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St Peter's Chapel St Peter's Place
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Mossy
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Re: st peters place..broad st
I can remember it was just like yesterday looking at them photos of my then would be school St Peters RC and the church where i was an alter boy and used to serve mass on a Wednesday morning and Sunday morning
Mossy
I can remember it was just like yesterday looking at them photos of my then would be school St Peters RC and the church where i was an alter boy and used to serve mass on a Wednesday morning and Sunday morning
Mossy
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ladywood
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Re: st peters place..broad st
I remember the priest house well.
A rather stern house keeper.
Father Brown was the parish priest with Fr. Hugh Montgomery and I was an an 8 year old altar server.
Sometimes I had to go to the house to get the keys to open up the church for 7:30 weekday mass.
On the ceiling just inside the front door to the house I remember were dotted hundreds of gold stars on a dark blue background.
It seemed so fitting. I would hum 'Regina Coeli'
ladywood
I remember the priest house well.
A rather stern house keeper.
Father Brown was the parish priest with Fr. Hugh Montgomery and I was an an 8 year old altar server.
Sometimes I had to go to the house to get the keys to open up the church for 7:30 weekday mass.
On the ceiling just inside the front door to the house I remember were dotted hundreds of gold stars on a dark blue background.
It seemed so fitting. I would hum 'Regina Coeli'
ladywood
Re: st peters place..broad st
Hi Ladywood
In my time it was father griffiths and he was an ogre of a man he used to scare the life out of us kids, i now remember the ceiling with the stars, funny how you forget these things. my sister went to st peters school, but i went to nelson street school and to mass every sunday at st peters, and midnight mass christmas and easter, which i thought was exciting being up so late, thanks for the memories
annie
Hi Ladywood
In my time it was father griffiths and he was an ogre of a man he used to scare the life out of us kids, i now remember the ceiling with the stars, funny how you forget these things. my sister went to st peters school, but i went to nelson street school and to mass every sunday at st peters, and midnight mass christmas and easter, which i thought was exciting being up so late, thanks for the memories
annie
bass player
proper brummie kid
Re: st peters place..broad st
Hi John,
If this picture is looking down to the doors of St Peter's could this be Martins Place, I used to go to the school with the Behan family who lived on the right as I walked to School from King Edwards Road.
George
Hi John,
If this picture is looking down to the doors of St Peter's could this be Martins Place, I used to go to the school with the Behan family who lived on the right as I walked to School from King Edwards Road.
George
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ladywood
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Re: st peters place..broad st
In 1952/53 I was a pupil at St Peters in Mrs. Lester's class.
I share my desk with a Margaret Behan.
ladywood
In 1952/53 I was a pupil at St Peters in Mrs. Lester's class.
I share my desk with a Margaret Behan.
ladywood
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Mossy
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Re: st peters place..broad st
Ladywood did'nt Margret Behan have two brothers Tony and Brendan,i wonder what became of them any ideas
Mossy
Ladywood did'nt Margret Behan have two brothers Tony and Brendan,i wonder what became of them any ideas
Mossy
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Mossy
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Re: st peters place..broad st
Did you know Father Montgomery was the brother of the desert rat Monty
Mossy
Did you know Father Montgomery was the brother of the desert rat Monty
Mossy
Pomgolian
Kiwi Brummie
Hi all, I've just merged a number of threads on this topic... Some of the pic's now on the thread are on more than once... I will be removing repeated pic's (those that are on twice) at a later date for easier viewing and to re-claim much needed web-space , so more pic's can be put on of our City's history.
(If you try the search box... put St Peter's in you may find even more info' about the church and area).
Good to see older topic's renewed and bought to the fore again..
Chris/Pom.
(If you try the search box... put St Peter's in you may find even more info' about the church and area).
Good to see older topic's renewed and bought to the fore again..
Chris/Pom.
bass player
proper brummie kid
Hi Mossy, Hi Ladywood,
There was quite a large Behan clan but i don't remember a Margret. There were, in order, if my memory serves me well - Brendan, Dolores, Tony, Micheal, Dessie, Pauline and Stephen. Dolores lives down South somewhere - Brendan lives in Harborne, Tony lives in Hong Kong, Mick lives in Four Oaks, Dessie lives in San Francisco (last I Heard) Pauline I don't know and Stephen lives in Jersey.
You may wonder how I know all this, it is because I worked with Micheal for many years on BT and visited Tony a few times while working. I have also been to a few family get togethers over the years and went to Bernards funeral (the dad).
When I was young my Mom and Dad used to meet up with Bernard and Nellie Behan at the St Peters Social club and I was in the same class as Tony at the school.
regards
George
There was quite a large Behan clan but i don't remember a Margret. There were, in order, if my memory serves me well - Brendan, Dolores, Tony, Micheal, Dessie, Pauline and Stephen. Dolores lives down South somewhere - Brendan lives in Harborne, Tony lives in Hong Kong, Mick lives in Four Oaks, Dessie lives in San Francisco (last I Heard) Pauline I don't know and Stephen lives in Jersey.
You may wonder how I know all this, it is because I worked with Micheal for many years on BT and visited Tony a few times while working. I have also been to a few family get togethers over the years and went to Bernards funeral (the dad).
When I was young my Mom and Dad used to meet up with Bernard and Nellie Behan at the St Peters Social club and I was in the same class as Tony at the school.
regards
George
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ladywood
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Re: st peters place..broad st
I asked him about this, and he said he was a "distant cousin".
Father Montgomery was the most wonderful influence on my childhood.
Naive, forgetful, gentle, and as intellectually sharp, as a razor.
Over his confessional box was a sign that said he could hear confessions in 12 languages.
