thanks mate9 years ago I had to sign a form about taking photos, but assume it's changed since then? Didn't need to sign anything at Aston Hall. Might be ok now.
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Also you have to buy a ticket, looks like you can pre-book a ticket on their website.
got see this place in the end very nice to vist but very small as in the photos
got see this place in the end very nice to vist but very small as in the photos
but still was good to find out few things I didn't know about
handsworths history !
didn't know it was a hotel the last photo u put up what year was that do u know?I used to play in all those rooms when I grew up at Soho in the 40s/50s when it was a hotel! My sister and I used to slide across the polished entrance hall floor (which was a lot different to the photo!) and there were stuffed stags heads on the walls! The door at the back of the entrance hall first photo led into a cloakroom/toilet. It does look very clean and smart, but doesn't look like my home anymore! I visited when they were doing the restoration and it was so interesting to see. Here's my Dad in the garden in the 50s, and another of me in pink top about to go inside when it was in the middle of renovations. Thought you might also like to see the lovely driveway to the front door, which has now long gone!
It was already operating as a hotel when my grandparents bought it in the late 1920s Rosary Boy. Prior to that it had been a girls' school. Here's a price list from 1945! As to what year I was shown round by Val Loggie of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, I can't really remember but it would have been around 1990/1992ish.didn't know it was a hotel the last photo u put up what year was that do u know?
thanks
I was taken aback by that entrance hall floor Judy. I thought even if this was a restored floor, could it really have been like that originally ? Viv.
thanks for the information JayellIt was already operating as a hotel when my grandparents bought it in the late 1920s Rosary Boy. Prior to that it had been a girls' school. Here's a price list from 1945! As to what year I was shown round by Val Loggie of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, I can't really remember but it would have been around 1990/1992ish.
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