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Alum Rock Rd - Ward End area
- Thread starter Pomgolian
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how far back are you wanting to go because common lane and its houses are still there
lyn
Sabir
proper brummie kid
Hi Lyn,
as far back as 1980.
I lived in 79 Common Lane between 1981 - 1988.
thanks
Sabir
Jane fulford
proper brummie kid
Thx mike I got your msg and I appreciate it ...there were FULFORDS living on Malthouse lane and I just wondered if there was a brewing connection.
Thomas Parry
knowlegable brummie
Hi there,
I had a family member that lived at 103 St. Margaret's Avenue in the 80's - his name was Leonard "Len" Parry and he had a wife called May. He died in 1985. I wondered if anyone would remember them.
Thomas
I had a family member that lived at 103 St. Margaret's Avenue in the 80's - his name was Leonard "Len" Parry and he had a wife called May. He died in 1985. I wondered if anyone would remember them.
Thomas
David Hibbard
knowlegable brummie
Hi, I went to Leigh Rd, left in 1960, my name is David Hibbard, my younger brother also went there Bob, any recollection. I remember miss Payne, she loved to give a slap??
Dhicksb8
New Member
Hi, my granparents(mr and mrs hicks)along with my aunts & uncles used to live at no 99 bennetts rd. They lived next to the Jeffers Family at no 101. I remember the birch family who lived mid way down Bennetts Road, the Mings who lived at the top and the Morrisons, who lived a few doors away from my grandparents. Does anyone remember Dereks Sweetshop on Membury road? He had a look of Elvis Costello and drove a blue Mini clubman van. I also remember the outdoor at the bottom of bennetts road. We used to nick the corona bottles from the back of the shop and take them back to the shop to get our 10p! I also remember playing alot of football down the Met off arley road. Great times.
David Hibbard
knowlegable brummie
Hi, we lived in arley Rd, number 93, can't remember the names, but remember the sweet shop, and also the off licence. My brother Bob, worked there, when he was still at school, late 60s. Do you remember Roger Thomas, lived in chartist road?
Dhicksb8
New Member
Hi, i was born in 1970 so most of memories were spend mid to late 70s summer hols, Easter, some weekends or christmas. I do remember the off license on Arley road just before chartist road. I dont remember Roger Thomas but my uncles & Aunts may do. Do you remember the Brothersons that lived on Arley Road? I believe they had a house fire in the 70s.
David Hibbard
knowlegable brummie
Hi, we left in 65, approx, but my uncle still lived there until, the council decided to knock some of the houses down, from Aston church road, till Bennetts Road. His name was Alfred pready, known as Alf. Our name was Hibbard OK
Hello, I’m new to this site and I thought I’d ask you if you happen to have any interesting old photos of Thornton Road School. My mum was there in the 1940s war years. She’s 86 now and often recites poems that a wonderful teacher called Mr Dallow taught her. She thought he was the very best teacher she ever had. I’d love to see pictures of the school then or a photo of Mr Dallow to share with her, or memories of him from other members. Where am I best to post this request? Thank you so much! IsabelI have just checked this site out and found it to have some great Photo's of this area today 8) . Dave takes time out to walk around the area taking the photo's - Great for us Ex pats. 8) ÂÂ
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Chris B
master brummie
Yes I remember the T/A Barracks just up from Southalls, can't remember much about them, according to Phil he says :-The Barracks on Alum Rock Rd was on the site of Fern Bank farm just up the road from Southhalls and were a TA barracks, I believe that the farm house remained in the barracks until they were demolished sometime in the 70's I suppose.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
thanks very much. i was sure there was a barracks there but can not find any info on it now.
Hi Pete,
I used to shoot at the Fernbank range by the entrance to the TA barracks in the early 60's.
The rangekeeper was a Mr Flook, and he lived in the big old house set back from the road.
I'm not sure if the house was the old farmhouse, or the barracks, or if they were one and the
same thing.
Kind regards
Dave.
I used to shoot at the Fernbank range by the entrance to the TA barracks in the early 60's.
The rangekeeper was a Mr Flook, and he lived in the big old house set back from the road.
I'm not sure if the house was the old farmhouse, or the barracks, or if they were one and the
same thing.
Kind regards
Dave.
My name is Paul Crocker I was older than gary but i was head boy at Ward end hall 1960! after Danny Fossky i was running
he was a yard behind me i turned around & he was lying on the floor dead! i ran across field to tell MrThomas he did not
believe me! i went with Teresa Colledge? to take flowers to family I remember Maurice Baker any contact? Trevor Morris,
Susan Harris, Ballinger, Pat Lees Kath Robinson, Smith,Turner,Tina Butler Janet Cosnett Bob Lycett, Griffiths, Rawlins
I think I may have learned to drive there - did he have a couple of Ford 105E Anglias (which he exchanged for two Morris 1100s about a week before my test, and I had a job adjusting to the completely different feel of the car!)?
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Hello mw0njm, 10 months after you post that and I come back to say 'no, I don't remember a TA camp there'! BUT, I do remember the Brookhill. My Grandad (and Nan) were amongst those who contributed regularly to it's sales over the years and it is about the Brookhill in the mid 1950s that I wanted to ask this question. Do you or anyone else remember the bookies runner who would wait outside the outdoor of the Brookhill? We knew him as Mr Dobbin, and I was sent by my Grandad (who liked a flutter) with a piece of paper wrapped around some coins, to see Mr Dobbin, with orders to wait to see that he was alone, and not to go near him if a policeman was about! On the odd occasion I remember being told to go back after the races to see Mr Dobbin again because grandad had won; if grandad lost he was grumpy for the rest of the day, if he won then all the family got some of the winnings. The last time I saw Mr Dobbin was when I was again on my way with the little package of paper wrapped around coins, approached the Brookhill from the shops opposite Southalls, and saw him standing outside the outdoor. Another man approached him from across Alum Rock Road, and Mr Dobbin legged it up towards Sutton Estate with the man in persuit; I never saw Mr Dobbin again.
Does anyone remember the outdoor at the Brookhill, and Mr Dobbin?
Or, remember the shops, Co-op butchers at Brookhill end, followed by (going towards the 'top of the rock' and town) Co-op general store (with money for payments sent via air tube to the upstairs pay desk, and change and a receipt returned by same), Haskins Post Office, Haskins Hardware store (with petrol pump on the kerb outside and which always smelt of paraffin inside), Sammy's mens outfitter and Mayo's greengrocers, before you got to Foxton Road?
I also lived on chetwynd rd from 1966 and the last of our family died there in 2011
