Lawley owned the greengrocers, we moved from living over the shop in 1941.to Burbury St, Where in Lennox st did you live?
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I LIVED AT 38 Lennox St, born 43 left 64, I have a sister Betty who is 75,
Tell me Kens wife did she come from Kingstanding or that area and can you remember if she had a brother, ?
I do remember every Friday night Fanny green used to send me for fish and chips from the top of Lennox St we all sat down after the shop was closed to have our meal I also recall going to Fanny greens son's wedding posh affair in those days ha ha also remeber Cowdrills in wheeler st we used to take our radios to be charged up also my Grandad and uncle Charlie lived in Wheeler St just up from Cowdrills, The lawleys daughter in Law used to be a tap dancing teacher and I used to have tap and Ballet lesson she used to hire a hall in Farm St on the way to hockley, and we used to do shows at the birmingham Settlement I posted a thread about this yesterday on Birmingham Settlement
Have a good day
Glad
 
Hi Bramwell, Mrs Crowe married again to Albert Jones. She had in total 3 boys and 3 girls. Tony and his twin Audrey are still with us as is the elder boy and war hero Gerard, and Eilee. My Mom Lil fowkes died 2002, Terence in a RAF air accident 1953, I bet i used your fish and chip shop
 
Hi everyone

Really loving the thread and the excellent photographs. I am very interested in the pictures of 235 and 237. If I understand correctly the cafe is 235 and my great great grandfather Henry Wright lived somewhere in 235 while my g g grandmother Amy Elizabeth Hemming lived in 236 - anyone know anything about them?

SMiller researching HEMMING(S) WILLIAMS WRIGHT
 
hi psmiller..glad you liked the photos..i cant help you im afraid but maybe someone will come up with something....if you have any pics of farm st we would love to see them.

good luck with your search...

astoness
 
Hope you have better luck than me .I had a letter to veiw the register etc .For ( Harry Lucas ) .When i gave them the letter from the education dept .All the names bar mine were covered up in the register.I was told the school had to be closed for 50 years before anyone could view
 
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