Merlin Garage Hanch Lane

[Mike Fisher]

From the south side all the same garage

 

[BernardR]

Was it down by the ABC Tudor Picture House?

 

[Phil]

It looks like the bottom of Haunch Lane to me as well, in fact the middle photo looks like it was taken from the roof of The Tudor Cinema.

Phil

 

[dek carr]

How about Sheldon Heath Rd by the Radleys. Dek

 

[col h]

Radleys, corner of Mackadown lane ?

 

[m.humphreys]

Is it what became Hancox garages,a BMC dealer in Fordhouse Lane, Stirchley ?

 

[col h]

C'mon Mike.. where is it ?

 

[john70]

Definatley Haunch Lane, Yardley Wood, next to the Tudor.

 

[Phil]

The same view looking the other way, before they built the prefabs.

Phil

 

[G G Jean]

Is it Kings Heath?.

 

[BernardR]

Close but no Cigar

 

[BernardR]

That's a cracking photo Phil.

 

[Phil]

Bernie

Heres another one with the prefabs, so obviously its a little later than the last one.

Phil

 

[G G Jean]

Hagley road Phil. That's not south though is it?. Jean.

 

[BernardR]

Kings Heath was a lot closer than Hagley but think Billesly

 

[BernardR]

I am right confused now - do we have two Garages on a single thread or is it me?

 

[G G Jean]

Balsall Common.

 

[The Baron]

Mackadown lane sheldon

 

[BernardR]

Balsall Common.

Jean if you look to the far distance in photo 3 you will see where Chinn Brook Road joins Yardley Wood Road opposite Haunch Lane.

 

[Phil]

I am right confused now - do we have two Garages on a single thread or is it me?

I'm a bit confused also, it seems that somehow two separate threads have gotten mixed up.

Phil

 

[bilsat]

It is of course Haunch Lane near the junction of Yardley Wood Rd and the pic of the prefab is the first one after the garage,When we were working there on a Valley Riverside Project workday the owner of that pic can out and gave it to us to copy, his cherry tree that he planted in the garden is still there! I left it till now to give other people time to guess...........

 

[Rita Hawkins]

If you carried on up Haunch Lane, past the Tudor, does anyone remember a circular area of scrub that you walked through to get to the shops? I used to go for my Dad's cigarettes at the newsagents there. 10 Turf, and some licorice rolls for me with the change.