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caption says moor st and bull ring..not sure if its moor st running across..dated 1880Moor St and Bull Ring 1880.jpg
 
well the map i am looking at shows its spiceal street and jamica row as a continue
It also gives me digbeth high street across and into the bull ring market
 
Vivienne14 said:
This is a the sort of photo I love to see moss. How nice that Matthew Jones was "Potato Salesman to the Queen"! He was obviously a very respectable trader with with his "by appointment" crest above the shop. And I hadn't realized that Freeman, Hardy, Willis was a long established shoemaker either. I must have bought a fair number of shoes from that company over the years. Viv.
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This is a quote from the thread Moor Street/Dale End. The pic is not there but I have a feeling that the pic posted above is the same one.
 
Lyn
Freeman, Hardy & Willis were at 15 Bull ring in 1880 Kellys as in photo
 
thank you mike...just could not get my bearings on this one..did not know there was an actual address called bull ring

lyn
 
In 1841 my gt/gt/ grandfather Matthew Brough lived with Jane the first of his 3 wives in
Hands Square, Moor street , Birmingham
 
Clive
Afraid Careys court disapears in the late 1860s, so is not shown on modern maps. However , going up Moor st, you go past Dingley's hotel, New meeting St and the Unitarian meeting house and then Carey's court, which gives an approximate position. A newspaper report states that someone was attacked in Dale End by the end of Carey's Court, and so it must have been a through passage. Therefore the thin passgae shown here in blue on the Pigott Smith map must be Carey's Court

Pigott smith map c 1828 showing Careys Court.jpg
 
brilliant deductions locating careys court mike and viv that photo of moor st is not what i expected to see..the properties look very well preserved..neat and tidy as well

lyn
 
Must confess that I had not realised that Albert St. was so "recent". I suppose the clue was in it's name.
 
mikejee said:
Clive
Afraid Careys court disapears in the late 1860s, so is not shown on modern maps. However , going up Moor st, you go past Dingley's hotel, New meeting St and the Unitarian meeting house and then Carey's court, which gives an approximate position. A newspaper report states that someone was attacked in Dale End by the end of Carey's Court, and so it must have been a through passage. Therefore the thin passgae shown here in blue on the Pigott Smith map must be Carey's Court

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Mike,
Thank you so much for your quick response to my post, I like the way you worked it out using the Dale End newspaper report, well done Sherlock.

Clive.
 
Enlarging the shop window in the pic in post#10.
The name in the shop window is
Henry Carter
Contractor To The Admiralty
Gas Water & Electical
Engineer.
I wonder how large the business was and whether he did much trade with the Admiralty?
Henry_Carter.jpg
 
i know we have a moor st station thread but cant find one just for moor st so i will start one now...here are a few photos to kick start the thread off...including henns walk and scotland passage..hopefully a couple of new ones..hover over photos for the dates

lynMoor Street - 19-9-1962.jpgMoor Street - Carrs Lane - 22-7-1958.jpgMoor Street - City Centre.jpgMoor Street - Henns Walk Lost Street - 12-6-1961.jpgMoor Street - The Station is on the Right -1960s.jpgScotland Passage of Moor Street.jpgScotland Passage Moor Street.jpg
 
Photo #6 has ”Henry Miles & Co, 27 Mincing Lane, London” (left). Is that another branch ? Was there a Henry Miles in Moor Street Birmingham ? Viv.
 
Vivienne14 said:
Photo #6 has ”Henry Miles & Co, 27 Mincing Lane, London” (left). Is that another branch ? Was there a Henry Miles in Moor Street Birmingham ? Viv.
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yes i noticed that viv..hopefully someone will do a look up to confirm

lyn
 
From 1932 & 1939 Kellys:
Miles Hy. & Co. tea mers. 1 & 2 Central bldgs. Scotland pass. High st. TA" Teaseller; " Midland 5593
The ref below for part of High from the 1939 Kellys would seem to show that ?miles were at the High ST end of Scotland passage

part of high st ref from 1939 Kellys.jpg
 
Moor Street has some quite interesting and important businesses at one time. Given it was one of the city's major streets it was not line New or Corporation Streets being straight and wide but quite varying in its route. It also seems that many interesting side streets/passageways ran of it. A search will reveal those important company names that traded from Moor Street and the Gullets and Snickets thread probably has interest as well.
For the many new Members who are interested in the history of the city there is an amazing wealth of facts (sometimes fiction which usually gets corrected) to be found here.
 
Vivienne14 said:
Photo #6 has ”Henry Miles & Co, 27 Mincing Lane, London” (left). Is that another branch ? Was there a Henry Miles in Moor Street Birmingham ? Viv.
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I wondered about that company and checked out the area in London, from Wiki...

Mincing Lane is a short one-way street in the City of London linking Fenchurch Street to Great Tower Street. In the late 19th century it was the world's leading centre for tea and spice trading. Wikipedia
 
Certainly is Lyn.

I’ve gathered together a few more Moor Street images which are scattered around the Forum. Viv.

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This drawing is believed to be the same place as the image below. Dale End to the right and Moor Street to the left.

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This image was from the Moor Street Warehouse thread.
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This was an unidentified photo from the Shoothill site (currently unavailable). It was posted by Oldmohawk and members identified it as Moor Street - from WW2,
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The following two images were posted by Oldmohawk and are from the Shoothill site (currently not accessible).
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Finally, here’s a link to the Dingley’s Hotel thread which shows the hotel as it was in Moor Street. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/dingleys-hotel.2644/page-2


Viv.
 
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