I doo recall the railways would transport racing pigeons so they could be released several miles away from home.i too think they are pigeon baskets. you could see them on local railway stations and on backs of trucks.going to the destinations to be released, for there trip home.
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hi viv....never heard of the swan pub on villa road...where about was itWell that’s the last thing I’d have imagined !! Amazing. Another little snippet to add to our Villa Road history. Thanks both.
I think they would have been in the position of the Swan pub, so that might fit with a group connected with the pub perhaps. Viv.
good thinking pedro considering that the area was known as aston villa and aston villa football club was formed just a few yards to the rightCould even be ready to send off pigeons of the Aston Villa Homing Society that existed prior to 1926.
That’s because there wasn’t one Lyn - complete fabrication on my part!!! Sorry folks, no Swan on Villa Road. Vivhi viv....never heard of the swan pub on villa road...where about was it
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nice photo viv...also nice to just see wilkinsons on the right...they were there even in my dayI think this gives the view from the other direction. Is it the same thing? This image looks about 1910ish. Viv.View attachment 171919
These wicker baskets look to have dead birds on top of them?I think this gives the view from the other direction. Is it the same thing? This image looks about 1910ish. Viv.View attachment 171919
According to 1913 Kelly's the shops in the picture areI think this gives the view from the other direction. Is it the same thing? This image looks about 1910ish. Viv.View attachment 171919
I think that now having seen the laundry on list of businesses.Would add that I can remember laundry baskets looking very like those in the photos