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Astoness said:
cracking photo of bsw...wonder what the name of the ansells pub is on the left corner

lyn
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After some research on another site I came up with "The Star Inn"...........
The Star Inn was opened as a beer house and located on north side of Bridge Street West, on the corner of Well Street. Indeed, the address of the tavern has been featured in both streets. Historically, the house was known as the Star Tavern on Well Street, though after some enlargement became the Star Inn and generally listed at No.306 Bridge Street West.
If you look at the street sign top right you can JUST make out the beginning of the name Well Street.
 
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mikejee said:
I thought it might be the star Inn, which seems to have actually been in Well St, but am dubious
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mike i think the star inn i recall was on the corner of brearley st west and gt hampton row but need to check

lyn
 
jimbo said:
Quite a few cars in this pic to keep johnfromstafs busy
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Yes, thanks, somehow I seem to have missed this.

#5875

Facing away from the camera is a Sunbeam Alpine, with a hardtop fitted, and the most interesting car facing us is the black 1933-35 Morris Ten-Four a few vehicles back. (Sixth car on right?) Nearest is a Ford Zephyr Four, then an Austin Cambridge Countryman, the remainder are Cortinas, Anglias and a Mini or two.

The truck facing us is an Albion, basically a Leyland with a Glaswegian accent, sporting the Motor Panels VistaVue cab, also called the LAD cab, as it was used on Leyland, Albion, and Dodge trucks.

#5878

The gorgeous little garage business in Goosemoor Lane has only the one car I can be certain of, a 1935/6 Ford Ten model C, quite a flyer in its day, the Austin or Morris equivalent models being hard pushed at 55, the Ford would do over 60 if you were brave and could stand the noise. My Uncle Arthur, from the carriage works in Smethwick used to drive his Model C from Smethwick to Teignmouth for the family holiday. The other car on the front is, I think, a big Yank job, and probably a Hillman Minx in the workshop.

#5907

Nearest the camera, an early 1930s Morris Minor faces a newer Ford Eight, probably a Model 7Y deluxe, from the plated windscreen surround, and a similar Ford, but not the deluxe stands on the left, nosed up against what must have been a brand new 1938 Series 3 Wolseley. In front of the wine store stands a 1933 Standard Little Twelve. I can’t identify the car facing away in the middle ground, the van may be a Bedford.

#5885

OV2666 hiding coyly behind its radiator muff, is a Morris Minor (I think), and behind it stands a Singer Junior, the larger car opposite is a flatnose Morris, probably a Cowley. They were all quite new in 1931, so Spring Lane was definitely a prosperous address, not “plus-fours and no breakfast”.

#5904

On the flyover, Consul Mk2 which looks like a later addition to the image, Zephyr Mk2, Austin Sheerline, Austin A30, Bedford CA, A30 van, Commer Cob van (I think) and a BMMO D7. Another D7 with a Morris Cowley (pickup?) behind it.

A Cole’s truck mounted crane, and an A55 Cambridge on the pavement, and the J4 van turning right, and that’s about it.
 
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Tates said:
Lichfield Road at Salford Bridge looking north to Salford Park on March 14 1968............click for larger view.

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The interest is nearest the right hand side, a 1959 Mk1 Austin Healey Sprite “Frogeye” with a red wheel masks a Ford Consul Classic 315, about 1961/2, and then there is a 1965 Cortina Mk1, which is the unusual two door version. The rather bilious green colour is on a 1956/59 Standard Vanguard Phase 3, and finally a rather down at heel looking Ford Consul Mk2, an early “high-line” version. The lorry with the white mouth is a Commer, but not necessarily one fitted with the braying Tilling-Stevens designed two-stroke engine.
 
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Johnfromstaffs said:
I have also put some stuff in at message #5920.
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You are so knowledgeable about cars and vans John. My dad always had a nice car. A pale green Corsair in the late sixties, (the owner before dad was one of the Fewtrell brothers I seem to remember), a brown Capri, the family thought he had gone very trendy and a bright yellow Cortina in the eighties. That’s all I could tell you about them. Wonder if Maurice could tell me the proper colour of the bright yellow Cortina. It certainly wasn’t primrose. Kind regards and thank you for all the info you give to us all. Sue
 
Susan shaw said:
You are so knowledgeable about cars and vans John. My dad always had a nice car. A pale green Corsair in the late sixties, (the owner before dad was one of the Fewtrell brothers I seem to remember), a brown Capri, the family thought he had gone very trendy and a bright yellow Cortina in the eighties. That’s all I could tell you about them. Wonder if Maurice could tell me the proper colour of the bright yellow Cortina. It certainly wasn’t primrose. Kind regards and thank you for all the info you give to us all. Sue
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Daytona Yellow? I had two Capris, a ‘69 in red, and a ‘74 in Daytona Yellow, for which I paid all of £70!

Daytona Yellow Ford Capri GT Mk1 | Appreciating Classics

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A 1973 FORD CORTINA 1600L IN DAYTONA YELLOW, 'L' registration, one owner from new, approximately

Bid Live on Lot 393 in the Fine Art & Antiques Auction Auction from Cuttlestones Auctioneers.
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SteveBhx said:
The back of the photo says High Street / Winchester Street Aston 1969 but as we can all see it says Webster Street, but the local will know!!
Jack Wolfe Turf accountant - sound so old fashioned these days all blanked out windows and pictures of jockeys. Next door are the offices of Z cars with one of their cars parked outside. See the three storey houses and the brickwork over the windows upstairs.

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Used to be Foster Bros. corner of High Street and Webster Street
 

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Erdington High Street in 1961

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Austin A30 van, Thames (i.e. Ford) 10 cwt van, SOV is Austin A 30 car, Austin A40 Somerset, Ford Popular, FYX is Austin 16, 1946-49, Singer Sewing Machine van is Ford 100E, behind the Ford Pop is a forties Jaguar drop head coupé, a Minor 1000 saloon and traveller opposite, and the diagonal van is an Austin A50.
 
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Perry Barr........Birchfield Rd 1960.......

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From the left front, Austin or Morris 15cwt van with a roller shutter back door. Thames 10/12cwt van, the black Austin saloon might be an A55 Cambridge or the bigger A95 Westminster. On the right, a BMC LD 30cwt van, a truck that I can’t do, a Thames ET6, and a Big Bedford truck, everything else is a bit too small or blurred.
 
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I loved the old trams and the Gaumont was my favorite cinema - I used to go there almost every Sunday evening in the mid 1950's - happy memories...:encouragement:
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I remember my mum taking me to the Gaumont Cinema to see "The Sound of Music". must have seen it a few thousand times over the years.
 
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