Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
I thought there was a discussion about the Chain Walk on these threads some long time ago.
Are we talking about Chain Walk in Lozells?
I thought there was a discussion about the Chain Walk on these threads some long time ago.
It is Chain Walk which runs from Lozells Rd to Birchfield Rd, part of it can be seen in the map in #442, but does anyone know information about the pub/hotel/premises on the corner of Johnstone St ?
Tram No 367 in Birchfield Rd and it appears to be full of men and a happy looking group hanging off the back platform.
cracking shot of birchfield road..looking towards aston lane..can make out the old crown and cushion on the left..the birchfield cinema on the right and the library next to it..the church you can see in aston lane is still there and so are the houses to the left of it but the houses to the right of the church have now gone..
There was once a yard at the back of the old Wilkin's Chemist so I'm wondering if better access by vehicles was needed to that yard for some reason. There's now a building over the yard and the bricked up arch joins the shop with this building. Not sure what this tells us! But it might be worth knowing the types of businesses (before Wilkins Chemists) occupying the shops, along that part of the terrace if anyone has any info. Viv.
good mornin viv
hope you are well; do you know what year this picture was taken like the rest of our guys i have not seen this before
i presume it as to be before the 1950 era loking in the thirty or fortys i would say
i would dearly love to know the years as i do have abit of intrest in this pub of its early years especialy during the fortys [ early fort years ]
have a nice day viv ; best wishes alan ; astonian;;
I have just spent a couple of hours re-reading this post, another bit of the city lost for ever. I went to Canterbury Road School, danced at Enid Goodwins' lived in Stoneleigh Road when we got married and shopped in Brichfield Road. So many very happy memories.
Regards to the land in Wellhead Lane, my father used to talk about Villa playing there, it was their first ground. The land in Witton Lane was called Aston Lower Ground and used for entertainment, but I'm sure you all know
that.
The white building on the corner of Aston Lane would have been the Municipal Bank where sometimes I was trusted by my Mom to take the cash and pay the mortgage. 10/6 a week, how things have changed ! The photo must have been taken from the top of one of the new tower blocks
A cropped view of the pic dated 1954 in post#438 which I think is on Birchfield Rd. There appears to be a pub like building on the corner of Johnstone Rd and it is marked as a hotel on the map in post#442. I have highlighted two features on the building.
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A view of Birchfield Rd dated 1962, and a building in the pic appears to have the same two features. A problem with this pic is that the building now has an upper floor compared to the 1954 pic.
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Another view dated 1966 shows what looks like the same building and one feature looks the same. Unfortunately a bus blocks nearly all of the front of the building.
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If the building on the corner was a pub I cannot find a name for it or any other information.