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Great Hampton Row

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I can remember a coffee house in Great Hampton Row located within a few yards of where the above picture was taken. My grandparents lived behind "Loo Blooms" Gents Tailors and was very close to the coffee house. This was during the war years and after. The close knit community was completely broken up following redevelopment. This served to fiinish the close bond that had developed during the war years. Sad!
 
we moved to great hampton row in 1966 my father still lives there now.but for the life of me i cant work out where this photo was taken.if the graveyard was in the pic it would have been better.there seems to be another street on the left which im thinking could be unett st.
 
hi brummypaddy..ive struggled with that pic since i saw it and like you i just cant work it out...pretty sure though that the road to the left is not unett st as on the corner of gt hampton row and unett street stood the st georges vaults pub which as you will know is now where the maisonettes are now and on the opposite corner to the vaults is what used to be the little brown jug pub..my family moved to uxbridge st in 1972 and have have only recently left so your dad may know our mom and dad...

lyn.
 

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oh my god i never knew there was a pub there thats a great pic astoness thanks a million.what was your mom and dads name?i went back home 3 yrs ago and i couldnt beleive the place everyone has left now only the older generation including my dad are left.thanks to b'ham council have destroyed a good community although the area has been cleaned up and looks very nice.i miss that area terrible sometimes but could never go back and live there.we used to spend hours in tower st park annoying the park caretaker i think his name was bill.god he used to give us some slaps hahaha.
 
I don,t think photo*1 is a street where are the kerbs.If you look at the photo there,s a line down the middle I believe this to be a rain water gulley. I knew G.H.R. it ran down to Wheeler St which was opposite the end.I wonder if the trams ran down there at that time? I would say the photo was1910- 25 I think this must have been a Terrace although there are a lot of houses. Dek
 
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I don,t think photo*1 is a street where are the kerbs.If you look at the photo there,s a line down the middle I believe this to be a rain water gulley. I knew G.H.R. it ran down to Wheeler St which was opposite the end.I wonder if the trams ran down there at that time? I would say the photo was1910- 25 I think this must have been a Terrace although there are a lot of houses. Dek
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tend to agree with you dek....cant see traffic going down as there is a lampost in the middle..dont think we will ever solve this one..the only thing i did think of that it may have been st georges place gt hampton row..marked on this map...
 

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brummypaddy said:
oh my god i never knew there was a pub there thats a great pic astoness thanks a million.what was your mom and dads name?i went back home 3 yrs ago and i couldnt beleive the place everyone has left now only the older generation including my dad are left.thanks to b'ham council have destroyed a good community although the area has been cleaned up and looks very nice.i miss that area terrible sometimes but could never go back and live there.we used to spend hours in tower st park annoying the park caretaker i think his name was bill.god he used to give us some slaps hahaha.
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hi brummypaddy i have sent you a private message...
 
Thanks for the map Lyn does look more likely this was not my side of town but did go to our office in Barr St and often walked into town using the to end of G.H.R. Dek
 
i know where you mean dek...i love that map as it has helped me find me bearings more than once...


lyn
 
A larger section of Great Hampton Row can not see any think that looks like this photograph
 

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A larger section of Great Hampton Row can not see any think that looks like this photograph
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thanks john...ive always had my doubts as to the location of the pic...it just seems to clean..neat and tidy to be gt hampton row...as im sure in those days the housing round there was not that good....would love to be certain though

lyn
 
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Hello brummypaddy! Your picture of St. George's Vaults shows the pub to be on the corner of Great Hampton Row and Unett Street. The street names are clearly visible if the photo is enlarged. It would have stood on the left hand corner of Unett Street if you had your back to the church. This is confirmed by the shadow thrown by the building - always assuming that the photograph was taken around the middle part of the day which I think is most likely. I remember the spot from seventy years ago but I can't recall the pub unfortunately. Regards. willey
 
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The Vampire Great Hampton Row,demolished in the 1920s.
 

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hey moss thats a great pic of the vampire...not seen that before...here is the one ive got but i think me caption must be wrong as its says its in gt hampton st...

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Hi Lyn,you may be right.I have read that it was on the corner of Gt Hampton Row and Tower St,although in the picture it does not seem to be on a corner.If Mike reads this maybe he can help.Moss
 
i agree mosss it dont seem like a corner...i have a funny feeling that this pub was up for disscussion some time back but i cant remember the outcome now lol...i think it was mike who sorted it out...

lyn
 
Star and Garter,corner of Brearley Street
 

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always loved that pic of the barbers moss..hard to get pics of that end of the street...

star and garter is rare...good to see you back posting....

lyn
 
Great photos. Would that be The Minerva on the bottom left of the picture in #1?
I worked at the Bham Box just opposite the pub in about 1969 but apart from the pub itself i can,t think what else was there.
 
thanks mike....sorted...

hi topsy no its not the minerva that was further down...spent many a long hour in that pub in the early 80s...the building is still there but no longer a pub...think i may have a pic somewhere of it...

lyn
 
Below is a c 1889 map showing the Vampireat 33 Gt Hampton Row in red (appropriate). The pub is not named on the map, but curiously Vampire Yard, behind, is named

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My Brother in law used to be the owner of The Minerva Vaults, unfortunately he has passed and there was no photos..
 
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