Hi Phil, that has made my day!! Thank you so much.Banjo
Not quite 1952 and the brassworks company next to the laundry is a café by the time this photo was taken in the 60's, but I don't think there are many changes to the actual buildings at that time.
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Lyn, What a smashing pic of Wimbush's. I remember going to school down Camden St and having Wimbush's Apple Charlottes. However on the caption is says the address is Aston, well it was never Aston this end of Icknield St. I wonder where thay idea came from?
Did you know that this was a pub?hi all..well i travelled back in time earlier to when me and out kid used to play in old buildings....i must admit this is the most dangerous thing i have ever done to obtain pics...the buildings are most dangerous...floor boards upstairs and in the attic are mostly gone.... wires hanging everywhere.. etc...to obtain entry we went round the back where some of the fencing was down...can you please bare in mind that if some of the pics are not to good its because all the rooms at the front where in complete darkness as they are all boarded up so i was just aiming my camera and hoping for the best.. i had it set on night mode and flash...
having said all that its the most exciting thing i have done in a long time and well worth it to capture what will surely be a thing of the past when the bulldozers move in...
the first pics are of the front of the buildings...then the back and finally the inside..
astoness
(All the following are replacement inages, which i believe are same as originals)
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Hi Lyn, trust me, I am still plodding on with the Villa Tavern and a former publican has led me to Icknield Street. Not this pub mind you. The cafe was once the Ivy Tavern, one of the street's lesser-known boozers. Many years later when it was a lingerie and corset shop, it still had Ivy House on a sign between the first and second-floor windows.do you mean the rimini cafe kieron??if so then no i didnt know it used to be a pub...cant say as any of our members know this either least i cant recall anyone mentioning it..what was it called and when did it cease trading...very interesting...trust me to go in a pub after it had closed lol
ly
No, not as a pub. Most of my pics seem to be the same as stuff on this thread, though I do have plates of some which afford good detail as you know. So, yes, you now have to go on another mission!!gosh the villa tavern has a lot to answer for kieron and i will go to the foot of our stairs about the rimini cafe being a pub...do you have a photo of the ivy tavern or do i need to make it yet another mission??
That should have the pub in Atkinson's livery as it was theirs. Always interested in a nice pub pic!!keiron where was the warstone inn pub ickneild st...just been going through some new photos i have been given and one of them is a nice one 1925 taken of a coach party outside the pub..if its of any use to you in the future let me know
lyn
This totally floats my boat - thank Lyn. It is nice to have photographs of the buildings but I particularly like images such as this where there is a story in many aspects of the photograph, the smiles, the clothes, the not-so well dressed still trying to get into the image behind the bus, the urchin determined to get in the shot, the type of transport, uniform of the staff ... it's great. I am bouncing it back to you with a little bit of tidying so you can save it. Thanks again for posting this.