He paid one visit to our house in the 2 or 3 years as our parish priest and spent the whole time holding the 4 or 5 kittens our cat had just delivered.
He must have been 60, but he had the wonderment of a child.
He moved from St Peters to a church on or about the Coventry Road and then to be a Monsignor at a college at Oxford.
He asked permission of our teacher to take 2 pupils on the following week to do some drawing.
Roy H and myself were selected.
Father Montgomery took us to Litchfield Cathedral.
I finished my very ordinary drawing early and went to the back of the cathedral to seek out Father Montgomery.
I was surprised to see he was also drawing.
A wonderful drawing of the interior of Litchfield Cathedral.
He quietly showed me what was what was possible in drawing.
I'm sure he is dead now, I would like to know where he is buried.
I owe Father Montgomery more than I can ever repay.
ladywood
I asked him about this, and he said he was a "distant cousin".
Father Montgomery was the most wonderful influence on my childhood.
Naive, forgetful, gentle, and as intellectually sharp, as a razor.
Over his confessional box was a sign that said he could hear confessions in 12 languages.
He paid one visit to our house in the 2 or 3 years as our parish priest and spent the whole time holding the 4 or 5 kittens our cat had just delivered.
He must have been 60, but he had the wonderment of a child.
He moved from St Peters to a church on or about the Coventry Road and then to be a Monsignor at a college at Oxford.
He asked permission of our teacher to take 2 pupils on the following week to do some drawing.
Roy H and myself were selected.
Father Montgomery took us to Litchfield Cathedral.
I finished my very ordinary drawing early and went to the back of the cathedral to seek out Father Montgomery.
I was surprised to see he was also drawing.
A wonderful drawing of the interior of Litchfield Cathedral.
He quietly showed me what was what was possible in drawing.
I'm sure he is dead now, I would like to know where he is buried.
I owe Father Montgomery more than I can ever repay.
ladywood
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ladywood
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Sorry Tim, Your mother was just entering St. Peters as I was leaving, I'm afraid I can't recall her.
ladywood
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bridget mccartney
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Hello Tim, i remember your mom marion, i used to live in garbett street, and i went to st' peter's school from 1950-1956 then i went to camden st.Your mom might remember me as Breda, i also had a sister named Betty and a brother named George. Sitting, reading all these post's has brought back happy memories of the ladywood i grew up in.
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FrannyG
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Is this where most catholic burials would have taken place in mid 1800's?
Are the records at St Chad's?
Are the records at St Chad's?
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charl2nd
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I was at St Peters from 57 to 63. Lots of happy memories, also served as an altar boy and in the Christmas nativity. It seems odd to visit the area now and see the symphony hall where
the school and church stood, though nice to see the brewmasters house is still there which was opposite the priests house. What I think was surprising, considering the deprivation in the catchment area (I remember it well!), was the high standard of education and the fairly high pass rate in the 11 plus.
Just goes to show you dont need great buildings and top facilities, just good basic teaching. The 1953 photo is mirror image. I had come across it before and thought it looked wrong, so I put it on the computer and reversed it and hey presto the image I remember.
the school and church stood, though nice to see the brewmasters house is still there which was opposite the priests house. What I think was surprising, considering the deprivation in the catchment area (I remember it well!), was the high standard of education and the fairly high pass rate in the 11 plus.
Just goes to show you dont need great buildings and top facilities, just good basic teaching. The 1953 photo is mirror image. I had come across it before and thought it looked wrong, so I put it on the computer and reversed it and hey presto the image I remember.
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Humph3
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Hi,
I was interested in this thread because my Grandparents were married at St. Peter's in 1901 and I found the pictures of the church and realised looking at both, one was the wrong way round, so have corrected that and also wiped the cars off the other to give it an older feel, just in case anyone would wish to use them.
Regards
Humph
I was interested in this thread because my Grandparents were married at St. Peter's in 1901 and I found the pictures of the church and realised looking at both, one was the wrong way round, so have corrected that and also wiped the cars off the other to give it an older feel, just in case anyone would wish to use them.
Regards
Humph
Re: st peters place..broad st
I always wanted to go in there. Now I know the probable reason why I didn't.
I always wanted to go in there. Now I know the probable reason why I didn't.
barrie
master brummie
My late wifes Gt Grandparents were married in St Peters in 1857. Curiously, when they married his surname was Lehaney, but after a few years, he changed his name to Delaney. We have never been able to discover what prompted the name change.
Barrie.
edited to add; There were 7 children, the first 5 were baptised as Lehaney, the other 2 as Delaney.
Barrie.
edited to add; There were 7 children, the first 5 were baptised as Lehaney, the other 2 as Delaney.
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cookie273uk
master brummie
I have noticed a number of aerial photos of Birmingham1921, would any one know who would commission such pics, the Council of the day maybe, and the name of the company and what type of aircraft they used, aerial photography was in its infancy then, a follow on from WW1 aerial reconisance (?) over enemy lines, having said that the quality of these pics is excellent. Would love to know the answer to these questions. Any body know, original pics may have a company name on the back. Eric
Eric
The pictures were all taken by Aerofilms , who , as I understand, took some from various people on commision, but also a lot on spec in the hope of being able to sell them. English Heritage recently bought the archive, and is in the process of putting thenm all online at https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/archives-and-collections/nmr/britain-from-above/ . the firm's origins are discussed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerofilms
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/archives-and-collections/nmr/britain-from-above/
The pictures were all taken by Aerofilms , who , as I understand, took some from various people on commision, but also a lot on spec in the hope of being able to sell them. English Heritage recently bought the archive, and is in the process of putting thenm all online at https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/archives-and-collections/nmr/britain-from-above/ . the firm's origins are discussed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerofilms
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/archives-and-collections/nmr/britain-from-above/
