I LIVED NOT FAR FROM HERE MANY MOONS AGO, I REMEMBER THE CONTINENTAL TRAVEL SERVICE IN THE PICTURE (ALTHOUGH I CANT THINK OF ANYONE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO GO) AND NOT FAR FROM THERE WAS A SHED TYPE SHOP THAT SOLD SWEETS, BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME CANT REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT.Another of Lichfield Road
THAT PICTURE OF ASTON HALL ROAD IS SO EVOCATIVE, I WENT TO ASTON HALL ROAD SCHOOL, AND SPENT MY PENNIES IN THE SWEET SHOP ON THE CORNER,THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PHOTO!Lichfield Road looking towards the station, with the bridge across the road, (Lovers Walk would be on the right just past there). What is Aston Hall Road, at the front on the right would have been Waterworks Street which was bombed during the war. My Uncle Alf and Aunt Jean were living there at the time and then were put up by my Gran in Bevington Road before the moved to Kingstanding.
St Peter and Pauls can be seen in the distance.
My Gran had previously lived in the house in Waterworks Street.
Here is a photo on her wedding day, second time round, in the back garden at Waterworks Street. My step grandfather here is Daniel Ridding.
Also here is a photo I took on my phone a couple of years ago. Almost from the same spot as the first photo but looking in the other direction
I CAN VAGUELY REMEMBER A DEREK BARR WHO WENT TO ASTON HALL ROAD SCHOOL, HE LIVED IN LOVERS WALK.Loved the pictures of Aston, thats how l like to remember it, now its all but gone l used to walk Lichfield Road every week day on my way to work at, J Wrights Thimblemill Lane, but Lovers Walk is priceless thats where my father,Wilfred Barr started his life 1-27-05 and l think there was always a Barr family living there right up to it clearance, the Barrs were always bootmakers and repaires ....anyone out there who remembers them??......once again thank you for the memories ...Brenda
A special note here for the attention of ASTONIAN!!!Lichfield Road and the corner of Upper Portland Street, just past Aston Cross