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Anyone live near to 64 Holyhead Road during the late 70's early 80's?
 
Thank's Craig.
I'm trying to produce a history of a small school that was located at no.64. It was demolished about 20 years ago. I'm trying to locate anyone in the immediate area who knew what happened to the headmistress etc.
 
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use friends reunited there is usually all information about schools in brum
 
Thank's chaps - some good leads here. I knew I could rely on you!
 
The images referred to in the following two posts are no longer available.

The 'then' pictures are taken from old postcards, the 'now' pictures taken from Google Streetview.
The older of the pictures is thought to date from the 1910's, featuring the New Inns

Ian.
 
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And another couple of Holyhead Road and the New Inns.
The 'then' pictures are taken from old postcards, the 'now' pictures taken from Google Streetview.
The older of the pictures is thought to date from the 1900's.

Ian.
 
Hi. Just seen your thread re Holyhead rd. was 64 woodville private school .
i went there 1947 to 1950
miss Parker was headmistress. There was a mrs Coe and a muss Ashmore. I lived off island rd
Let me know Valerieexbrummie
 
Villan said:
Thank's Craig.
I'm trying to produce a history of a small school that was located at no.64. It was demolished about 20 years ago. I'm trying to locate anyone in the immediate area who knew what happened to the headmistress etc.
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I grew up just off Soho Road in the 1950s, but didn't remember the school at all. However, I have just Googled "Woodville Private School, Holyhead Road, Handsworth" - found quite a bit of information for you, and it jogged my memory, too!
 
This thread starts with the query asking if anyone lived near 64 Holyhead Road in 70s and early 80s.

Can’t help there but the picture from the Tatler of October 1904 shows Peggy Silvester of number 66. One of the contestants for the Tatler Silver Cup, a Pretty Children competition, I wonder if she won?

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nice photo viv...not able to confirm its holyhead road but i would not bet against it as lot of what are main roads now looked like that at one time...what makes me think this is casting my mind back to the mystery cottage photo thread in great barr...

lyn
 
It is a lovely old photo of Holyhead Road. It might be the part that runs within Birmingham but the name Holyhead Road is a generic term for the A5 - London to Holyhead road - so it could be anywhere. I will watch this thread with interest.
 
Radiorails said:
It is a lovely old photo of Holyhead Road. It might be the part that runs within Birmingham but the name Holyhead Road is a generic term for the A5 - London to Holyhead road - so it could be anywhere. I will watch this thread with interest.
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I remember being told that Holyhead Road was part of the old London to Holyhead Road, long before the present route along the A5. It seems that an Act of parliament in 1815 gave rise to the route and Thomas Telford was the engineer.

Looking through the Archives the 4th report in 1828 informs for the Birmingham section... “After passing the bridge, the street has been widened by taking down several houses. The road up the hill has had its pavement broken up and converted to broken stone which has rendered that steep hill less dangerous.”

And in October 1833 the advert below was placed in Aris's Birmingham Gazette. No it couldn’t be could it?
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Vivienne14 said:
The Holyhead Road showing the former New Inns pub. The pub building and the Victorian parade of shops next to the parked vehicle on the right are still there. Viv.
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Hello

This thread I read with interest. In 1970, I attended an Employment Rehabilitation Centre in Holyhead Road, Handsworth for 6 weeks. The main rehabilitation buildings were on the left hand side near the junction of Island Road. Across the road was the administration offices and canteen for the service users. Obviously, at the time I was out of work and needed help in getting on the right path for suitable alternative employment. Any knowledge or photographs of the of these buildings would be much appreciated.

originally, the Government Rehabilitation Centres where started up by Remploy. Recently I Google earthed this location and flats have been built on the left and a supermarket is on the other side of the road. The social worker employed there was Mrs Humphreys. Not only was she very professional in her job, she was a true lady. Online, I have seen a photograph of the greenhouses in the grounds of the Employment Rehabilitation Centre in Edgbaston taken in 1973.
 
