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Old street pics..

aston lad said:
International Co-operative Day is an annual celebration of the co-operative movement observed on the first Saturday in July since 1923 by the International Co-operative Alliance. taken from Wikipedia .....The photo in question looks like it was taken in the 1920's just by looking at the head wear of some of the girls.....biggest question now , is where was it taken ?....
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Imteresting picture. Did Birmingham police have spikes on their helmets, if so, when?
 
The giveaway signs should be the 3 small windows on the pub and the ornate support (next to the M of Mitchells).
I have looked through all the pictures I can find of Aston pubs and the only 2 that come anywhere near being a match are:

The Royal Oak at Pritchett Street

and

The White Horse on Victoria Street

Insufficient detail on the photos to pick out the ornate support though. Very intriguing.

Is this going to be another 'where is this No. 8 bus' ?
 
brummy-lad said:
The giveaway signs should be the 3 small windows on the pub and the ornate support (next to the M of Mitchells).
I have looked through all the pictures I can find of Aston pubs and the only 2 that come anywhere near being a match are:

The Royal Oak at Pritchett Street

and

The White Horse on Victoria Street

Insufficient detail on the photos to pick out the ornate support though. Very intriguing.

Is this going to be another 'where is this No. 8 bus' ?
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The White Horse is an Atkinson House
 
Welcome, I hope you find something of interest here.
Dartmouth Auto Castings is mentioned in these two threads:

The Birmid

I hope no one will mind me posting this here as strictly speaking Im out of the Birmingham boundary by I guess, a few miles. Does anyone here have any connections with "The Birmid" it always seemed that local people always used the definite article when referring to it. I worked for...
birminghamhistory.co.uk birminghamhistory.co.uk

Belliss & Morcom

Interesting article about some war time employee records uncovered at their old factory https://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/...name_page.html
birminghamhistory.co.uk
 
Phil said:
Ray T

The pub on the corner of Montpelier Street was the Cottage of Content the shop on the other corner was a grocers shop the Bakery was on the corner of Long Street. The Railway a Davenports house was further up Kyrwicks Lane. The barber next to the old bakery premises was R Winnet (Ronnie) I think as I never used him, the chip shop was "Ickies" a W.Hickman who had the shop as long as I can remember he must have retired, packed it in or died in the early 70's because after then it had new owners.
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Phil said:
Ray T

The pub on the corner of Montpelier Street was the Cottage of Content the shop on the other corner was a grocers shop the Bakery was on the corner of Long Street. The Railway a Davenports house was further up Kyrwicks Lane. The barber next to the old bakery premises was R Winnet (Ronnie) I think as I never used him, the chip shop was "Ickies" a W.Hickman who had the shop as long as I can remember he must have retired, packed it in or died in the early 70's because after then it had new owners.
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Hi Lyn, Just gone through all the old Pic's again re visiting a lot of old memories of the old Days, I left in 1970 moved too
Devon then onto Cornwall in1977 still here but the old heart stings give me a pull now and then.... Still really proud to be borne and bred in BRUM PETE EXPAT
 
Pete Ex Pat said:
Hi Lyn, Just gone through all the old Pic's again re visiting a lot of old memories of the old Days, I left in 1970 moved too
Devon then onto Cornwall in1977 still here but the old heart stings give me a pull now and then.... Still really proud to be borne and bred in BRUM PETE EXPAT
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hi pete hope you are well..good to see you posting again and you know the old saying...you can take the lad out of brum but cant take brum out of the lad

lyn
 
I really appreciate all the pictures on this forum the old and of course the then and now along with the trams trains buses
I have to admit the amount of pictures taken so many years ago is unbelievable hauling around a camera must have been a real chore.
The amazing thing is how many photographs were just ordanary life and all those street pictures.
The cost back then and the time to develop the photographs it was not a cheap or quick affair, we can be sure no one living in a back to back was running to Boots for film
We are indeed blessed that these Photographs exist

It does appear that taking a photograph in winter was not a favorite time, as the lack of winter weather in most subject matter is missing
 
Robert Ensor (bob) said:
It does appear that taking a photograph in winter was not a favorite time, as the lack of winter weather in most subject matter is missing
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Yes Bob, there are very few photographs of snow in the city centre or in streets, although I'm sure I have seen some taken in e.g. Sutton Park. Maybe the snow was cleared up quickly from pavements, heavy foot-fall turned the snow to slush, or it was difficult for photographers to carry their heavy equipment in icy conditions in the early part of the twentieth century.
Just to prove that snow does fall in Birmingham town centre, here is one taken in Chamberlain Square in the early nineteen-eighties. The two people in the foreground are myself and my Dad. Dave.
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