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Cowper Street

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I well remember going to school from Guildford St, along Clifford St, down Porchester St pausing on the way at the sweet shop for a penny Vantas, a squirt of fruit flavour in a bottle topped up with soda water (i think) which you had to drink on the premises a fine start to the day at Cowper St school
A Wayne
 
I am looking for information about Cowper Street. I know there are references to a 'Cowper Street' on the forum already but I am not sure if this is the street I am looking for.

The address I have is; 1 Coleshill Place, Cowper Street in the district of St Mary's. Was the Cowper Street, Aston in the district of St Mary's?

Maps, photos would be appreciated.

Thanks in anticipation
 
Below is a map c 1889 showing the position in red of Coleshill place in Cowper st

map_c_1889_cowper_st_showing_coleshill_place.jpg
 
MikeJee

Thanks for the map. This confirms that this Cowper street is the one I am looking for. Good of you to highlight Coleshill place.

Much appreciated.

Bob
 
Yes Moss , it must be Coleshill place, as it is the only one with a break in the houses on the left hand side (looking from the road), and no break on the right.
 
On the 1911 census my grandparents and six of their children including my mother were living at 10 Burton Place, Cowper Street, which I can see on the map, thank you.
 
hi bob..did you have rellies in cowper st....i have asked a couple of contacts if they have any pics of cowper st for you and me also as i dont have any of that street...ive got 9 to post taken in the 1960s just prior to demolision and a couple taken in the 50s...as with all photos we are so lucky to have them..will post them very shortly...:encouragement:

lyn
 
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cowper st map.jpgas promised a few pics of cowper st...grateful thanks to john houghton for sending them me...

small map first....
 
Cowper_Street_Newtown_-_10-3-1967_c.jpgcorner with summer lane...the three horseshoes pub would be on the opposite corner..
 
Cowper_Street_No_34_-_15-1-1952.jpgpretty sure we have cowper st school on the left in which case this pic is looking towards newtown row
 
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All I could come up with for Cowper Street is Spilsbury's on the corner of Newtown Row and the school.
 

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thanks for those pics phil..ive saved them...do you know that until i really looked at the map i thought that cowper st ended at summer lane...

cheers

lyn
 
Thank you to everyone who contributed to my request for information about Cowper Street.

I have found the pictures to be very enlightening.

Thanks.
 
Thank you so much for sharing these photos. Three generations of my family lived at 58 Cowper St. They were the Tildesleys. If anyone knows them I'd love to hear from them. The name Benjamin, Ben and Benny :)
 
another cowper st one cira 1941/42....thanks to the astonbrook site for this one...also moving this thread to the streets section..
 

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HI Irene
I Am just wondering whether or not if these are the same endsors that I Used to know
Or should i say our family because my cousin val married an roger endsor many many years ago
when these got together they got a little house right behind H PSauce factory
but sadly it never worked out for them val had a couple of little ones by him
but some how or reason she met a fella and decided to leave this roger endsor he had a sister as well
my cousin val is still with this guy ever since she left roger endsor
Irene i think its abig coincidence you coming on here on thisthread asking about some one , beause my reason for
saying this to you because tonight i was going through some very old threads where you and me replyed in one
or another on a very old thrtead you mentionioned one name about a friend you have going to london trip
I Think it was and i happenend to mention anoher name to asked your friend if her friend had a broher called colin
her name was pamela gaskin in which my friend had a sister called pamela
now its the endsor family you are asking about thats why i say what i say coincidence or not
its been many years now since my cousin married the endsors but these kids of rogers and val are well aged like us and they have kids of there own and when i met them at another wedding of my cousin whom is christine vals sister i got completely lost when introducing kids after kids differations of rogers and val kids compapoting thee little ones
well Irene i hope i have not confused you hey best wishes Alan,,, Astonian,,,,,
 
There was an Endsor family living in Paddington St, just a few yards up from your nan's place Lyn. The only one I knew of was Kenny Endsor.

Dave A
 
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