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Skinner street

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Skinner Lane & Skinner Street were between Bromsgrove St and Sherlock St, Skinner Lane ran from Hurst St to Dean St and Skinner Rd ran off it (see map).
 

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Hi Phil,

I am trying to work out where your photo of Skinner St was taken. The view of the Rotunda makes me think it was at the junction with Bromsgrove St, except the road at the end looks at the wrong angle to be Dean St.

Any thoughts?

Paul
 
PaulE said:
Hi Phil,

I am trying to work out where your photo of Skinner St was taken. The view of the Rotunda makes me think it was at the junction with Bromsgrove St, except the road at the end looks at the wrong angle to be Dean St.

Any thoughts?



Paul
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Paul,

In my opinion the photo was taken in Skinner Lane looking up Skinner St toward Bromsgrove St, if you look at the Rotunda you can just see under it the roof of the what would have been quite new then the Silver Blades Ice Rink & Bowling Alley on the corner of Bromsgrove St & Pershore St.
 
My grandma and aunties and uncles lived, respectively at 17 and 18 Skinner Street. At 17 lived Alfred and Lavinia Harris and at 18, Arthur and Alice Gillman and my grandma. 17 was the last back to back and 18 let out onto the courtyard that adjacently joined Skinner Lane and Skinner Street. I'm sure that the Mrs Harris in Skinner Lane referred to earlier in this thread was the mother of my uncle Alfred.
I well remember the shop at 50 Skinner Lane in the 50s/60s run by the Foulkes family. I used to visit my aunties on Sunday afternoons and they sent me to the shop for copious amounts of ice cream. Happy days!
 
Hi Clive, I am Sheila Foulkes, the daughter of the shop owners at 50 Skinner Lane. I remember Mrs. Harris very fondly, a lovely lady and the other families in Skinner Street. They were very happy days there, with great neighbours and friends. It was lovely to hear someone remember the shop and my family.
 
Hi Sheila. I can remember your dad behind the shop counter as if it were yesterday. That's a great photo of Raymond which I'm sure you treasure. Neighbours looked out for each other in those days and Skinner Street was always very clean from my memory. Not much litter in those days.
My brother, sister and myself spent years visiting and playing in the courtyard opposite the shop. Alf and Vinnie Harris finally left for Kings Norton in 1966 when they knocked the houses down.
 
Clive F said:
Hi Sheila. I can remember your dad behind the shop counter as if it were yesterday. That's a great photo of Raymond which I'm sure you treasure. Neighbours looked out for each other in those days and Skinner Street was always very clean from my memory. Not much litter in those days.
My brother, sister and myself spent years visiting and playing in the courtyard opposite the shop. Alf and Vinnie Harris finally left for Kings Norton in 1966 when they knocked the houses down.
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Hi Clive, Neighbours certainly did look out for each other then and they all kept the streets clean and tidy. We also moved out in 1966 so they could knock them all down and re build the Wholesale Markets. The Wholesale Markets have now moved again and been knocked down. Sometimes I don't think these changes are for the better, the history is lost of Birmingham now. It's been years now since I went into Brum, my daughter keeps saying when all this pandemic is over we shall go and have a walk round there. I bet I wont recognise the place now.
 
Hi, I’m researching my family tree. If anyone remembers the Varley family or Chambers from skinner lane/street, I’d love to hear from you. I believe they lived there until late 1940’s. My grandmother was raised in a back to back, her name was Annie Varley, she had brothers Jack and John and sisters marg and Minnie. Their mother was Gertrude and she had a glass eye so would if used the glass eye maker on adjacent street.
 
Brothers Jack and Thomas?

Interestingly, I see that your great grandfather (John) was married previously and it looked like he had to wait until his first wife died to marry your great grandmother. And luckily/sadly just before he died.
 
MWS said:
Brothers Jack and Thomas?

Interestingly, I see that your great grandfather (John) was married previously and it looked like he had to wait until his first wife died to marry your great grandmother. And luckily/sadly just before he died.
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Yes brothers Jack and Thomas. How did you find out about a previous marriage? I never knew that but always wondered why they married so late. What info have you got on first marriage as I’d look into that. Thanks
 
It was the late marriage that got my interest. When I started searching for John I found he was listed as married on both the 1891 and 1901 census though he was living with his parents and there was no sign of his wife.

Luckily on the 1911 census there is a listing for Mrs John Varley (no sign of husband) which gave me something to go on.

Marriage between John Varley and Marion (Eleanor) Finch was registered Dec qtr 1887 Bham, so possibly didn't last long. She is listed as Marion Varley in 1891 and 1901 with relatives, they don't appear to have had any children.

Her death is registered Jun qtr 1936 Bham.
 
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It was the late marriage that got my interest. When I started searching for John I found he was listed as married on both the 1891 and 1901 census though he was living with his parents and there was no sign of his wife.

