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Tena powell said:
Hi my grandma grandad my Dad they lived in Thomas street my dad was born there 1back 29 Thomas street in 1922 they lived there up in till 1930s Family is Routley .
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Hi Tena, I suspect it was probably as shown on the map but not numbered. Was your dad/granddad called John? listed as 1, Court 3 Thomas Street in 1920
 

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my late mother, lived in william st. her mother my grandmother , was educated , neighbors used to bring letters ,for her to read , because they could not read and write my self i am 80
 
patricia NASH said:
my late mother, lived in william st. her mother my grandmother , was educated , neighbors used to bring letters ,for her to read , because they could not read and write my self i am 80
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Hi Patricia, was your mother's name Alice? if so, the address was 3 back of 124 William Street, I can show it on a map but no photographs I'm afraid.
 
Hi brummie lad , i dont know which part of william st they live it was along street they lived in house with the court yard at the back there name was gwilliam
 
On the 1939 register there was an Ellen Gwilliam living at 7 back 95 in William Street (the one near to Broad Street though) could that be the one?
 

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brummy-lad said:
On the 1939 register there was an Ellen Gwilliam living at 7 back 95 in William Street (the one near to Broad Street though) could that be the one?
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thanks for coming back to me, its not a common name , and yes they, did live close to broad st so its got to be her, she came from Droitwich , a farmers daughter ,she passed away in 1943 age 74 that was good age then ,when she started school they had to pay a penny a week, she is buried at wychbold in the village church yard . thank you very much kind regards pat
 
I remember it, I lived at 3 back of 228 Icknield street as a kid.We moved out to Geach Tower Newtown in 1966.The owner of the newsagent was Dennis, also the second hand shop owned by the Busby's.
 
I was born in a back to back at the bottom of Potters Hill. Four houses with an entry running between them. The two houses on the front had two doors, one on the street and one in the entry and the houses on the back had just one door. The front door we never used it was always the one in the entry which made sense because of the lavatories being in the back yard A lav for each house but only two wash houses we called the brew houses. Each house had an allocated day to do the washing and the remaining days were there if your day had been rained off or wanted to do extra.
I cant say they were particularly happy days with 8 of us living in just 3 rooms.
I was always told you should never be ashamed of where you come from just be proud of where end up.
 
Astoness said:
yard in digbeth..circa 1910...ive looked closely and on the right it looks like there is a pile of the steel bands that were around the large barrels...could be they made them here...

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court no 7 william st..circa..1905

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Thank you true brummie for the pics these really highlight the conditions my family members grew up in they lived Aston,Ladywood and Brookfields in the back to backs
 
brummy-lad said:
On the 1939 register there was an Ellen Gwilliam living at 7 back 95 in William Street (the one near to Broad Street though) could that be the one?
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I was born in that area and lived there until I was 12. If you go to pubs of the past thread page 86 post 1705 there is a photo of the pub and shop which was at the bottom of the entry to your grans yard.
 
I have spent a few (and some!) hours trolling thruogh this lead....I never knew things were that dire. I lost touch with my fathers family in 1965, but even by then they were in Dart street (just below thz Blues football ground) and we were on a new housing estate in Quinton.....so imagine how my senses have been shaken to see that these old houses were still in use in the 1960's!! So, any photo's of back of Mott st??? my fmily were there in 1907, and back of Charles Henry st also (1911) - many many thanks!!
 
Great pics - my grandfather was born at no 14 court Vicarage Road in 1901 his dad was Samuel Harris.
I have never been able to find information so it's great to be able to see these pictures.Any old maps of Vicarage rd courts would be fabulous.
 
debs629 said:
Great pics - my grandfather was born at no 14 court Vicarage Road in 1901 his dad was Samuel Harris.
I have never been able to find information so it's great to be able to see these pictures.Any old maps of Vicarage rd courts would be fabulous.
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Not easy to work out but I think the entrance to court 14 would have been somewhere near to the lady with the dog in the fourth picture of the first post here...

VICARAGE ROAD ASTON

few photos here before demo if you hover over them it will give you the dates and in some cases the numbers of the houses lyn
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oldMohawk said:
Court 6, Essington Street.
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only visible if logged in, it is a link to a forum pic from https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...our-old-street-pics.41947/page-97#post-577082
from 'shoothill collection'
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Is that not 60 Essington Street? Got all excited as it's an address for gt gt Grandfather, 2bk 60.

Grim times.
 
Pedrocut said:
Jan 1876, Georges Cardoe, prosecuted for allowing nuisances to exist on premises owned. 30-33 Cliveland Street.
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His name was George Swain Cardo and he was born in Dudley, Worcestershire in 1829. He probably inherited the properties in Cliveland Street from his father, George Gordon Cardo. His mother was Jane Swain - she died in 1836 a week after giving birth to her fifth child. George Swain Cardo moved to Birmingham to live with his grandmother, Elizabeth Swain, her son, George Swain, and daughter, also Elizabeth Swain. The Swain family lived at 60, Lionel Street and George Swain was a Canal Carrier. I think George Swain Cardo probably worked for him as, in 1851, he gives his occupation as Carrier's Clerk.
 
Marchesgirl said:
His name was George Swain Cardo and he was born in Dudley, Worcestershire in 1829. He probably inherited the properties in Cliveland Street from his father, George Gordon Cardo. His mother was Jane Swain - she died in 1836 a week after giving birth to her fifth child. George Swain Cardo moved to Birmingham to live with his grandmother, Elizabeth Swain, her son, George Swain, and daughter, also Elizabeth Swain. The Swain family lived at 60, Lionel Street and George Swain was a Canal Carrier. I think George Swain Cardo probably worked for him as, in 1851, he gives his occupation as Carrier's Clerk.
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You may already know but there is a probate record for George Gordon Cardo, 15 Sep 1860 (died 16 Aug). So should be an associated Will.
 
MWS said:
You may already know but there is a probate record for George Gordon Cardo, 15 Sep 1860 (died 16 Aug). So should be an associated Will.
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Thank you; I have a copy of his will. George Gordon Cardo and Jane Swain were married at St. Martin's in the Bullring as were his parents, Joseph Cardo and Ann Gauden.
 
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