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Scott Arms Junction

Even in the 1950’s the Scott Arms was a busy crossroads controlled by traffic lights. Most likely they were installed post war corresponding with the massive house building programme in the area.
My parents lived In Great Barr from 1940 at the time most of housing estates had been put on hold due to WW2. The main roads leading to the Scott Arms were little more than country lanes.
All the roads leading to the junction were widened to dual carriageways in the mid 1960’s, bringing in the more complex traffic light system.
l lived just off the Newton Road from 1954 to 1981.
 
I spent a lot of time around the Scott Arms junction in the late 1940s/1950s/1960s and never thought to note when the traffic lights were installed ...:D

At a guess I would say late 1940s. There are quite a number of Scott Arms photos on the forum and a few of them can be seen in the post links below. There are more photos elsewhere on the forum.

Some show traffic lights and some do not but unfortunately do not answer the question ... but they are nice pics ... :)
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Old street pics..

i believe it was kath..cant recall who but someone a few years back told me they married there.. lyn
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Old street pics..

i believe it was kath..cant recall who but someone a few years back told me they married there.. lyn
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Walsall-Scott Arms

Pathe News https://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=73200
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See Birmingham by Post Card

The Rock is gone (parking lot now by the looks of it) but amazingly the Heath, which ceased being a cinema before the fifties I think, is still there at the top of Bennets Road. A store now. Strange thing is I don't remember the Heath and only learned of it on here even though I must have walked...
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Old street pics..

eddie here is the link to the golden eagle thread lyn https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=29260&highlight=golden+eagle+hill+street
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They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

[quote="brummie nick, post: 546059"]The Birmingham Battery didn't make batteries. I must plead guilty to making an assumption! I travelled along the Bristol Rd. for years and along the cross city line and I always thought the clue was in the name. As the old saying goes " to assume makes an ass...
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Queslett Road Great Barr

I have received a letter from a lady in New Zealand enclosing the attached picture. It is not very good as it is a photocopy. She would like to know if I can identify where the photo was taken!! She assumes because the name on the side of the house was Queslett it was taken in Queslett Road...
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Pubs Of The Past

Or was it the Parson and Clerk? Fantastic,thanks. I did get 'and' right though. Thats 33% right!
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