sorry folks its. www.pbase.com/beppuu/pnicklin go to golden hillock rd clink the foto to enlarge,. of the B.S.A. i put phase, it should be pbase,[sorry]. all the best,...christy
Hi Capt Black I went to Armoury Rd around about 1989 and took some pics I will have to get my old pasports out and just verify the date but whatever year it was all the houses were gone. I will get on to it shortly and call in again Old Brummymstephens what a set of fantastic pics. from what i can remember the house were knocked down from about 1986/7 onwards. the main factory from about 1977 ish onwards. (it took years if i remember)
the first pic is taken from Golden Hillock Rd near to the junction of Anderton Rd looking towards the factory
the second is taken just inside the factory right at the top of Armoury Rd - the pub was called The Sydenham, from where the pic is took used to be a huge christmas tree every year
the third is from the same position as the second but panned slightly to the right,
the fourth......well says it all reaally
i remember when the BBC filmed gangsters, they were there for about two or three days. i have some pics of the road when they were knocking the house and the factory down if anyone is interested. also i could take my camera and take some from the above positions sort of then and now again if anyone is interested.
once again thanks for showing them.
Capt Black I filled in the URL for the pics and submitted Let me know if the pics arrive Cheers Old Brummy
Capt Black Thats no gentleman standing in the road/////////Thats Old brummy Cheers Joe and thanks are due to Lou Dalby for sorting out the picsWow what a pic !!
i used to live directly opposite the pic of the gentleman standing in the road, in the background you can clearly see the white painted football goals where we all used to play on those long summer evenings. there used to be a huge plate glass window there showing offthe latest bike but it was forever being broken so they bricked it up, i have some more pics that i am in the process of sorting out to scan, i will then put them upon here
thanks once again
brilliant !!
Hi lindyloo, I would very much like to see your 8 pages from The BSA Group News, December 1959, i worked at BSA Tools, Kitts Green & BSA Guns, Shirley as you can see from my posts on this thread, if i IM my email address to you could send them to me, i live down Brays Rd from you and use Herondale Rd very often, a happy & healthy Christmas and New Year to you & yours. Len.I have 8 pages from The BSA Group News, December 1959, which features my late Gt Uncle Horace Ford. The pages contain quite a few names and photographs.
Would anyone like me to try and post the information and photos on here and am I doing this in the right place ?..Im New to this...!!!