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Skinner Lane
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sylviasayers
master brummie
Skinner Street was off Bromsgrove Street near No.181
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sylviasayers
master brummie
Sorry I gave Skinner Street not Lane.
Skinner Lane 148 Hurst Street to Dean Street.
Skinner Lane 148 Hurst Street to Dean Street.
My Mother was raised in Skinner Lane in the old Courtyards. I remember being taken there as a schoolboy by a friend who lived there John Burke who went to St. catherines if you're there Hi! Anyway, that's now all gone but I would like to see some photos of the area if any are available. Perhaps you lived there? Did you know the Harris's (formerly Dembovski)..
Rory
Rory
luketaylor89
New Member
Hi Rory
I am researching my family who I believe may have lived in Skinner Lane, George and Kate Harris, are these any relation to the people that you are looking for?
Luke
I am researching my family who I believe may have lived in Skinner Lane, George and Kate Harris, are these any relation to the people that you are looking for?
Luke
hello luke and welcome to the forum..just noticed that rory has not logged on since he made that post in aug 2011 but could you tell me where skinner lane was..i have never heard of it...
lyn
![City Skinner Street 1968[1] (2).jpg](/forum/data/attachments/22/22295-25d5e4f06e89bbf4ee786d6898cfeaa9.jpg)
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Paul,
In my opinion the photo was taken in Skinner Lane looking up Skinner St toward Bromsgrove St, if you look at the Rotunda you can just see under it the roof of the what would have been quite new then the Silver Blades Ice Rink & Bowling Alley on the corner of Bromsgrove St & Pershore St.
luketaylor89
New Member
Hi Lyn, looks as though these guys have already answered your question, very interesting to see a photo of Skinner Lane. Rory, it's a shame that we are looking for different people as that would have made things easier!
Luke
Luke
You can just see Hurst Street over the lad's shoulder. The lad in the front lived in the shop you can see. I have another photo which shows Skinner Lane but has me and a friend up a lamp post so more us and less Skinner Lane but I will post it anyway.
Sorry have just looked at it again and there is almost nothing of Skinner Lane showing. Skinner Lane is running alongside the houses on the right.
This is a photo of my brother Raymond Foulkes Jill, the shop is where we lived on 50 Skinner Lane, the courtyards were up the sides of where the shop was and opposite was (on the right) where the cars are is the start of Skinner Street. We had a Mrs Harris live up the courtyard in 1950's, a lovely lady. Hope this helps anyone the road at the back of my brother is not Skinner Lane or Street, Bromsgrove St runs across the back of him and he is looking down Skinner Lane to Dean St.
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Your welcome, if I find any more photos of help I will add onto here, it was just strange to see a photo I had taken put on here but I do know my sister left a copy at the Hurst Street properties that were done up
My grandma and aunties and uncles lived, respectively at 17 and 18 Skinner Street. At 17 lived Alfred and Lavinia Harris and at 18, Arthur and Alice Gillman and my grandma. 17 was the last back to back and 18 let out onto the courtyard that adjacently joined Skinner Lane and Skinner Street. I'm sure that the Mrs Harris in Skinner Lane referred to earlier in this thread was the mother of my uncle Alfred.
I well remember the shop at 50 Skinner Lane in the 50s/60s run by the Foulkes family. I used to visit my aunties on Sunday afternoons and they sent me to the shop for copious amounts of ice cream. Happy days!
I well remember the shop at 50 Skinner Lane in the 50s/60s run by the Foulkes family. I used to visit my aunties on Sunday afternoons and they sent me to the shop for copious amounts of ice cream. Happy days!
Hi Clive, I am Sheila Foulkes, the daughter of the shop owners at 50 Skinner Lane. I remember Mrs. Harris very fondly, a lovely lady and the other families in Skinner Street. They were very happy days there, with great neighbours and friends. It was lovely to hear someone remember the shop and my family.
Hi Sheila. I can remember your dad behind the shop counter as if it were yesterday. That's a great photo of Raymond which I'm sure you treasure. Neighbours looked out for each other in those days and Skinner Street was always very clean from my memory. Not much litter in those days.
My brother, sister and myself spent years visiting and playing in the courtyard opposite the shop. Alf and Vinnie Harris finally left for Kings Norton in 1966 when they knocked the houses down.
My brother, sister and myself spent years visiting and playing in the courtyard opposite the shop. Alf and Vinnie Harris finally left for Kings Norton in 1966 when they knocked the houses down.
Hi Clive, Neighbours certainly did look out for each other then and they all kept the streets clean and tidy. We also moved out in 1966 so they could knock them all down and re build the Wholesale Markets. The Wholesale Markets have now moved again and been knocked down. Sometimes I don't think these changes are for the better, the history is lost of Birmingham now. It's been years now since I went into Brum, my daughter keeps saying when all this pandemic is over we shall go and have a walk round there. I bet I wont recognise the place now.
JJ69
Jayne
Hi, I’m researching my family tree. If anyone remembers the Varley family or Chambers from skinner lane/street, I’d love to hear from you. I believe they lived there until late 1940’s. My grandmother was raised in a back to back, her name was Annie Varley, she had brothers Jack and John and sisters marg and Minnie. Their mother was Gertrude and she had a glass eye so would if used the glass eye maker on adjacent street.
