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Gladstone Street Aston
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hi lynn
Yes i recall glastone street Aston when as a kid i used to knock about down there and on church lane with all the lads
and we used to wait for the villa fans or the away teams and when they parked there cars up we used to try and out do each other
to asked the car divers we will look after your car mate it was for money for a tanner or half a crown as time and the monutary dcimalisation
but i may add that on here way back ten year or just short of that period this forum done gladstone street
and we had a map and a picture of that street with the shop in it and a couple of terraces and a batch of the old houses
and of the old lady whom used to make the toffee apples and put them in here front window of her house selling them for a 1 penny
all us kids used to knock her door and get one and she soon sold out but always had them when she made mor
and yes i knew lots of kids down and around there all from upper thomas street school and i used to court a girl named susan down in gladstone street
then one day she died whilst young but unfortunately some one hi jacked the site and every think was taken and lost
still i think our good old mike may be able to pull out a rabbit or two best wishes Astonian,,,, Alan;;;;
Yes i recall glastone street Aston when as a kid i used to knock about down there and on church lane with all the lads
and we used to wait for the villa fans or the away teams and when they parked there cars up we used to try and out do each other
to asked the car divers we will look after your car mate it was for money for a tanner or half a crown as time and the monutary dcimalisation
but i may add that on here way back ten year or just short of that period this forum done gladstone street
and we had a map and a picture of that street with the shop in it and a couple of terraces and a batch of the old houses
and of the old lady whom used to make the toffee apples and put them in here front window of her house selling them for a 1 penny
all us kids used to knock her door and get one and she soon sold out but always had them when she made mor
and yes i knew lots of kids down and around there all from upper thomas street school and i used to court a girl named susan down in gladstone street
then one day she died whilst young but unfortunately some one hi jacked the site and every think was taken and lost
still i think our good old mike may be able to pull out a rabbit or two best wishes Astonian,,,, Alan;;;;
Lyn
Cannot find a reference to Ely Place. Am having some difficulty in determining no 1 as I feel that there has been some renumbering and rebuilding. I will need to get down to it properly when I get home next week. You can see what I mean about numbering from the c1951 map below. I can't seem to correlate that with the c1889 map, but, as I say , will do next week.
the only photo (sort of) is one of mine from the 69-73 thread, where the cafe is on the corner with church lane, and Gladstone St runs behind it
Cannot find a reference to Ely Place. Am having some difficulty in determining no 1 as I feel that there has been some renumbering and rebuilding. I will need to get down to it properly when I get home next week. You can see what I mean about numbering from the c1951 map below. I can't seem to correlate that with the c1889 map, but, as I say , will do next week.
the only photo (sort of) is one of mine from the 69-73 thread, where the cafe is on the corner with church lane, and Gladstone St runs behind it
ok mike thanks for that...there is no rush...it could be that ely place is just one of those name plaques you see on the front of houses in which case you most likey wont be able to find it
thanks also aston lad i will try and find the youtube film...
lyn
thanks also aston lad i will try and find the youtube film...
lyn
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Lyn
All I have is these three really bad photos of Gladstone Street, that look as if they were taken from a film clip. I would suppose they were taken sometime before Mike's photo as some of the houses are still standing and it doesn't look like the block of flats had been built.
All I have is these three really bad photos of Gladstone Street, that look as if they were taken from a film clip. I would suppose they were taken sometime before Mike's photo as some of the houses are still standing and it doesn't look like the block of flats had been built.
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Its not on YouTube Lynn- its on the university archive "MaceArchive" Here's the link.
https://www.macearchive.org/Archive...dstone-street-birmingham/MediaEntry/2992.html
(That's another beer you owe me, LOL)
nice to confirm it phil
RRJ
Brummie Boomer
Brilliant! Thanks for posting this up Mike.
Every chance that the old lady you mention selling toffee apples was my Gran, Olive Brown, she lived at 22 Gladstone Street, we lived there with my Gran until 1951. We moved when I was 6 but Gran lived there until 1960 when she died. My Aunty and Uncle lived in the houses at the back of 22/24 in the courtyard.
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hi brian have you got the address correct...should that be 2/24..if you are not sure if you give me your aunt and uncles name i can check it up for you
lyn
jan number 24 would be the front house..no 22 the number of the house at the back of no 24..it just seemed a lot of houses at the back to me but without a map cant be sure
brummy-lad
master brummie
Hi Lyn, my Gran lived in number 22 on Gladstone Street and my Aunt and Uncle lived at the back of the court yard which was accessed by way of the entry alongside number 22. They lived in the house behind the communal wash/loundry building, their name was Hipkins. My Gran lived lived in number 22 from about 1928 till 1960. My Gran made toffee apples and bread pudding to sell to neighbours, when we visited her she would give us toffee apples or bread pudding what ever she had just made. She also used to save the parking space outside her house for a Villa fan who came to the home matches on a Saturday afternoon, probably for a couple of bob.
Brian
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Yes, that's my Gran, she died that year and that's my Aunt and Uncle 8 bk 24.
Thankyou.
Brian.
Yes, been told its block 8 behind 24.
