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Many thanks for that, Spargone. That is certainly the site of the prefabs. If I remember, there were also prefabs in Hobs Moor Road, roughly opposite to Clements Road where I lived. They also backed onto a park - can't remember what it was called - we used to just call it 'The Rec'. The interesting point to me as a kid was the concrete bases that were still extant as you walked along the path to the Church Road entrance to the Rec. I remember my parents telling me that they were the bases for anti-aircraft guns which were removed to the South Coast later in WW2.
Thanks for your response Mikejee. The house numbers appear to be 102 to 140. That narrows the field and eliminates one potential address I had.
You may be right about the prefabs in Sedgemere Road, Spargone. I can't be sure from memory although I passed that way regularly regularly, both to my aunt's/grandfather's house in Partridge Road and to the house of a friend who lived in Sedgemere Road, who was a fellow motorcycle enthusiast. My sister used to go that way on her daily travel to Cockshut Hill School.
Well, Dave89 I fully empathise with your friend who said that Shooting Stars are unlucky. The 4th motorbike - and the 3rd BSA I owned - was a Shooting Star. It was nothing but trouble from the day I bought it. I spent a lot of time and money rebuilding the engine but could never get it to run evenly without burning loads of oil. I nearly lost a finger when I was fitting new rings (again) and my soon-to-be brother in law decided to kick it over. The piston nearly guillotined my finger as it descended. It wasn't until about 35 years later that I found out that the basic cause of the problem was uneven cam lobes on the magneto cam ring! I got rid of it by part-exchanging it for a Bond Minicar - but that's a story in its own right!
If my memory serves me correctly,
If my memory serves me correctly, the 'ground' with the pavilion bordered by Queens and Sedgemere Roads belonged to the 'City Officials Sports Club', individuals who worked for the City of Birmingham Corporation. Two of my maternal uncles played rugby there for the 'Officials' way into their 50's. Although rugby football was the boys' winter sport at my school, I never responded to my uncle's invitation to 'get my kit' and join the Saturday games there.
I remember the Ring o' Bells well! One of the first pubs I went to when I was old enough. Others included the Blakesley, at the corner of Blakesey and Clements Road, the Richmond, Bordesley Green, the Yew Tree; of course the Swan, Coventry Road and the Bull, Coventry Road ?Small Heath.
Do you have a name for the person? Some erolls are online for these properties. 1950, 1955 and 1957
The Prefabs were built after the WW2 and the last ones on the Queens Park Road side were knocked down approx 1970 .
Spot on 102 was the prefab next to the Queens Road entrance and the other side of the entrance was Yardley LawnTennis Club.
Yes entrance was in Sedgemere Road had a clubhouse and football pitches possibly a cricket and hockey pitch.
There was an application to demolish 102-164 in 1982. They were technically in the Yardley Conservation Area.
They were demolished approx 1970. I see what you mean about the application form but i hope the Council were not claiming rent arrears .
Great photo and shows the prefabs on the right hand side backing on to the playing fields which the entrance was in Sedgemere Road.
There are still some standing and occupied in the Yardley wood area not far from Sarehole Mill.A Google Earth then and now
Late 1940s
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and a link to the forum's Prefab thread below .... unfortunately does not have pics of these prefabs but lot of other information and pics about the 'prefab era' ...
Prefabs
Do the prefabs still exist in Perry Barr (Aldridge Road or Walsall Road area) and if so, are there any still occupied?. I remember visiting one in the late fifties and, for temporary buildings, they were very comfortable. The height of luxury for me (indoor lavvies!!!!).
Several are listed and look good but some are looking the worse for wear. Sad to see.
102 was next to the park entrance and the other side was Yardley Lawn Tennis Club. Further down Queens Road was another entrance to the park opposite what was then Kerkoffs Newsagents.
Had fitted kitchens separate bathroom and toilet and usually backed onto parkland. Detached as well.
This aerial view dated 1950 shows prefabs on Hob Moor Road, Yardley.
Great photo shows the Prefabs turning left into Wash Lane.
Pre-fab erection - somewhere in England
Yes I do, actually although he has been dead for many years. His name was: John William Woodhams, usually known as 'Jack'. If my memory serves, he served as a Birmingham councillor at some point in his career although I could be wrong.
That photograph has real interest for me, old mohawk. It clearly shows the park where we used to play football as kids and Clements Road where I used to live, leading off Hob Moor Road in the centre of the picture, off diagonally to the left. I believe it would be possible to identify the house - No.119- where I used to live with parents and siblings. The gun emplacements I remember were off the picture to the right - where a strip of the field continued up to Church Road, where there was an entrance. I and other kids in Clements Road used to use the entrance to short-cut through the park to Clements Road after we'd been to the kid's matinee at the Tivoli picture house on a Saturday.
Yes I do. His name was John William Woodhams known as 'Jack'. He was a friend of my paternal aunts. If memory serves, I believe he served as a Birmingham Councillor at some point
Thanks for posting those documents localmike. Seems that they were demolished rather later than I thought. After I had moved to Atherstone in 1984 in fact.
