Marshall Street Holloway Head

[Astoness]

marshall st...date unknown...just as a matter of interest what area was marshall street...

pic courtesy of carl chinn

 

[mike-g]

There was a Marshall St South Sparkbrook and a Marshall St Smethwick that I can find in the 1947 book

 

[Astoness]

thanks mike..maybe someone will be able to confirm which one it is...

lyn

 

[Phil]

Lyn

I think its the Marshall Street off Holloway Head. That was on a slight hill. Its not the one in Sparkbrook as I only lived around the corner and that was on almost level ground. I think Mikejee has got a photo among his collection. As for the Marshall Street in Smethwick I can tell you nothing about that one at all.

Phil

 

[Astoness]

cheers phil....

lyn

 

[mikejee]

Lyn
I think its the one on holloway head. the sparkbrook one is flat. The picture below is from streetview off holloaway head, and the slope is right and i think the goods doors towards the back of the building on the right are the same as on your photo at front right.
mike

 

[Astoness]

thanks mike but i cant see the pic below...

lyn

 

[mikejee]

Sorry Lyn, forgot to attach and never checked. Here it is
mike

 

[Astoness]

hi mike...yes i would agree with you...well done sherlock...lol



lyn

 

[Alf]

Yes there was one in the Centre Birmingham 1

 

[robert]

My grandfather Cornelios Edward Bunting lived at 22 and a half Marshell st in the late 1800s. Thanks for the photo Lyn.

 

[Astoness]

wicked rob..for all you know one of the houses showing could well be your grandfathers house...although with a number like 22 and a half it may have been on the back....

lyn....

 

[brummy-lad]

Aerial view and maps.

 

[Vivienne14]

Presumably once Upper Marshall Street ? There's a thread here for UMSt :

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/upper-marshall-street.63201

 

[brummy-lad]

It looks as though they were always separate streets, certainly on the map of 1892-1914

 

[brummy-lad]

First of 9 images that Lyn (Astoness) obtained from Carl Chinn.

 

[Astoness]

First of 9 images that Lyn (Astoness) obtained from Carl Chinn.

gough arms pub still there john although not a pub now

lyn

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[lmr3103]

First of 9 images that Lyn (Astoness) obtained from Carl Chinn.

The little toddler wandering about out the front next door!

 

[Astoness]

The little toddler wandering about out the front next door!

i noticed the toddler lynn if you look to the left of the toddler i think i can make out an adult either standing at the top of the entry or maybe on the door step..difficult to make out..as you know in those days it was common for young children to be in the streets..something we would not allow today

lyn

 

[brummy-lad]

i noticed the toddler lynn if you look to the left of the toddler i think i can make out an adult either standing at the top of the entry or maybe on the door step..difficult to make out..as you know in those days it was common for young children to be in the streets..something we would not allow today

lyn

Almost like a ghost image by the entry.

 

[brummy-lad]

gough arms pub still there john although not a pub now

lyn

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Glass Works still there too but you would hardly recognise it.

 

[brummy-lad]

Original cobbled entrances to the factories are still there. Looking at Kelly's through the different years there are very few records of the factories, I suspect they either changed hands regularly or were left derelict for many years.

 

[brummy-lad]

Next image.

 

[Dionysius//88]

thanks mike..maybe someone will be able to confirm which one it is...

lyn

I worked in Upper Gough St in the late 60's early 70's and my word after a look at it with Street view what a change indeed . Not necessarily the best views, parts of Granville St look worse now than what it did in the 60's, plus it looks as though they are, trying to make a slum out of the area around what used to be The Gough Arms. I'm not at all impressed with the updating

 

[Dionysius//88]

Glass Works still there too but you would hardly recognise it.

Yes that building was shared by Midland Glass and Midland ShotBlasting

 

[lmr3103]

i noticed the toddler lynn if you look to the left of the toddler i think i can make out an adult either standing at the top of the entry or maybe on the door step..difficult to make out..as you know in those days it was common for young children to be in the streets..something we would not allow today

lyn

Yes I think I can make out a figure Lyn.
I agree with you- it always strikes me these days that you don’t see kids playing out on the streets. I was an only child and my Dad was strict, but I was always out skipping or playing hopscotch. And then getting older as a teenager ‘ hanging about ‘ trying to impress!

 

[lmr3103]

I worked in Upper Gough St in the late 60's early 70's and my word after a look at it with Street view what a change indeed . Not necessarily the best views, parts of Granville St look worse now than what it did in the 60's, plus it looks as though they are, trying to make a slum out of the area around what used to be The Gough Arms. I'm not at all impressed with the updating

I agree Dion, it looked such a nice pub in its day.

 

[Dionysius//88]

I agree Dion, it looked such a nice pub in its day.

It was, in my brief time there nearly all the Post Office drivers drank there after their shifts were over

 

[lmr3103]

I worked with some of those Post Office drivers, no wonder you’ve got such good memories of it!
I passed what was the Gough Arms a couple of years ago on my way to the Craven Arms. It didn’t look like that Streetview picture, perhaps it’s changed hands again.

 

[Dionysius//88]

I worked with some of those Post Office drivers, no wonder you’ve got such good memories of it!
I passed what was the Gough Arms a couple of years ago on my way to the Craven Arms. It didn’t look like that Streetview picture, perhaps it’s changed hands again.

Yes for the worse though I hate to say