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Erdington Post Office On The Green

pjmburns said:
Only trouble Lyn is it would be a bit high to read easily - wouldn't it?
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jan thats the only problem but i cant think of any other post office it could have been...basically im clutching at straws:D one day we may find conclusive evidence as to exactly where the plaque was

lyn
 
I think it was that post office but wondered if it was inside - so customers could see it. Waiting for Birmingham papers to come online - there is a gap from 1919 to 1930 and we need 1922.
 
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That has been suggested before Janice, and I would agree that that is likely to be the case. After all most of the war memorials to employees of firms, and schools that I have seen (as opposed to general ones covering an area) were inside. that is why, unfortunately, many have been lost when buildings were demolished
 
would be great if there was something in the papers jan..maybe even a pic..

lyn
 
For what it's worth, this PO was definitely still there until the 1950's. My friend sent me the same picture as in Viv's post #84 and said she remembers going in there with her mom. Were these properties built as shops or dwellings? I'm wondering if the 'square' was the original name of the house?
 
Lady Penelope said:
For what it's worth, this PO was definitely still there until the 1950's. My friend sent me the same picture as in Viv's post #84 and said she remembers going in there with her mom. Were these properties built as shops or dwellings? I'm wondering if the 'square' was the original name of the house?
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dont know for certain pen but i always tend to think that most properties were first intended for dwellings (i noticed that the shop to the left of the PO has an attic) and later on they were turned into a business with upstairs used as living quarters..as you know the same with a lot of pubs.

lyn
 
The noticeable thing to day is that many of the dwelling houses, where the downstairs rooms became small shops, are now converted back into total dwelling use.
 
I think the first part of my post #93 must be wrong as I found this in Meacham's Jottings of Erdington (written in the 1950's) yesterday:

Isaac James kept the old shop (PO) next to the Swan and then moved to The Old White Lion in 1874 which served as the Post Office. At the turn of the century it moved to the village green where it remained until 1934 when it moved to the newly purpose built building. I know this doesn't help with the plaque but it sets the record a little straighter.

Perhaps the shop was there but not as a PO.
 
thanks pen that is interesting info...i dont think that unless we have visual evidence we will get to the bottom of just where the postal plaque was orginally placed and even if that one was solved we still have the mystery of how over 40 years ago it was found on waste land in ladywood:rolleyes::rolleyes:

lyn
 
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