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Perry Barr - Christ Church
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oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Wondered whether these views would be posted....
I remember seeing Christ Church looking similar to that - not so far back as in the postcard !
I used to catch a 188 Midland Red bus in the 1950's on a piece of waste land on the left side of the Walsall Rd. The queues for the buses were enormous.
oldmohawk
I remember seeing Christ Church looking similar to that - not so far back as in the postcard !
I used to catch a 188 Midland Red bus in the 1950's on a piece of waste land on the left side of the Walsall Rd. The queues for the buses were enormous.
oldmohawk
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Hi Big Gee,
Yes I remember the timber yard - I think it was called Ansells.
I also remember the opening of the Perry Barr underpass. I was at night school at Aston Technical College, and deliberately drove home that way so I could 'try' the underpass. I think it had heating under the road surface for frosty weather, but did not last long, and I think the underpass spoilt Perry Barr, except for motorists.
oldmohawk.
Yes I remember the timber yard - I think it was called Ansells.
I also remember the opening of the Perry Barr underpass. I was at night school at Aston Technical College, and deliberately drove home that way so I could 'try' the underpass. I think it had heating under the road surface for frosty weather, but did not last long, and I think the underpass spoilt Perry Barr, except for motorists.
oldmohawk.
Ansells it was - well remembered, OM. I have a very, very vague memory of going to a wedding at Christ Church when I was a wee one.
The underpass was I think the first in Britain. I lived in The Broadway when it was being built, and we hatedit. Later, when I was a maniac, it was the place to see how fast your car would go.
Big Gee
The underpass was I think the first in Britain. I lived in The Broadway when it was being built, and we hatedit. Later, when I was a maniac, it was the place to see how fast your car would go.
Big Gee
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Drifting a bit off topic but Ian's posts get the old memories going....
I took my motor bike driving test from an office in the Broadway. I always remember the 'emergency stop' - the examiner jumped out of a front garden with a card in his hand - lucky for him I stopped.
A few year's later I took my car driving test from the same office, and spent most of the test stuck in a traffic jam near Witton Island.
oldmohawk
I took my motor bike driving test from an office in the Broadway. I always remember the 'emergency stop' - the examiner jumped out of a front garden with a card in his hand - lucky for him I stopped.
A few year's later I took my car driving test from the same office, and spent most of the test stuck in a traffic jam near Witton Island.
oldmohawk