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Radiorails said:
It is a lovely old photo of Holyhead Road. It might be the part that runs within Birmingham but the name Holyhead Road is a generic term for the A5 - London to Holyhead road - so it could be anywhere. I will watch this thread with interest.
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I traveled the length of the A5 from Hinkley to Holyhead on my m/bike. a old roman rd Watling st. it never went through bham. tamworth.canock staffs and all stations north.
 
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The road slopes the right way, but did Holyhead Road have a tramway?View attachment 139949
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To the best of my knowledge, trams did run along Holyhead Road from Birmingham City Centre to West Bromwich. In 1970, I used to travel on a bus from Wednesbury to Handsworth and many of the lamp standards through West Bromwich town centre were so obviously ones used to support the overhead wires for electric trams.
 
Between Crocketts Road/Sandwell Road & Station Road looking towards Birmingham. The old New Inns pub (now flats) was the big building on the corner in the modern shot.
 
I was born in Church terrace 1956 and lived there until 1973 at number 1 Church Terrace then we moved to Junction road when the regeneration took over in 1973. There is Holyhead school standing there now where my house used to be. There was 15 houses in the terrace. You walked out of your front door onto a path then crossed a dirt path to get to your garden. You could look over the fence at top of garden into the police houses. My best friend was Chinder Pal who lived at number 2.My mom used to manage the Launderette opposite the New Inns in the shops there. She managed it from the early 1960s to 1988. Before that it was a florist shop and she worked there too. She was known as Aunt Joan to most of the kids who came in. My grandfather was a policeman at Thornhill road Police station but lived in church terrace. His nickname was Bronco Morgan and he died in 1952. This was just off the Holyhead road opposite the Social club which is now a temple. At the bottom of Church terrace was a cafe. The New inns pub used to be beautiful and I went to a few dances at the Princes suite even though I was young I got in!! . We used the Gardeners social club that was opposite the New inns. The junior school, St James school was in Brewery street then a new one was built in Sandwell road. I was one of the first pupils transferred from the old school to the new one. Hated it there. I can remember those years better than recent years as I moved away in 1974. I went to look at the road recently and many memories came flooding back so if you need any info about that area I can probably let you know the answers.
 
Welcome Sheila. Some lovely memories you’ve given us there. I am going to move your post to an older thread about Holyhead Road which you might also find interesting,

Viv.
 
My wife used to work in Lloyds Bank Holyhead Road on the corner of the old Albion Cinema opposite the New Inns pub before we were married in the early 1960's She used to go into the coffee shop over the road at lunchtime with her friend. Mrs Sands had a haberdashery shop also on opposite side of road from bank. Sad to see that the Albion Cinema and Lloyds bank are no longer there replaced with a small green space on the corner
 
Some buildings remain today in this view , including the former New Inns pub, but this is now accommodation. An interesting little feature on the wall to the right in today’s view indicating ‘Handsworth Market’ and a Bull above the name plate.I think it’s just visible in the B&W photo too. Viv.

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Vivienne14 said:
Some buildings remain today in this view , including the former New Inns pub, but this is now accommodation. An interesting little feature on the wall to the right in today’s view indicating ‘Handsworth Market’ and a Bull above the name plate.I think it’s just visible in the B&W photo too. Viv.

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Thank you for these 3 pictures of Holyhead Road opposite the New Inns. My wife said that she never noticed the old sign for Handsworth Market and the Bull despite working in LLoyds Bank next the Albion Cinema on the opposite corner for 7-8 years. The only Handsworth Market we both remember was further down on Soho Road next to the Post Office and opposite Woolworths in 1940's - 1960's.

We also noticed in the distance further down Holyhead Road on the right hand side on the old photograph the spire of Asbury Wesleyan Church. The spire was taken down after WW2 and church could not afford a new replacement spire.
 
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