Hi Lyn, it’s just like the photo of me at the Porchester Arms.
i know jackie ...what a delight it was when that photo of you outside the pub came to light...
lyn
Hi Lyn, it’s just like the photo of me at the Porchester Arms.
If it was for you posting it I wouldn’t of known, very grateful for this and the BHF a brilliant site. I just wish I could get hold of some old photo’s.i know jackie ...what a delight it was when that photo of you outside the pub came to light...
lyn
the adults look as if they are enjoying it toowonderful photos spargone...what a treat for those children...thank you
lyn
I lived in John St the other side of Newtown Row i the late 40's 50's..thought i would put this pic on. its taken in new john st west newtown 1967. on the right you can just see the old houses are still up. maybe someone will recognise these three lads. wales
I crossed-paths at Christmas with a retired social worker who worked in that area and I am hoping the two of us and the necessary technology can get together in the near future and put together some more background.
It would be nice if someone recognises themselves! I was thinking that maybe those children wouldn't have had many photographs taken of themselves at that time but maybe we only recognise ourselves as children because our relatives were able to point us out in old photographs?
I remember the sportsman late 50s Mr and Mrs Hall kept it but they moved from there to the Globe in Manchester St
thanks pete...the block behind thats just a puff of smoke is wiggin tower where my brother lived on the top floor
Brooks Tower was a 20 storey tower block in the Newtown area of Aston, Birmingham. Plans for the block were approved in 1968, along with Wiggin Tower and Hodgson Tower, as the final tower blocks in the Newtown area. Construction was completed in 1971 by Bryant using the Bison construction technique. It was 57 metres tall and contained 118 flats.View attachment 167785
Hi All, Just read this amazing thread. What wonderful photos. Thank you Spargone and many others.C Bryant & son did a lot of work in aston they built the new astonbrook sewer in newtown in the 60s as well
My aunt use to live on the 14th floor. That’s where I used to do my babysitting.
The chip shop was next door to Harts. It was owned/run by John Shakespear's mom & dad. He went to Elkington Street School and then on to Marsh Hill Boys.Opposite Harts before they knocked that side down there was a pub there I thought it was called the sportsmans inn but I cannot find any reference so I must of got the name wrong .Iwas certain there was a pub there as when I was young I use to go with my mum while she done some cleaning in there for them also I vaguely remember a chip shop somewhere along the same side as harts .Maybe someone might remember if they were there so I can see if my memories are correct.
Check this thread for a set of photos I posted previously of these shops not long before they were demolished - starting at post #118:-View attachment 182071
Newtown Row in the 1970s - Photograph reproduced with the kind permission of the late Keith Berry