Shoothill have this pic tagged as 23 - 24 Rea Street West. A plate on the wall reads 'St Martins Place' and a Cigar Dealer has premises there.
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Will ask some of my cousins pete, as they used to live in nechells. Will hopefully have a street name for you.any one tell me were this is please
That's Rocky Lane, corner of Scholefield Street, Anthony's sweet shop on corner, just round the bend on left, Hughes paper shop and straight in front Nechells Green and the Beehive pub.Will ask some of my cousins pete, as they used to live in nechells. Will hopefully have a street name for you.
Notice the oval court sign, and I've never heard of Jacks tea.Shoothill have this pic tagged as 23 - 24 Rea Street West. A plate on the wall reads 'St Martins Place' and a Cigar Dealer has premises there.
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I often notice the worn front door steps and wonder how many years of folks stepping on them would wear them like that. Perhaps they used cheap soft sandstone or similar. Have a look at the door step in the post link below ...great photo phil...and look how worn the front step is
Thank you John. It did look familiar, but just could not remember the name of the road, as it has been many years since I have been down that way.That's Rocky Lane, corner of Scholefield Street, Anthony's sweet shop on corner, just round the bend on left, Hughes paper shop and straight in front Nechells Green and the Beehive pub.
any one tell me were this is please
Hello Pete. Have you seen the quote from John Knight ? He says it is Rocky Lane, The corner of scolefield street is Anthony's sweet shop,just round the bend on the left is Hughes paper shop & straight in front of nechells green & the Beehive pub.any one tell me were this is please
sure is.lol"The boy on the pram." That's not a pram it's a street traders cart.
Shoothill have this pic tagged as 23 - 24 Rea Street West. A plate on the wall reads 'St Martins Place' and a Cigar Dealer has premises there.
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I think it might be Chicory and Cigar Dealer but can't find that in Kelleys eitherKelly’s for around 1890 and 1900 show both St Martin’s Row and St Martin’s Place starting at 81 Cambridge Street. The Row finishes at St Peter’s Row but the Place goes on to Broad Street. This may suggest that from Cambridge Street down to St Peter’s Row opposite sides had different addresses.
No luck looking for a cigar dealer, so what would go with the ——ory?
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I think in those days, if you owned the site you could build almost anything and some photos show houses ajoining very high brick walls.I wonder why the three storey house was built on the end of the terrace?
I think you are right, it looks like the 3rd floor was added at a later date, you can see that they had to extend the chimney on no 71I think in those days, if you owned the site you could build almost anything and some photos show houses ajoining very high brick walls.