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Mum & Dad somewhere in Aston

Sue Bolvary

Sue Bolvary

Aussie daughter of Brummie parents
This is a picture of my parents in Aston, Birmingham in 1955 when they married. Don't know the street though. They were married at the Aston Parish Church, not far from Aston Hall. Mum still living here in Australia.
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nice photo sue...looks like the sign says mists garage and i can make out 2 esso and ford signs....maybe someone could do a kellys directory look up for you to find a location..maybe it is taken in the street or road where they lived or maybe outside a social club or venue for celebrations

lyn
 
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At the moment I can't see that it was near a social club or similar. Houses opposite Mists garage. where did they live when first married?
I think there might have been a pub on the corner of Soho Hill and Hamstead Road but struggling for a name at the moment. However, I think that was on the same side as Mist's Garage.
 
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This is the 1950 map. Garage appears to have a frontage on both Hamstead Road and Soho Hill. Does the angle of the photo make it more likely to be taken on Soho Hill?

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I used to have lunch in a cafe on the corner of Charleville Road almost opposite Mist's at around that time, the house opposite (in Charleville) had window right up high near the roof where the old biddy who lived there used to have a no parking sign and used to come down and shout at any motorist who dared to park there. :)
Looking at Google Earth that house is still there, Mist's, I think, is now a tyre shop.
 
wherever the mists garage was that we in the photograph it certainly looks like a street in aston..on another thread sue say that her parents lived at no 30 holte road aston..

lyn
 
pjmburns said:
At the moment I can't see that it was near a social club or similar. Houses opposite Mists garage. where did they live when first married?
I think there might have been a pub on the corner of Soho Hill and Hamstead Road but struggling for a name at the moment. However, I think that was on the same side as Mist's Garage.
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Further along Hamstead road, on the corner Soho Hill/Hamstead rd was the Roebuck Public House, 130 Soho Hill.
 
think we need to get back on track folks which is identifying the street showing in sues photo...the clues are there..we have the name of the garage..the year the photo was taken..the wedding took place at aston parish church..sues parents lived in holte road so i dont think the photo was taken very far from there.maybe mists garage was not in use in 1955 so a kellys look up for 1950 for the aston area may be an idea..

lyn.
 
I appreciate your idea it is in Aston Lyn but ....The only address given for Mist's Garage both before and after 1955 is 1 Hamstead Road although as MWS points out in post #6 they also seem to have a frontage on Soho Hill. I think it was being suggested that the Roebuck might have been the venue for a reception. Perhaps Sue can tell us if she knows where her parents held their reception?
 
yes jan its a funny one is this...i remember mists on hamstead road and soho hill very well...and yes the roebuck could well have been a venue for the wedding reception although a bit of a drive out from aston parish church...as you say maybe sue could ask her mom where the reception was held...the caption on this says mists hamstead road which was its official address but this looks more to me as though its the frontage on soho hill..maybe someone could confirm mists garage hampstead road.JPG

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In later phone books the Soho frontage was a car sales place so that could be Soho Hill - does it have a date?
 
jan i think it lays too far back to be hamstead road ..no date but looking at the cars in the showroom i would say the 50s...if you could check the names of the 2 firms to the left in kellys that would tell us the location...

lyn
 
pjmburns said:
At the moment I can't see that it was near a social club or similar. Houses opposite Mists garage. where did they live when first married?
I think there might have been a pub on the corner of Soho Hill and Hamstead Road but struggling for a name at the moment. However, I think that was on the same side as Mist's Garage.
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Janice, it was very close to Mists, as I recall right at the apex of the two roads. Around the corner on Soho was a PDSA.
 
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1955 phone book has Seal and Butler at 152 Soho Hill.
Geo Webb and Son in same phone book but just says Soho Hill.
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Thanks so much for everyone for their help. My parents were married on 1 January 1955 so that gives a date for the photo. Checking on Google Maps I can see the area has changed so much since that date!
 
pjmburns said:
I appreciate your idea it is in Aston Lyn but ....The only address given for Mist's Garage both before and after 1955 is 1 Hamstead Road although as MWS points out in post #6 they also seem to have a frontage on Soho Hill. I think it was being suggested that the Roebuck might have been the venue for a reception. Perhaps Sue can tell us if she knows where her parents held their reception?
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Thanks Janice. Unfortunately my father is no longer alive and mum is 89. I can ask her, but I don't know if she will remember. I have all of mum's wedding pictures with lots of pictures outside the church too. I've actually found a picture in the reception place. You can see the windows but it probably doesn't help much. They are such beautiful photos and I love looking at them, remembering they had a wonderful life together and gave up everything to start a new life here in Australia. The funny thing is, mum still calls England home even though she had never gone back. I guess, going through the war as children and other tragedies, they wanted a new life. I've looked on Google and yes it looks like that corner but I wonder what building is or was on the other side opposite as I presume the first picture was taken outside a reception centre? Actually looking at Google, and the shape of the window in the background, I wonder if it's the building on the corner of Charleville Road (above the convenience store)?
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Are we sure that it says Mist's Garage on the first photo, it's a bit unclear, could it be something similar, maybe Best's, I can see that there's also a Ford sign on the frontage
 
Eric Gibson said:
Are we sure that it says Mist's Garage on the first photo, it's a bit unclear, could it be something similar, maybe Best's, I can see that there's also a Ford sign on the frontage
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I am now beginning to wonder the same thing.
I think Mist's did sell Ford but need to check the ads I saw. However, so did lots of other places.

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Haven't found an ad for Ford but that doesn't mean they did not service them. If this is the Hamstead Road entrance it must be to the workshops and the showroom (as in Lyn's photo) is on Soho Hill.
 
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pjmburns said:
One thing bothers me - in the photo they are standing by a road sign. It appears to indicate a "bend" but on all the maps I have seen Hamstead Road is straight.
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Janice, if you were on Hamstead going toward Soho, at that intersection you would BEND left toward Hockley or a turn to the right up Soho would be less than 90 degrees. Does that make sense? I hope I’m not confusing!
 
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