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Dudley road

In 1915 the address 158 dudley road was occupied by a picture frame maker , so it is not that he is not listed in Kellys (which does occur). the electoral roll lists him & millie Fletcher at 158 from 1920-1930 with Theresa, Eve Madelaine & Edna Fletcher there also in 1930. He has gone from the electoral rolls in 1935, so presumably no longer lived at the 158 address. the fsamily moved to 84 city road, and edna fletcher was still listed there in 1960. The firm is still listed in Kellys as a furniture dealer at 158 in the 1932-1949 editions, but has gone by 1950
 
Astoness said:
dudley road showing the grove cinema dated 1939

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Wonderful Photo...
 
Hi,

My father in law told me many years that there was a crossroads on Dudley Road by M & B's brewery
that had an M & B on each corner. The brewery on one corner, an M & B pub on another, Marsh and
Baxters on the third, but what was on the fourth corner?

Kind regards
Dave
 
The pub would have been the Cape of Good Hope presumably the name was chosen because it was at the bottom of Cape Hill. I was on a bus one morning when an elderly man got on, showed his pass and then said to the driver. 'Oh I'm twirly' then got out his money and really confused the Sikh driver by asking for the 'caber g'dope'.

I may have the wrong junction because I don't think that was a crossroads. It is now a roundabout but the pub and brewery have gone
 
Looking at the 1950 map there was no crossroad next to the brewery. a bit further along Cape Hill Kellys of 1950 lists a Marsh & Baxters at 26-28 cape hill, which is on a sort of crossroads, with five corners. The Seven Stars is on the opposite corner. The Waterloo pub is on another corner . The other two corners do not seem to fit, as one is Lloyds bank and the other is George Mason, Dewhursts and Evans optician
map c 1950 junction Cape Hill anmd Shireland Road.jpg
 
Dave89 said:
Hi,

My father in law told me many years that there was a crossroads on Dudley Road by M & B's brewery
that had an M & B on each corner. The brewery on one corner, an M & B pub on another, Marsh and
Baxters on the third, but what was on the fourth corner?

Kind regards
Dave
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Could, in earlier days, it have been Midland Bank? Just my two penn'orth.
 
The photo on this thread is not the same as the other one. This one shows the top of Cape Hill whereas the other thread picture is the junction of Dudley Road with the bottom of Cape Hill i.e. by the Grove Cinema (now a bathroom showroom). This one shows the "Seven Stars" facing (on Waterloo Road junction ) and Marsh and Baxter's used to be on the right of the picture. The "Waterloo" was on another other corner.
My husband was born on Dudley Road and there weren't four pubs as far as he knows, the one he remembers is the "Yorkshire Grey".
The nearest Municipal Bank was on Sandon Road as far as I remember.
rosie.
 
rosie said:
The photo on this thread is not the same as the other one. This one shows the top of Cape Hill whereas the other thread picture is the junction of Dudley Road with the bottom of Cape Hill i.e. by the Grove Cinema (now a bathroom showroom). This one shows the "Seven Stars" facing (on Waterloo Road junction ) and Marsh and Baxter's used to be on the right of the picture. The "Waterloo" was on another other corner.
My husband was born on Dudley Road and there weren't four pubs as far as he knows, the one he remembers is the "Yorkshire Grey".
The nearest Municipal Bank was on Sandon Road as far as I remember.
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I was born in Dudley Road Hospital, January 1947, my dad was in the City Police, he said the snow drifts were up to 20' high and nothing was running. He would walk from Steel house Lane to the hospital and back> Paul
 
I was born in Dudley Rd Hospital at 1.50am . my mother worked there as a cleaner a few years later and remembers when they used leeches in the operating theatres .
 
Paulo said:
Hi There,

Could anyone help me with some research I'm trying to do for my family tree please?

I am trying to locate information about a family called Fletcher, who lived in Winson Green circa 1900-1930. Daniel Fletcher was my Great-grandfather, and his father (Richard) had a Furntiure business on Dudley Road - or so I am told. Does anyone have any recollection of this - or of the family? Any help would be very gratefully welcomed.

Thanks for reading.

Paul
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My Grandmother Wilhelmina Mitchell lived on Dudley Road above the Radio Shop where she worked and across from the Fletcher's Furniture Store in 1936-37. She was best friends with Eve Fletcher the daughter of Richard. Then she moved to Ramsgate and then London.
LynnH
 
Pedrocut said:
The Dudley Road Levelling-Up scheme.

Dudley Road wins Levelling-Up funding to tackle social inequalities | Birmingham City Council

Dudley Road wins Levelling-Up funding to tackle social inequalities - Dudley Road wins Levelling-Up funding to tackle social inequalities
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Doubtless this will include things like parking restrictions and bus lanes, further restricting access to shops along the route. Why not extend the Metro along here and ban all other traffic, as they have done in Bull Street and Corporation Street?
 
Maybe he was a passenger of the car. Looks like he jumped out from the passenger side for a quick ‘snap’ and left the passenger door open ! Or more realistically maybe he transported his equipment on the passenger seat. Viv
 
I was also going to comment on the pedestrian crossing, then noticed I had already done so 10 years ago in post #4!
 
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