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Park Road Hockley

i posted a lot of photos that came on 2 sheets on post 7 which are quite small so if anyone would like me to post them larger and separately let me know..i thought i had already done this but it seems not :rolleyes:

lyn
 
There are a couple of books by Gary Smith " A Trip Down the Flat" & " A Walk Up The Green" with excellent pics and history, having lived in a back house in Park Road until the age of 14 and attended ( sometimes ) HNR school, I can recommend these if you can get hold of them.
 
Phil B said:
Does anyone remember this pub, The Railway Tavern, see attached.
It was and still is on the corner of Park Rd, Norton St and Wharf St.
I spent many an hour and a few bob in here, usually just before going to the match at the Hawthornes, that's West Bromwich Albion (baggies) for those that don't like soccer.
My grandparents at one time lived at 298 Park Road just to the right of the pub.

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Use to use it regularly but sadly now closed, and had a lot of money spent on it in recent years, internally and externally. It was basically because of lack of trade. The 'Clifden' on Gt Hampton Street is apparently goning to re-open shortly (2024) and with its former title 'The Lord Clifden'.
 
brondrange said:
Use to use it regularly but sadly now closed, and had a lot of money spent on it in recent years, internally and externally. It was basically because of lack of trade. The 'Clifden' on Gt Hampton Street is apparently goning to re-open shortly (2024) and with its former title 'The Lord Clifden'.
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The Lord Clifden opened on 19 December. In there Christmas Eve, done a lovely job, only problem was they had run out Guinness. Called round the Railway on the off chance there would be sign of any opening, but no, all curtains still closed, but at least no graffiti. Best wishes to all on the Forum for ‘25 onwards.
 
I lived in Park Road until 14 yrs of age (1961) and can't ever recall a back house or front house with those steep steps, be interested to know where it is, we were at 2/208
 
Brian95 said:
I lived in Park Road until 14 yrs of age (1961) and can't ever recall a back house or front house with those steep steps, be interested to know where it is, we were at 2/208
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hi brian must admit i did wonder if the location caption on that photo was correct...think i can see numbers on both doors but the photo is of very poor quality so i cant make out the numbers...

lyn
 
Brian95 said:
I lived in Park Road until 14 yrs of age (1961) and can't ever recall a back house or front house with those steep steps, be interested to know where it is, we were at 2/208
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Astoness said:
hi brian must admit i did wonder if the location caption on that photo was correct...think i can see numbers on both doors but the photo is of very poor quality so i cant make out the numbers...

lyn
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Hi Brian and Lyn,
Brian hello again, I agree with you, I lived at 2/214 as you know and left in 1969. I know Park Road from one end to the other and don't remember those houses with the steep steps. Sorry Lyn the photo is not Park Road.
Phil
 
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Phil B said:
Hi Brian and Lyn,
Brian hello again, I agree with you, I lived at 2/214 as you know and left in 1969. I know Park Road from one end to the other and don't remember those house with the steep steps. Sorry Lyn the photo is not Park Road.
Phil
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thanks phil..photo came to me with that location but i agree with you in that it is wrong..wonder if it should be park road aston...think i will re post it on the forum under unknown location an throw it open to suggestions..i think i may have seen it before but cant be certain

lyn
 
There is a possibility that it may have been on the corner of Factory Road, opposite corner to The Soho Tavern, and backed onto the railway line (just up from The Black Eagle pub). My Auntie & Uncle lived in that building in the forties & early fifties.
 
Labelled as a secondhand shop at the junction of Park Road and Ford Street in the 1920s. This would be the shop occupied by Mrs Mabel Hyde and her husband Alfred, at 73 Park Road from sometime between 1915 and 1921 till 1938. From 1933 she ran it as a coffee house, and after her Ernest Jelf carried on with it as a coffee house. In the 1930s it was also occupied by Emily Anthea Hyde, probably her sister, who was a piano teacher

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great photo mike...just a couple of things ..i think it should be ford st not road and also should it be ernest jelf not jeff..the only reason i asked that is because i know there used to be quite a few coffee houses in birmingham run by the jelfs...thanks mike

map here...for those that do not know just move the blue dot to show what is there now...no 73 is on a green space


lyn
 
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mikejee said:
Labelled as a secondhand shop at the junction of Park Road and Ford Street in the 1920s. This would be the shop occupied by Mrs Mabel Hyde and her husband Alfred, at 73 Park Road from sometime between 1915 and 1921 till 1938. From 1933 she ran it as a coffee house, and after her Ernest Jelf carried on with it as a coffee house. In the 1930s it was also occupied by Emily Anthea Hyde, probably her sister, who was a piano teacher

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A grand old photo of beautifully designed/architecture shop. The detail and design of the rounded windows are magnificent! Thanks for the picture Mike.
 
Prior to the Hydes, the premises were used as a bakery and confectioners rented by John Hughes Speed. The business failed, but he turned the tenancy over to his wife. The matter went through the bankruptcy court in 1907.


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