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School located in 1960 near Lindrosa Road, off Hardwick Road, Sutton Coldfield.

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Burmeselinda

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My husband who is a 10 Pound Pom came to Australia in 1962 at the age of 8, but he can't remember where he went to school from the address he lived at in Lindrosa Road. It's probably long gone, but he said it was walking distance, and he walked to Hardwick Rd up his street, but can't remember where from there. Can anyone help?
 
Burmeselinda said:
My husband who is a 10 Pound Pom came to Australia in 1962 at the age of 8, but he can't remember where he went to school from the address he lived at in Lindrosa Road. It's probably long gone, but he said it was walking distance, and he walked to Hardwick Rd up his street, but can't remember where from there. Can anyone help?
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hi and welcome...well lindrosa road is most certainly still there so thats good news..could you can ask your husband what number he lived at or failing that the name of his parents as i maybe able to check the electoral rolls..i could then post a street view of his old house ? as for which school he went to i am sure some of our members will have some ideas...fingers crossed

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Hi and welcome to BHF. There are three schools about 1 Km south of Lindrosa Road in Streetly. The school in the centre is Streetly County Junior Schoor, but I don't know the names of the others.

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Astoness said:
hi and welcome...well lindrosa road is most certainly still there so thats good news..could you can ask your husband what number he lived at or failing that the name of his parents as i maybe able to check the electoral rolls..i could then post a street view of his old house ? as for which school he went to i am sure some of our members will have some ideas...fingers crossed

lyn
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Hi Lyn,
His last name is Dean and he lived at 34 Lindrosa, he thinks. We've had a hunt around, and we believe he went to Foley Road Primary Infants School, which is no longer there, and is now a small housing estate on Schoolacre Rise. He remembers when he was facing the school, that there was a big play area on the left, then some buildings in the middle, and maybe a church, set back a little on the right. He'd love to see some pics of it, but there are none to be found, except in the Walsall Archives, and I think you have to go there to see them. A little difficult from Australia. LOL. We've found this interesting mapping site that superimposes an older map over the current day Google Maps. Thanks for your help.
 

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yes that is a good map site...could i have the first names of his parents as it makes it easier to check the electoral rolls...thanks

lyn
 
Burmeselinda said:
Hi Lyn,
His last name is Dean and he lived at 34 Lindrosa, he thinks. We've had a hunt around, and we believe he went to Foley Road Primary Infants School, which is no longer there, and is now a small housing estate on Schoolacre Rise. He remembers when he was facing the school, that there was a big play area on the left, then some buildings in the middle, and maybe a church, set back a little on the right. He'd love to see some pics of it, but there are none to be found, except in the Walsall Archives, and I think you have to go there to see them. A little difficult from Australia. LOL. We've found this interesting mapping site that superimposes an older map over the current day Google Maps. Thanks for your help.
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Yes, I remember the school being there. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a photograph of it anywhere, other than the 70 held by the Walsall Archives, which you mention above. The school was much like many Edwardian schools that were built in Birmingham and Walsall in the 1900's (the 2nd photo below is an example) and that's one of the reasons that it drew my attention, as it looked so similar to the one that I attended in the 60s, which was built in 1903. The school was built in 1908 and closed in the mid 1980s, before being demolished for new houses in the late 80s (the first photograph below shows some of the houses, that were built on the site of the old school, now called "Schoolacre Rise").

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