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Cant Find Photos Of A Street/rd ??
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pjmburns
master brummie
Good afternoon Lyn. Not sure how feasible this is but from 1922 to 1927 my Gt Uncle and his wife ran the Hope and Anchor at 72 Green Street - I think this was Digbeth area. The road is still there but much of it was pulled down or bombed as far as I can tell. I think the pub was on the corner of Green street and Chapel House Street.
rosie
brummie
Hi lyn, I've been searching for a photo of the area opposite the Barracks on Thorp Street. It was a pub called the Lord Nelson, I think it was quite small. The Ballet are on that site now. Several ancestors ran it, over the years and my Nan was born there!
I would be grateful, thanks for the offer!
rosie.
I would be grateful, thanks for the offer!
rosie.
pjmburns
master brummie
I really would like a photo showing the pub but either Chapel House St or Green street might show it as it seems to be on the corner. At least it would give me an idea of where they were. I don't know if they ran any more pubs in Birmingham but their last pub was in Gloucester - I believe my Gt Aunt was still running it in her 60s - apparently I was taken there as a toddler but I don't remember.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Rosie
No please forgive me for suggesting what I think I know and not checking out the facts first. Yes the Lord Nelson was located at 41 Thorpe Street somewhat opposite the Barracks entrance. It seems to have disappeared about 1938 according to the trade directories. Sorry I don't have a photo in my collection but I will keep an eye open for one.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Janice
Lyn might be able to come up with something better, but in the meantime this is the junction of Chapel House Street & Green Street, so that timbered building on the right had to be the Hope & Anchor.
sorry janice and rosie no luck yet with your photos but i will be able to do another search in a couple of weeks so dont give up..at first i thought i had the hope and anchor as a drawing but i dont think it is as its on the corner of a gully...would like to know where this one was though..
Not a place to loiter in. Viv.
Theresa Swan
proper brummie kid
Hello Lyn,
I am looking for photos of Lea Road, Greet, Birmingham B11. I used to live there in the 50s to early 70s and attended Greet Primary School, Warwick Road/Percy Road which was just across the road from me as my road led on to Percy Road. The photos I have found are mainly from Google and my old house is no longer there. Many thanks for your kind offer.
Theresa
hi teresa and welcome to the forum..unfortunately that offer of a look up was 3 weeks ago so you have missed it but hopefully in a couple of weeks time i will be able to do another search so i have noted what you are looking for ...fingers crossed
lyn
lyn
Theresa Swan
proper brummie kid
Thank you for responding so quickly. Maybe I will get lucky when you next search. x
hi teresa i have just done a street walk down lea road and you must be unlucky as most of the houses there look as though they have been up for many years but of course not all of them some are quite modern...just out of interest what number did you live at??
lyn
lyn
Theresa Swan
proper brummie kid
I lived a 3 Lea Road, it is one of the houses that has now been knocked down. There are now newer houses on the site where my house used to be. Not sure when the houses were knocked down, but we were in Lea Road until the early 70s. My house was situated at the bottom of the road that leads on to Percy Road.
Thank you for your Help.
Theresa
Hi Lyn, I have been looking for photos of the houses where I was born in 1945, there were 12 houses in a terace between Kynock's gates in Witon Rd and Holdford Drive, I know it is a long shot because I think you have looked for me before, but as you are looking at new photos I just thought I would ask, I would really appreciate any help I can get. Terry
Hello Paddy,
I have a photo taken in 1960 from the Bristol Street end of St. Luke's Road looking down toward the Sherlock Street end. It shows the front part of the Linwood Cottages opposite St. Luke's Tavern on the corner of Vere Street. I have enlarged this part of the photo and have attached a copy. I hope you find this useful.
Best Wishes,
Nick.
