117 Church Street Birmingham

[kc]

hi all
I would like to know what 117 church street Birmingham was like in 1911 please as this was the address of my grand-dad Thomas Frederick harris it would be nice to find out more about his life
kind regards kc

 

[Astoness]

hello kc...i am moving this thread to the streets section of forum...do you know if it was church st lozells ?? if it was your grandads house should still be standing..

lyn

 

[kc]

hi lyn
im sorry I don't know where about it is
kind regards kc

 

[Astoness]

hang on kc i will see if i can find him on the 1911 census that should tell us the district..do you have his date of birth.

lyn

 

[kc]

hi lyn
may 1903 my grand-dad was born kind regards kc

 

[Astoness]

hi kc is this him ?....1911 census says

117 church lane (not street) aston

head of house
harriet harris..50 widow...shop keeper of sweet shop
daughter florence 11
son thomas 7

 

[kc]

hi
yes that him where can a get a photo of this address please kc

 

[Astoness]

are you on ancestry kc...if so you can download the 1911 census and print it off

lyn

 

[kc]

not now lyn so I cant print it of

 

[Astoness]

ok ive got it here it is..the great thing about the 1911 is that it is filled out in the hand of head of house and signed by them...you should be able to save it to your computer and print it off

lyn

 

[kc]

thank you lyn for doing that
kind regards kc

 

[Astoness]

happy to help..i have also asked mike when he has time if he will post you a map showing 117 church lane..

lyn

 

[kc]

that's kind of you both to do that for me
kind regards kc

 

[mikejee]

No 117 disappeared from the maps with several other adjoining buildings between c1936 and 1950, so I think it was likely destroyed by bombing. It is shown in red on this c 1915 map below

 

[Astoness]

thanks for the map mike...just looked on the BARRA site and church lane took a hammering so yes i would think you are correct about 117 being destroyed by the bombings...

 

[kc]

thank you both for your help kind regards kc

 

[kc]

what school would of been in this area which Thomas may of gone to
thanks kc

 

[sospiri]

Mike,

Very slightly off topic, but whilst we're in Church Lane, is there any chance you could post a map of 1 back of 12 Church Lane please? My parents, my brother and I were living there at the time of the 1939 Register. Many thanks.

Maurice

 

[mikejee]

Maurice. On map below no 12 is in blue and 1 back 12 would have been the red house. It looks like they disappeared (bombed?) in the war, as they are not on the c1950 map.

 

[Astoness]

here is the list of deaths and injuries for church lane from the BARRA site..maurice i noticed back of 18 and 3\14would have been quite close to your house..

Search Results

Exact Matches

Name Aged Injured on Injured at Died On Died At
Birch, Annie Selina 62 27/07/1942 Church Lane 28/07/1942 Church Lane
Similar Matches

Name Aged Injured on Injured at Died On Died At
Asbury, John 28/07/1942 3/14 Church Lane, Aston
Birch, Annie Selina 62 27/07/1942 Church Lane 28/07/1942 Church Lane
Cawdwell, Sydney John 15/10/1940 4A Old Street, Old Church Lane, London, N.W.9
Cook, Arthur 09/04/1941 186 Church Lane, Aston
Freer, Doreen 9 28/07/1942 Back 18, Church Lane, Aston 28/07/1942 Back 18, Church Lane, Aston
Freer, Florence 28/07/1942 20, Church Lane, Aston
Freer, Frederick Arnold 17 28/07/1942 Back 18, Church Lane, Aston 28/07/1942 Back 18, Church Lane, Aston
Freer, Iris 13 28/07/1942 Back 18, Church Lane, Aston 28/07/1942 Back 18, Church Lane, Aston
Freer, Isabella 42 28/07/1942 18, Church Lane, Aston 28/07/1942 18, Church Lane, Aston
Gilbert, Yvonne 10/04/1941 142 Church Lane, Lozells
Ilsley, James Thomas 65 28/07/1942 Church Lane, Aston 28/07/1942 Church Lane, Aston
Nicholls, Henry 44 09/04/1941 188 Church Lane, Aston 09/04/1941 188 Church Lane, Aston
Reeves, William 69 28/07/1942 18 Church Lane 28/07/1942 18 Church Lane
Scott, James 48 27/07/1942 Court 4 Church Lane 28/07/1942 Court 4 Church Lane
Thomas, Edwin 09/04/1941 186 Church Lane, Aston
Thomas, John Penry 20 09/04/1941 186 Church Lane, Aston 09/04/1941 186 Church Lane, Aston
Thomas, Mary 09/04/1941 186 Church Lane, Aston

 

[sospiri]

Mike,

Many thanks for the map - they certainly crammed them in those days.

Lyn,

Many thanks for the bomb damage lists. It may have been as a result of damage to the Church Lane properties, but my parents were offered the tenancy of the repaired bomb-damaged property at 215 Knowle Road, Sparkhill. I can't be sure of the date of the move, but I was enrolled in College Road Infants School in September 1942. I already have details & photographs of the Knowle Road bomb and have previously posted them on BHF somewhere.

Maurice