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Cleveland Road, Balsall Heath
- Thread starter Pats
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
pats,
Somewhere on this site there are several colour photo's of Cleveland Rd, I know because I have seen them. I don't know why but myself and the search engine on this site don't seem to get on, and I am never able to locate anything.
I have no doubt some kind person will come on to assist you, in the meantime here are a couple of photo's that I have.
Phil
Somewhere on this site there are several colour photo's of Cleveland Rd, I know because I have seen them. I don't know why but myself and the search engine on this site don't seem to get on, and I am never able to locate anything.
I have no doubt some kind person will come on to assist you, in the meantime here are a couple of photo's that I have.
Phil
Thanks Phil and Mike, the photos are fantastic. I have been to Birmingham Central Library and the two photos they have of Clevedon Road (the third was missing) are nothing of the quality of the ones you posted.
Another question. Do you know where Parker & Osborne were located along Cleveland Road, and also what they manufactured. This building was demolished in a bombing attack sometime during the war.
Another question. Do you know where Parker & Osborne were located along Cleveland Road, and also what they manufactured. This building was demolished in a bombing attack sometime during the war.
Pats
The map here is from 1890, so there may be some differences. The area marked brown is Jakeman walk. Parker and Osborne were immediately to the left of it. As i say, the buildings may have altered, but the firm would certainly have been on the site in blue, or an extended site
mike
The map here is from 1890, so there may be some differences. The area marked brown is Jakeman walk. Parker and Osborne were immediately to the left of it. As i say, the buildings may have altered, but the firm would certainly have been on the site in blue, or an extended site
mike
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Hi Pats
Mike has got the location spot on, I remember that the bombsite was used as a storage area for Lincoln St Motors in the 50's and it was used for storing old cars etc
As far as I can make out Parker Osborne were manufacturers of glass overmantles. They were the glass covers that went over gas lighting.
Phil
Mike has got the location spot on, I remember that the bombsite was used as a storage area for Lincoln St Motors in the 50's and it was used for storing old cars etc
As far as I can make out Parker Osborne were manufacturers of glass overmantles. They were the glass covers that went over gas lighting.
Phil
Thanks Phil, I realised afterwards that I hadn't answered the question as to what they did. They were there as Parker & Osborne (overmantel) Ltd in 1933 and 1940. Before that in 1912 and 1921 it was Avondale Bakeries, and in 1896 John wilkinson, Rope maker and paper merchant, who presumably originally had a large part of Jakemens Walk as a rope walk
mike
mike
Thanks once again Mike and Phil for all of your help. The map was most interesting because I have a 1954 OS 1:12500 map which shows large plots of land either side of Jakeman Walk with no housing. Possibly the housing shown on your 1890 map, to the right of Jakeman Walk, were damaged during the Parker and Osborne bombing and were subsequently pulled down. Was this empty site used to store cars as well, or was it used for something else. Thanks, Pats
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Pats
I have had an email from my friend who now lives in Holland, he was born and was brought up during the war in the area around Cox St and Clevedon Rd, and he used to play on all these bomb sites as a child. Seems strange having to contact Holland to answer a question about Balsall Heath.
This is a sketch of the bomb sites in the area as he remembers them. It shows that the houses from Cox St West to Jakeman Rd were not bombed, but demolished in the course of time, and now I come to think of it the Indian chap who owned the Manzil curry house in Digbeth lived in that row of houses until they were demolished.
I hope that it may be of some use to you. If you compare it to the map you will soon work out whats what.
Phil
05/01/12. Sorry but it looks like I never kept a copy of this sketch.
I have had an email from my friend who now lives in Holland, he was born and was brought up during the war in the area around Cox St and Clevedon Rd, and he used to play on all these bomb sites as a child. Seems strange having to contact Holland to answer a question about Balsall Heath.
This is a sketch of the bomb sites in the area as he remembers them. It shows that the houses from Cox St West to Jakeman Rd were not bombed, but demolished in the course of time, and now I come to think of it the Indian chap who owned the Manzil curry house in Digbeth lived in that row of houses until they were demolished.
I hope that it may be of some use to you. If you compare it to the map you will soon work out whats what.
Phil
05/01/12. Sorry but it looks like I never kept a copy of this sketch.
Thanks once again Phil. I am still on the Graham Stringer trail and trying to make contact with him, or his cousin Terry. From the sketch map drawn your friend in Holland it seems he lived six houses from the Stringer home. I wonder if he knows where the Stringer boys are now. Pats