Luckily on the 1911 census there is a listing for Mrs John Varley (no sign of husband) which gave me something to go on.

Marriage between John Varley and Marion (Eleanor) Finch was registered Dec qtr 1887 Bham, so possibly didn't last long. She is listed as Marion Varley in 1891 and 1901 with relatives, they don't appear to have had any children.

Her death is registered Jun qtr 1936 Bham.
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Wow, I’ll need to look at that. It took me so long just to find my great grandparents marriage details, it didn’t occur to me for a while to look so late. Shame there’s no story to this with the family, I’m curious now. He was a bit of a character, bare knuckle fighter ( on the side)apparently and he travelled to the states Chicago by boat to fight but came back swiftly as someone was shot, so the story goes. It’s why I was asking if anyone remembered the family or stories of. Do you research as a hobby
 
The more you look the more surprising things you find out.

Interesting, hopefully you'll be able something about that.

There may be a newspaper article (21 Jul 1891, Bham Daily Post) about him being involved in an assault, the article mentions a John jun and a John snr and a Thomas. John's father was also called John and he had a brother Thomas so it could be them.

Yes, I enjoy a bit of genealogy. So many fascinating things to discover.
 
MWS said:
The more you look the more surprising things you find out.

Interesting, hopefully you'll be able something about that.

There may be a newspaper article (21 Jul 1891, Bham Daily Post) about him being involved in an assault, the article mentions a John jun and a John snr and a Thomas. John's father was also called John and he had a brother Thomas so it could be them.

Yes, I enjoy a bit of genealogy. So many fascinating things to discover.
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Yes I’ve got that pretty sure it’s him
 
My own understanding of Skinner Street dates back to c.1815, but here the address refers to 55 Skinner Street, Snowhill (sic), which was a warehouse. Quite some distance from Skinner Street off Bromsgrove Street, which is shown below (1902-1903 map).

Is anyone aware of another Skinner Street that was sited near Snow Hill?

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There is always a possibility that a Skinner Street existed in Snow Hill, London, so I'll research that a little further.
 
Answering my own question here - I now believe it was the Skinner Street in London that was being referred to.
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There's a Skinner Street and a Snow Hill in Wolverhampton too.

Here is some info on the London ones...
londonstreetviews.wordpress.com

43 Skinner Street nos 1-61 and King Street Snow Hill nos 2-47 – London Street Views

Posts about 43 Skinner Street nos 1-61 and King Street Snow Hill nos 2-47 written by Baldwin Hamey
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Thanks, the link to the London site was very useful - but frustrating that the map does not include No.55. It was either Skinner Street in Birmingham or London. I've now determined that it was in London.
 
sheiljoy said:
This is a photo of my brother Raymond Foulkes Jill, the shop is where we lived on 50 Skinner Lane, the courtyards were up the sides of where the shop was and opposite was (on the right) where the cars are is the start of Skinner Street. We had a Mrs Harris live up the courtyard in 1950's, a lovely lady. Hope this helps anyone the road at the back of my brother is not Skinner Lane or Street, Bromsgrove St runs across the back of him and he is looking down Skinner Lane to Dean St.
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Hi sheil me and my sister were born behind your shop marg and john lynch i remember you buying a little chicken from henrys store in town and givingit to us when we moved to kings heath
 
VillaJ said:
Hi sheil me and my sister were born behind your shop marg and john lynch i remember you buying a little chicken from henrys store in town and givingit to us when we moved to kings heath
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Hi John, Sorry it has taken me so long to reply I had forgotten my password but all sorted now. It's great to hear from you I remember you all, your Mom and Dad were such a lovely couple, your dad got Ray into the the slaughter house part time. That chicken caused such a ruction when I bought it home lol my Mom told me I had to get rid of it. Do you remember Patty Grosvenor, I am in touch with her too FB. I hope you and Margaret are well and thanks for the message
 
VillaJ said:
What a lovely photo of Raymond Foulkes a handsome man ive never forgotten him as a 5 year old i thought he was soooo handsome so sad how he died hope we meet uo again Sheila Foulkes Margie Lynchxx
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Hi Margie, just spotted yours and Johns message hope you are well and I remember your Mom and Dad so fondly, your Mom used to keep an eye out on the back gate for us when my Mom and Dad were out bless her. I'm living in Tamworth now but its so good to hear from you both xx
 
This is a photo of the Coronation Party in June 1953 this was held in the Dean Street youth club and the people attending are from Skinner Lane and Skinner Street. Let me know if you spot any family. Dean Street youth club was at the bottom end of Skinner Lane (opposite end to the shop)
 

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Hi everyone, does anyone remember the Davis family that lived on skinner street in the early 60’s. Trying to research my family tree. Thanks :)
 
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