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Erdington - High Street
- Thread starter Ian FOFB
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Ian FOFB
Brummie yes ! Novice no !
In response to Rupert - I've had the pictures for a while - on a USB memory stick - which I - ahem - mislaid until recently.
And as Mike has - anyomne please feel free to do whatever you like with them, I just hope they are of interest and stir a few ( good ) memories.
Ian.
And as Mike has - anyomne please feel free to do whatever you like with them, I just hope they are of interest and stir a few ( good ) memories.
Ian.
horsencart
master brummie
Here are a few more all were taken from the Honywell building near to the fire station in the early 1980,s
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35525881.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35525880.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35525960.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35525944.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35525925.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35349443.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35525881.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35525880.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35525960.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35525944.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35525925.html
https://my.bus.photos.fotopic.net/p35349443.html
davidfowler
Exiled Brummie
Great set of photos Ian. BTW how do I keep missing you and Brian when I go to the Lad prior to Blues matches? Given up on it? (Don't think so!)
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
The Google Earth picture of Church House, High Street. I think it was built around 1911 and became quite popular for meetings and productions in the early part of the century.
The shop on the right used to be the army and navy store for years
This has most probably been on BHF before. What a wonderful 1920s view of the High Street. People going about their business, not much in the way of traffic. A glimpse of the fresh fish shop to the left, the striking Picture House to the right, a lad pushing a pram and a young girl dreaming about whatever's in that window display.
The Picture House reminds me of my Nan who, at the time was living on Chester Road. It’s highly likely she visited the Picture House, and frequently. She was smitten with the stage and film. She had performed on stage herself before WW1, travelling around in this country and the US. Then she married, so by the 1920s she would have found any opportunity to go to see films. She lost her husband by 1929 and eventually in the early 1950s moved out to Hollywood with her daughters.
It’s quite incredible what impact film and media etc can have in influencing us today, but even a hundred years ago, it was influential enough to make a young woman pursue her dreams of moving across the Atlantic to live the life she’d imagined.
However, I think she decided it didn’t quite live up to her expectations as she returned to the UK, but still often travelling back and forth to visit her daughters who remained there.
Viv.
The Picture House reminds me of my Nan who, at the time was living on Chester Road. It’s highly likely she visited the Picture House, and frequently. She was smitten with the stage and film. She had performed on stage herself before WW1, travelling around in this country and the US. Then she married, so by the 1920s she would have found any opportunity to go to see films. She lost her husband by 1929 and eventually in the early 1950s moved out to Hollywood with her daughters.
It’s quite incredible what impact film and media etc can have in influencing us today, but even a hundred years ago, it was influential enough to make a young woman pursue her dreams of moving across the Atlantic to live the life she’d imagined.
However, I think she decided it didn’t quite live up to her expectations as she returned to the UK, but still often travelling back and forth to visit her daughters who remained there.
Viv.
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Many of the photos at the start of this thread are lost. So here’s an early view of the Green compared with modern day. The ‘Green’ seems larger, or maybe it’s just the angle it was taken from. Viv.
And the Green in 1917. Viv.
Lady Penelope
master brummie
Nice picture Viv, especially with the tram just coming through. We always referred to trips to the High Street as going to 'The Village'. Now we call it 'Erdington'.
This was a slightly more difficult one to pin down in today's view. The one thing that confirmed it for me was the pediments above the windows on the right. Not too sure of the date, possibly 1920s? Viv.
