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Old street pics..

Astoness said:
dennis howell tries out his loud hailer at the back of his coventry road committee rooms dated 1961

and 2 pics of church lane aston dated 1969

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Yes I remember good old Dennis Howell , I remember he got the nickname a man for all seasons when he was in Parliament one minute he was the minister for rain after a good downpour for some weeks . Or after a bad snowfall somewhere he was minister for snow, he had to have a hat for all weathers
 
Astoness said:
cuckoo road nechells dated 1967..note the old anderson shelter in the garden..

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hingeston st dated 1967..showing the rose and crown pub where our dad was living from a few weeks old..this street was also used in the shooting of the docu/film cathy come home..
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As a nipper I used to call it Indegestion St , before I knew how it was spelt
 
Dionysius//88 said:
I've walked along St Peter's Place and Ledsam St qiuite a few times
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Attachments 117397 brings back so many memories, when my son was four I had to take him to what was then the children's Hospital Five ways, we walked past that cobbled stoned oldy worldly what became a antique shop, with different sellers, renting space, as I'm saying this, in front of me is an original solid pine chest with three large drawers and two at the top, no nails all lined drawers, on the way back from the children's, l couldn't resist going in and fell for the chest bought for the pricey sum of £48.00. then the small shop by the telephone box, the lady who ran that also had a stall in the old rag market, selling pottery glassware and nicknacks, nice lady. Thank you for the memories it brings back.
 
Fantastic photo's, I've said it before but these photo's show a lost world where you could walk around and find local shops for everything you wanted, a cafe a short walk from anywhere. Lots of interesting family owned shops, antiques and junk shops everywhere and now gone for ever and sadly we will never see the like again.
This is the world I saw and still remember vividly when starting work for shopfitters in 1961 so travelled all over B,ham and the black country.
We refurbished every single Dewhurst's and other well known butchers shops, Withers and Finlay's Tobacconists and countless shops and offices right in the town centre such as Zissman's, George Hull, Lloyds bank and many more.
Happy days but to see the concrete mess that replaced it all is nothing short of criminal and the planners are still at it even now wanting to get rid of the market.
 
could not agree with you more izzy...i cant remember the last time i went into the city centre...sadly it holds very little historical interest for me now..another reason why i have spent the last 15 years amassing thousands of old photos before demo..the written word is fine but to my mind its the photos that tell the real story

lyn
 
Rob1abb said:
Ah memories of Saturday Morning at the Villa Cross Cinema in the 1950s. "We come along on Saturday morning, greeting everybody with a smile. We come along on Saturday morning, knowing it is well worth while..." (shouted rather than sung) Roy Rogers; Flash Gordon; When it was your birthday you got in free and went up on the stage, infront of the screen, for a gift. Some of my mates had three or four birthdays a year!!! (Not me, of course.) I remember the talks between the films and one lady trying to tell us all about 'germs', with giant cardboard cut-out drawings of germs, and having great difficulty being heard over the noise of hundreds of kids. But you could hear a pin drop when the serial film was on!
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I saw Davy Crockett on here in the year dot.
 
Richie said:
I think its a later photo too. The JCB is too modern. With the Cinephone on the right the digger is off-road anyway, preparing the way for the "new" Bristol Street Motors later become Monaco House and the Volvo dealership. Would put it early 1970s?
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I reckon it's early to mid 60's making room for the housing that would include Rickman Drive , I moved away around 69. My mate moved into Rickman Drive around 66/67
 
Astoness said:
this is the one i was talking about....just a solitary figure walking down an entry maybe coming home from the pub..looks like a ciggie box thrown on the floor..cant explain why this one fascinates me either...

entry leading to granville st...ladywood..

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Lynn when this entry was still standing , the Evening Mail ran a story saying if there was a fire in the houses in the yard, the entry contravenes the fire regulations for escape .
 
Astoness said:
its great to see this thread picking up now..thanks to everyone for posting their old street pics...

residents of granville st (off broad st) after a campain to get them re housed has proved successful..oct 1965


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rear of st martins st ...edgbaston dated 1965

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birchfield road...perry barr dated..1967

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Lyn that Granville Street pic has that eerie looking entry that took your attention behind the washing line. Believe it or not there was only four houses in that entry where some of thse people came from was just for the camera I think there were only about 10 lived up that entry
 
Astoness said:
hi viv..yes you are right it is the library..if you hover over phils pic it gives us the location and i also had no idea there was a library on constitution hill..wonder where abouts it was...looked to be a nice building..the hen and chickens pic 3 is still standing and open i believe..

lyn
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Best pint of Brew X1 in there , I could have drank that all afternoon without a tea break
 
Rob1abb said:
Ah memories of Saturday Morning at the Villa Cross Cinema in the 1950s. "We come along on Saturday morning, greeting everybody with a smile. We come along on Saturday morning, knowing it is well worth while..." (shouted rather than sung) Roy Rogers; Flash Gordon; When it was your birthday you got in free and went up on the stage, infront of the screen, for a gift. Some of my mates had three or four birthdays a year!!! (Not me, of course.) I remember the talks between the films and one lady trying to tell us all about 'germs', with giant cardboard cut-out drawings of germs, and having great difficulty being heard over the noise of hundreds of kids. But you could hear a pin drop when the serial film was on!
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carolina said:
Astoness, just another quote from Joni Mitchell. You take paradise and put up a parking lot.
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Similar memories different cinema, ours was the Bristol cinema off Lee Bank Bristol rd Edgbaston, my brother and I every Saturday morning, we are the Oveltinies little girls and boys, Flash Gorden, a Cartoon good atmosphere, on the way back we bought a frozen jubbely and meandered back home. Found in Google a picture of the Bristol cinema, looking at now it was pretty impressive, at least buildings had character back then, instead of a square box, good memories the Saturday matinee.
 
paul stacey said:
All kids in the 50's, had this magical experience, every Saturday Morning, for 6d, another world, mine was the "Royalty " Harborne!! later the "Oak Cinema," selly Oak!!
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For me it was either walking to the WOB :D in Weoley Castle where I lived in the 1950's or getting the 22 bus to Selly 'Oak' cinema and walking back afterwards, someone used to walk along the waiting line handing us a picture card
 
Hi izzy, I remember the WOB, in Barns Hill, well mate, it had a faulty, rear door, where you could sneak in when you were under age for a film showing, saw Dracula, and Sat Night Sunday Morning, that way, but when about 6 or 7 lads, tried it once,got caught, they repaired it, about 1960/ 61 time!!
 
paul stacey said:
Hi izzy, I remember the WOB, in Barns Hill, well mate, it had a faulty, rear door, where you could sneak in when you were under age for a film showing, saw Dracula, and Sat Night Sunday Morning, that way, but when about 6 or 7 lads, tried it once,got caught, they repaired it, about 1960/ 61 time!!
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And those were the good old days (at least it seemed), sneaking in without paying regardless of the picture!
 
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