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ragga

I have never seen that one before on the forum and I know pretty much every Nechells photo that is on the forum. There are older ones of the same location when the café looks like what might have been an outdoor on the other photo. There was another of a retiring bus driver using the Bundy clock for the last time surrounded by local residents.
 
Fabulous pictures again Winston. Especially #229 & #232. I used to deliver papers from a shop down Duddeston Mill Rd. If I remember right it was Taylors newsagents. Lovely to see that view again, as it was in 1963. I have just found my old employment card that says it was at 75 Duddeston Mill Rd. Happy days.
 
Great photo Ragga.We had a discussion some time ago on which side of the road this Bundy clock was I think this answers the question. Dek
 
Phil I have manage to get hold of a couple of Photos of St James St.As I have never seen any before I hope they will be new to everyone Will post them later.Dek
 
Dek

Just great and you know that I am going to nick a couple of copies don't you?
 
Dek

Copyright is so convoluted I think, you can see the same photo with three or four different people claiming copyright. How can they each have copyright on the same photo. Then you see photos that are tagged anonymous and they have people claiming copyright how can they have copyright when they don't even know who took the photo on the first place. I think that a lot of copyright claims are garbage, but after saying that I also believe that there are a lot of genuine copyrights out there which should be adhered to.
 
Dek

Seeing the dates on those photos made me think, were they really beginning to demolish the houses in St James St as early as that, but then I realised they must have been because that whole corner of Vauxhall Rd, Great Brook St, Ashted Row was redeveloped by about 62.
 
Yes Phil the house boarded up opposite the outdoor was the Lloyds they were first to go in the street I know this because I fancied their daughter Doreen she was the most beautifull girl in the area in my eyes no luck though she wasn,t interested in me.
You can just make out the houses on Barrack St and the gap in the houses (two thirds down) would be Chickeley St.Dek
 
i remember my first day at st matts lol teacher was miss williams and i swore at her when i didnt want to go to school i stareted in 1949 does anyone remember the ballards
 
Have been looking for the name of this street for years my mom said that I was born in scofield street nechells green but have never been able to find it.
 
toast said:
Have been looking for the name of this street for years my mom said that I was born in scofield street nechells green but have never been able to find it.
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Hi , Schofield Street was off Rocky Lane, between Cromwell Street and Nechells Green. My first girlfriend lived in Schofield Street, I helped her to bury a chicken that had died which she got from the Rag and Bone Man. WEe only about 6/7 years old !
Regards Reg
 
My aunt and uncle along with their seven children lived lived in Cattles grove i think thats how you spell it
i recall they had burnt out garage at back of yard . Also i recall walking along main road as buildings were pulled down and covered in dust my mom
was not very happy about that .I was baptized at St vincents r. c church the old one
 
toast said:
Have been looking for the name of this street for years my mom said that I was born in scofield street nechells green but have never been able to find it.
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hi toast, i think someone has answered you on this, yes scofield street was of rocky lane, between bloomsbury street, and cromwell street, we lived on rocky lane by the corner shop, henry lived around the corner, doing scrap, top half, joey lived half-way down, doing the coal, and there dad lived down the bottom. for some reason theyve wiped the street of the map, shame, rough but happy days.
 
Hi everybody, I lived in penstone terrace off Trevor street and went to st Clements school. We left in 1968 to alum rock which was close to my grandmothers house. My dad used to drink in the new inns at the top of the road.
 
great photos winston, crikey, i remember all those very well, i had mates in those exact houses in cromwell street and scofield street, how the bloody hell we survived in those conditions staggers me, i also used to swim in the canals bottom of long acre, we realy moved up a peg when we swam up the walsal canal great barr, no dirty mud or slime, just the odd dead dog,-do,s any one have any idea why the queue down the gas works?? me and my kid brother had to get our coke from there on a saterday morning but i,ve never seen a queue that big, would it have been to collect the daily mail boots i wonder?
 
Hi jim I lived in penstone terrace aswell at No 10 we also left around 1968 to live in cotterills lane alum rock I also went to saint Clements school with my brother jim. I recently visited the school and the care taker showed me round it bought back many memories.
Regards
Ross
 
Hello everyone, I am related to the Pedley family who died in the fire in Adams Street in 1927. I am trying to find out what happened to Charles Pedley, the father, who did not perish in the fire. Can anyone help?
 
Hello, I have just published a children's book about my dad growing up in 1921 who's father was a driver of horse drawn steam fire engines. He went to a fire in 13 January 1927 a house were a number of people (Family Pedley) perished. I have the Birmingham (Mail) paper clipping of this incident. The other funny thing is that my grandfather was also killed in 1936 as a passenger by a drunken driver. If you would like more info or copies of newspaper article contact me [email protected].
 
I remember walking to school from Taylor Street and looking up at the Newtons clock to see if we were late, going to the pictures in Aston Cross for a sixpenny sat matinee. The Taroni family lived on the corner. Those were carefree days and everyone was in the same boat.
 
I was born in Nechells, the streets around were Lister, scholfield, Oliver, Cromwell, Rupert, Cranbourne and other names associated with the civil war.
Was that area a camp used by the Roundheads during that period.?

I attended Lingard St. primary 1945-1951.
This I read was the first school in England, opened to public education in the 18th century.
Was originally setup by local industrialists to educate adult employees, at a penny a week, so they were able to understand written instructions that came with new industrial machinery. Was then opened to there children free of charge.
I would be keen to hear from anyone who can add to what I have written.
 
Presumably the school mentioned is the Bloomsbury County Primary listed in this link. That did not open until 1873 according to the entry. Maybe an earlier industrial foundation preceded it?

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol7/pp501-548

The period mentioned can be found in Chapter two:
https://www.educationengland.org.uk/history/chapter02.html

The first link gives much information of Birmingham schools and anyone interested in the scholastic history of Britain may find the second link interesting.
 
Hi Pejoy,

I have never heard or read of any connection with Nechells and the English Civil War, though I would think it entirely possible that there could have been a parliamentary army camp somewhere in the area when they attacked Aston Hall.
 
I do recall reading that a Mr Cato was one of the founders, the original lessons were conducted in private homes, then to a school building erected by the founders.

The school I mentioned was Bloomsbury county Primary, I remember the date carved in the brick work.
 
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