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Perry Hall the house

and of course regina lodge also showing on the map is still there the new owner is a member of the forum but has not been on for a while to update us...link below

Regina Drive, Perry Barr

I found a couple of photos from around 75/76, not great I admit, but you can see the windows and porch details as they were then. Jeanette www.lazyseamstress.blogspot.com
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Cassy said:
Hi I'm so pleased to have found this very informative thread about Perry Hall, and the fabulous photographs. Today I found that a relative was living at Colliery Cottage close to Perry Hall on the 1881 census. The census shows Perry Hall, and on the next page two dwellings called "The Laundry" and then two dwellings called "Colliery Cottage". Living at both dwellings called The Laundry is a gardener and laundress, and at both Colliery Cottage's a woodsman. I wonder if anyone would know if these cottages were part of the Perry Hall estate? Many thanks

PS Since making this post I've found that my relative is a Woodsman at the Perry Hall Estate on the 1911 census - living at Perry Village.
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Seeing your post on BHF i also belive i have a relative living at Colliery Cottage by the side of The Church Tavern the 1881 census Stephen Talbott. My mother was a Talbott and she was born 1905 in Franchise Street Perry Barr.
 
In the 1950's I recall that the moat at Perry Hall had a form of boat that could be hired. By then the hall had been demolished,

Does anybody remember this ?
 

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Heartland said:
In the 1950's I recall that the moat at Perry Hall had a form of boat that could be hired. By then the hall had been demolished,

Does anybody remember this ?
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Yes. I also went on the paddle boats around the moat in the late 50’s after we moved to Perry Barr from the inner city (Hockley). Didn’t even know that Perry Hall park existed before then let alone the Hall. There is a photo on an earlier post that shows children on the paddle boats around the moat.
 
Some photos from the 'Then and Now' thread
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The Avenue, Perry Hall with the Gate Lodge.
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Clivedon Avenue these days viewed from the Walsall Road.
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Another picture below of the lodge from different angle. The avenue behind the large gate leads off to the left and the Walsall Road is on the right. The well dressed lad out front appears to have a watch chain. The wires on those ten bar telegraph poles were probably connected to those passing the 'Great Barr Cottage' (famous on the BHF) two miles to the north.
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and modern view
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It doesn’t say what the occasion was for this gathering of Midlands farmers. Lord Calthorpe must have hosted this gathering for a particular reason so probably something to do with farming of the day. I thought the use of the word ‘Midlands’ might just have been Warwickshire and Staffordshire, from farms that are actually quite close by. Viv

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another building i could weep at the loss of...what a crowd puller it would make now..so much for forward thinking



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