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Old street pics..
- Thread starter Astoness
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brumgum
Proud to be a Brummie!
Thank's for that:biggrin:
Rosie I lived in Harborne for a while and still go back occasionally and still like it there.
My mom used to get her lunches from here when she worked at Thornley & Knights.
brummie nick
master brummie
The same spot I think in the 70's
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brummie nick
master brummie
I went to a lecture about Old Brum, and someone commented on how people in the pictures always looked rather smart, the chap giving the talk said, the only people with cameras were usually professional photographers, that worked Monday to Saturday in their studios, and only went out on the streets on Sundays, when most people in those times wore their ‘Sunday Best’ clothes.
Nick
roger burke
proper brummie kid
hi alan I lived at 229? or was it 29? tower hill , right opposite the hp building that backed onto the school playground . the block and all the houses around the back of it were demolished to make way for a new hp building . this left a bare patch on the corner of upper Thomas st , opposite the foundary . my parents were peggy and eddie lundon , he worked in hp. my best mate lived a few doors up , steve hughes . an older girl played with us in the street 9 I think she was about 15 at the time ,her name was ester . ring any bells ? regards roger
hi roger
i most certainly recall the house that backed on to the school play ground
and them building the new section steve hughes ring s a bell but not sure about ester unless you can recall her surname my cousin lived on the other side of hp when she was young and got married and lived there but it was only for a short while she had been flirting with another guy and her new husband tryed committing sucide they took him away to the mental hospital i have great memos of aston and recall most virtualy every think of my dear old Aston i often visit today and drive around the old aston ; and to tell you t5he truth i get upset when i see how its gone to the dogs completely distroyed i pull up and have moments to my self recalling the people and the shops within around the aston area and recall how buzzing it was always with great familys and shops i recall them as clear as yesterday best wishes Alan Astonian;; ps ;there is one guy i am trying to trace is my dear old mate collin gaskin if any body knows of his where abouts it would be great to find him orinated from lichfield rd and moved to tower rd by hp ;
i most certainly recall the house that backed on to the school play ground
and them building the new section steve hughes ring s a bell but not sure about ester unless you can recall her surname my cousin lived on the other side of hp when she was young and got married and lived there but it was only for a short while she had been flirting with another guy and her new husband tryed committing sucide they took him away to the mental hospital i have great memos of aston and recall most virtualy every think of my dear old Aston i often visit today and drive around the old aston ; and to tell you t5he truth i get upset when i see how its gone to the dogs completely distroyed i pull up and have moments to my self recalling the people and the shops within around the aston area and recall how buzzing it was always with great familys and shops i recall them as clear as yesterday best wishes Alan Astonian;; ps ;there is one guy i am trying to trace is my dear old mate collin gaskin if any body knows of his where abouts it would be great to find him orinated from lichfield rd and moved to tower rd by hp ;