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Cromwell Street

Good morning John
Yes its a pleasure to tell you, the book is called The Streets Of Brum ( Part 5 ) and it is a Carl chinns book
AndFirst Printed in 2009 and published By Brew in Books Ltd 56 Alcester. Road Studley warwickshire. B80 7 LG,
Brand new its cost £13 ,95 , it list virtually all the roads in brum and the history behind these roads and streets of brum
Going back to the early ages like 1800 s through too 1900,s and of today's ,
I believe there is more parts to the volume I have a number 2 But not the others yet
I expect you could get it of amazon or eBay or possible the central library to purchase I would imagine as I said first issue brand new was £13.96
But today you may get it cheaper ,I was lucky I got mine for roughly for a pound mint condition
I do not know whether you seen my thread some weeks ago that I purchased a Nell of a lot of history books of brum and Walsall
From a lady in Longbridge of every description I have about fifty books all mint condition from this local lady
Whom her father was a huge historian of brum and of course Walsall and a train buff collection
The person whom owned these valued and priceless books of our brum was a George nutt whom I believe was the seeing machine specialist in brum many many years ago from Aston and alum rock born in Walsall she as sold his house and all his property because he is now in his late ninety
And very severe mentia and even does not reckonise is old familly any more
And in a special hospital
I Do Believe many years ago about ten years when I joined the forum there was a person whom wrote a verse about kwricks lane
Spark brook I do recall the verses because of the origin of it and when I got this with the rest and read I emediately thought he's I duo recall it
Its down behind the old Hawley bakery that was on mosely rd right up until the mid fitys before movening to west Bromwich
And I do believe George was a member of this forum, all those years ago and that would have been the last time I heard from him,
Any way john that's the title of the book and believe me its a real gem for brummies and people of this forum,
Have a nice day best wishes Alan,,,, Astonian,,,,,,,
 
john ive got the streets of brum part 1 but would love to get the full set of them...

lyn
 
No 60 is in red on the map c 1913 of Cromwell st

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Hi Mikejee, As a new member of the forum, I am fascinated to see images of Cromwell St as it was at the turn of the last century. My Grandad, Howard Taylor, was born at 183 Cromwell St in 1910. I was wondering, can you direct me on the image your shared, as to which way the houses were numbered, so I might be able to narrow down the house? Many thanks, Kirk Taylor.
 
Attached is a map c1950 which shows 183 numbered. I have marked in red with number also . Numbering did not change between 1910 and 1950. You can see that it was a back to back house . I presume it was the front house your grandfather was born in.
 

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Attached is a map c1950 which shows 183 numbered. I have marked in red with number also . Numbering did not change between 1910 and 1950. You can see that it was a back to back house . I presume it was the front house your grandfather was born in.
Wow! Super fast reply, Thank you so so much.
Interesting about the numbers and front / rear houses. On Howard's birth certificate it states 183 Cromwell St. But there are then a couple of characters below the address and date . I can't quite make them out, except the second character appears to be a D? Yet on a census form I recently sighted, the family , headed by George, are listed At rear Cromwell st, but with no ref to a number. Perhaps it is the rear house then??
 
just been given some more old photos and i am hoping this is a new one for cromwell st...

the white hart corner of cromwell st and oliver st to the left

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There was another Cromwell Street thread so merged this with the earlier thread. A few good photos on the earlier thread too. Viv.
 
Hi Viv
looking at the picture of those girls and seeing the derlict property in there street
and times was hard they have been mooching in the old empty house
Or in other words they have been tatting
and looking up stairs some one as taken out the whole window frame to get to the cast iron sache window weights
from inside the wood work of the frame ,which is very easy to do for kids
as there was little cut out peices for the window fitters to put these weights in the frame work which then is
pinned to the widow frames for up and down
I suggest looking at the big girl on the picture she was the leader and you can see what appears to be a stick
and as i have experience and handling them and seing what they look like
I would say they are the weights long and round , and i can say that because when i was a little whipper snapper
and like other kids in the area of ladywood and namely Anditon street Alexander street St Marks street
we all went up to Ledsom street and vincent street and around that area where the bombed house was
all the kids went into these bombed houses to get these weights out of the window sashes
we all used to take a pram and get them loaded up high and as many as we could all kids was trying to get in first
before any other kid did once loaded we all used to charge around to clarks scrap yard and get them weighed in
we used to get a tanner for each one weight there used to be two weights each side of a a window frame
i say no more now but thats what i think they was doing and probaly they was the parents keeping watch
out for the boys in blue coming ,, Ha hA
 
Alan may be right, though I am not sure that the buildings were derelict. What I was thinking was that they were breaking up wood for kindling on the fire, and putting it into those baskets for their mums.
 
The girls don't seem too alarmed by 'being caught in the act' as such. And on camera. So, yes Mike, quite possibly making kindling. Looks like broken strips of wood on the floor too. Hope they weren't using an axe to break it up. My mum had a nasty hand cut making kindling with an axe. Viv.
 
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