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Salford Park Photos Please

HI David
wel i have to admitt if my memory serves me correctly you are quite right in the sense that it was the most popular pitch around the ressor
but saying that i recall a huge inlet on one section and on match days [ competition days ] especialy they would jockey for there postions
i recall the orinional boat house and when they removed it i thought it spoilt the view across the water from the other side
best wishes Alan; ASTONIAN;;
 
Hi Morturn Thank you for the reply, did they call the houses i live in Art's & craft style then??
very interesting indeed! your local knowledge is amazing sir!

Many thank's,

Ricco,,


Morturn said:
Hi Ricco

I do recall there are a few arts and craft style houses after the bridge what would date around 1919 to 1920. Slade Road is in deed an interesting, but quite unnoticed place.
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ricco said:
WOW!!!! David those photo's are great i had not seen 3 of them before great post indeed! do you have anymore please?

Thank you David & all,,

Ricco,,,,
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I have a couple more but they're not going on like the others. Don't know why but I'll keep trying.
 
Is there a holy grail of footage ie of a tram journey from stockland green down the slade road under the railway bridge and onto litchfield road past the Salford park???

oh how i would love to see that or take that journey just to see what was where & what road's have gone around spaghetti junction,

a trip from my house by the railway bridge to salford park past the muckman & gravelly junction then around the park,,,,,,,,

can anyone put that trip together in photo's at all???

maybe one day footage from spaghetti junction planners who surveved that area in the late 1960's will show the original image's or moving footage hey please please please,,,

Ricco,,,,
 
Can't remember any fairs at Salford Park, but I do remember watching cycle races there, Reg Harris used to attend.
Got his autograph once, but that has long since disappeared.
 
Re: Salforg park photo,s please,

I know it's been a while since this was posted, but I was wondering...

The picture looking towards the railway bridge on Slade Road includes a row of early 1900's houses, other pictures of the junction with George Road show similar houses where the Brookvale pub now stands - in between is Slade Road school - built in about 1903.

So where did the older style houses go ? - now we have the Brookvale pub (1936 ?) and a row of houses that look to have been built around the same time as Chartley Road and Hillside Road (1936) - why were the other houses removed ?

Anybody have any ideas ?
 
Re: Salforg park photo,s please,

I have a photo of our dear friend SIR Graham WEBB racing on the track. that I assume is long gone at Salford Park. Also rode the track myself a few times. John Crump Parker. Co USA
 
spent many happy days fishing in Salford park in the 60s I am sure there was a big pike in there but I never saw it
 
lenbrum said:
spent many happy days fishing in Salford park in the 60s I am sure there was a big pike in there but I never saw it
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The pool was drained to build the expressway and all the fish moved to Witton Lakes and Brookvale Park. There was a TV article and an enormous pike taken out.

Brookvale Park was always a decent fishing lake, but Witton lakes seemed to be polluted. Within a few days there were thousands of dead fish washed up, which I assumed were from Salford Pool.
 
It suggests that someone, who made the decision to move the fish, did not do any ecological research beforehand.
Another example of why animals and other creatures are always in second place when developments take place.
 
Well today we would do an environmental assessment which would have been great for the fish, but fuel for the red tape elf and safety moaning brigade
 
lenbrum said:
spent many happy days fishing in Salford park in the 60s I am sure there was a big pike in there but I never saw it
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Hi Lenbrum,

Welcome to the forum, like you I used to spend many a happy Saturday / Sunday morning fishing at Salford Park with both my Dad & Uncle or alternatively Red House Park (Great Barr), Pype Hayes Park. When my Nan lived in Lozells at that time her window cleaner (Eric) was considered a very good pike angler who regularly fished Salford Park.

Lozellian.
 
My dad and I use to fish at Salford park I can remember coming out of Salford park ready to go home there were loads of people with flags dad said they were German supporters coming from Villa Park it was the world cup in 1966 I loved going for a days fishing with my dad unusual for a girl I even meet my hubby though fishing
 
Yes it was happy memories my hubby was my dad's fishing friend I use to go with my 3 uncle's and my dad fishing all over the West midlands the first time I went I fell in my mom never found out or I would not been aloud to go again
 
Morturn said:
The pool was drained to build the expressway and all the fish moved to Witton Lakes and Brookvale Park. There was a TV article and an enormous pike taken out.

Brookvale Park was always a decent fishing lake, but Witton lakes seemed to be polluted. Within a few days there were thousands of dead fish washed up, which I assumed were from Salford Pool.
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The first attempt to gather the fish from Salford Park September 1967...The 37,000 that got away...
 
Bad picture as usual from the Birmingham Daily Post of October 1967 of the further attempt to remove the fish from Salford Park...

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Radiorails said:
It suggests that someone, who made the decision to move the fish, did not do any ecological research beforehand.
Another example of why animals and other creatures are always in second place when developments take place.
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Oh dear! They thought more about fish than people!
 
Another report, probably written in the bar of the nearest pub. Designed to antagonise and increase circulation. Press reports often are and have frequently been quite wide of the mark. When I read reports of fires I attended it often seemed that they were writing about a completely different occurrence to the one I was at. Years of news reports have made me quite cynical. :)
 
Radiorails said:
Another report, probably written in the bar of the nearest pub. Designed to antagonise and increase circulation. Press reports often are and have frequently been quite wide of the mark. When I read reports of fires I attended it often seemed that they were writing about a completely different occurrence to the one I was at. Years of news reports have made me quite cynical. :)
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While you may be right about Press reports in many cases, this one reports the words of Councilor Barton. He no doubt wished to antagonise certain sections, but would do so with the full backing of many residents in the area, including myself.

The M6 link passed with 200 yards and we were about half a mile from the Junction. Of course we never had a dog's chance of preventing the project and had to live in the polution.
 
Indeed major road works can blight peoples lives. lasting for many years. The problem with some town and road re-developments is that by the time they are conceived, debated - with claim and counter claim - and eventually constructed the reason for their need sometimes has gone. Planners often fail to put 'human nature' into the equation, consequently it is often their own ideas that come to the fore. Many pedestrianized zones in towns and cities are not good shopping areas for the shop owners. Whilst people find it easy to move around, their attitudes become relaxed and not totally focussed on shopping. Lots of people (mainly those under 60 ;) ) favour the hustle and bustle of shopping centres which creates a 'want to buy' feeling.
I admit I enjoyed the crowds and activity of Birmingham as a youngster, but as I have, since the age of sixteen lived in small places, I soon lost that viewpoint.
 
ricco said:
Now that is an interesting photo Davidfowler i had not seen that one before, there is a hell of a lot of detail in that picture,,, just look at how much has been pulled down/Lost to the modern landscape hey!!!!
David if you can post up some of your photo's of Salford bridge maybe the gravelly hill junction with slade road too if you have any that would be lovely,

Has anyone got any Copely hill or Lemington road also Powick road when it ran out onto gravelly hill!!! photo'd too please?

many thanks for the photo,s guy,s,

Ricco,,,
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Used to ride on this track back in the 1960's when a member of Velo Club Central run by Bob Mansel who had a shop in Smethwick, bike by Major Nickols of West Brom.

Couple of photos inclding one of my girlfried at the time.
 

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Htiek said:
Used to ride on this track back in the 1960's when a member of Velo Club Central run by Bob Mansel who had a shop in Smethwick, bike by Major Nickols of West Brom.

Couple of photos inclding one of my girlfried at the time.
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Htiek, welcome to the Forum, enjoy! I used to like to watch at the Velo but never really liked (to do) that racing. Preferred TT and Massed start.
 
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