Grove Lane Handsworth

[Ian FOFB]

Unfortunately the photos at the start of this thread have been lost, if anyone has a copy of these please let one of the admin team know. Many thanks.

The 'then' pictures are taken from old postcards, the 'now' pictures taken from Google Streetview.
The older of the pictures is thought to date from the 1920's.

Ian.

 

[Frothblower]

Ian, your Then and Now posts are fantastic keep them coming:thumbsup:

 

[Astoness]

froth...i cant keep up with this..ian is on a mission...

love em ian...

lyn

 

[Frothblower]

froth...i cant keep up with this..ian is on a mission...

love em ian...

lyn

Yes good in'it. I was talking to him today, Their are a lot more to come

 

[Dave M]

All good stuff

 

[Charlie]

Great to see those lovely old houses in Grove Lane are still there.

 

[oldMohawk]

I like looking at the people in the old photos, the hats the people wore, wonder if the photos were taken on Sundays, and it's nice to see how some buildings have survived. Also in many of the old photos, the absence of trees, or recently planted. I remember the very small trees in our road when I was a child and how they had grown to almost nuisance level these days.
oldmohawk..

 

[Astonian]

yes i am glad the old houses are still there ii used to deliver milk around that grove lane
and the complete area many years ago for midland counties way back
best wishes astonion

 

[Ian FOFB]

The 'then' pictures are taken from old postcards, the 'now' pictures taken from Google Streetview.
The older of the pictures is thought to date from the 1910's.

Ian

 

[pamhol]

I remember going swimming at the baths at Grove Lane as a child in the 50s

 

[Debbie H]

I don't know Handsworth at all but my great-grandfather lived there and my grandfather born there. They are on the 1901 census as living in Church Grove. Out of interest does anyone know if this still exists?

 

[Vivienne14]

This photo was taken around WW1. The queue is for vegetables, so probably a little way into the war. Viv.

 

[Vivienne14]

This thread has lost many of the early images, so please let a member of the admin team know if you have any. (Having said that its difficult to tell what images they were - afraid relying on members memory). Viv.

Meanwhile, here's a few of Grove Lane.

First we have the "Boulevard", Grove Lane



Next, a c1910 image courtesy of the Black Country Museum



Then we have Phyllis Nicklin to thank for the following two images taken in March 1968; the junction of Grove Lane and Soho Road, followed by Handsworth Grammar School.

 

[Vivienne14]

Many of the buildings in the old photo are still there today including King Edwards School on the left. An interesting car pulling out of KEGS driveway on the left, I suspect not contemporary with the date of the photo. The photographer would have been standing on the corner of Branksome Avenue. Viv.