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They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

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oldMohawk said:
They thought the photographer had gone so peeped out just as he removed the lens cover and they were caught in an old street pic. Looks like they had house plants in their window which is in Court 19 Lancaster St as someone had helpfully painted on the barrel.
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AH! Those old peeking blinders! The chalked court number had probably been put there by the photographer. I think it was Cadburys that arranged for photographs of "slums" (to the residents they were little palaces) to be taken during the clearances. To identify the location the photographer would chalk the court number or road on a wall near to the camera, in this case he seems to have used the barrel. Anyone got any other ideas?
 
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AH! Those old peeking blinders! The chalked court number had probably been put there by the photographer. I think it was Cadburys that arranged for photographs of "slums" (to the residents they were little palaces) to be taken during the clearances. To identify the location the photographer would chalk the court number or road on a wall near to the camera, in this case he seems to have used the barrel. Anyone got any other ideas?
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Yes, Cadburys collection of old photos is just one of many interesting things they did for Birmingham. I think you are probably right about the photographer chalking the address. I have often noticed chalked addresses on other old photos and never thought that the photographer could have done it.
 
oldMohawk said:
Yes, Cadburys collection of old photos is just one of many interesting things they did for Birmingham. I think you are probably right about the photographer chalking the address. I have often noticed chalked addresses on other old photos and never thought that the photographer could have done it.
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I have a very interesting book published by Cadbury's in 1943 called Our Birmingham which sets out to describe "The Birmingham of out forefathers and the Birmingham of our grandsons" Which holds warnings for when we build again, although not all the ideas contained within are good, its a great pity more notice wasn't taken of it when we did rebuild in the 50's and 60's.
 
A nice busy scene, only the horse seems to be looking at the camera. Being a spotter of 'bollard protectors' I can see some in this pic!
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Found this one.
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Looks like they could be waiting for the Market Hall to open. The lad holding on to the bollard and peeping round the two men is getting a rather severe look from the man in the centre of the pic. More 'bollard protectors' but I didn't notice them when I was a lad in the fifties perhaps they had gone by then !
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also found this one..
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oldMohawk said:
A nice busy scene, only the horse seems to be looking at the camera. Being a spotter of 'bollard protectors' I can see some in this pic!

Looks like they could be waiting for the Market Hall to open. The lad holding on to the bollard and peeping round the two men is getting a rather severe look from the man in the centre of the pic. More 'bollard protectors' but I didn't notice them when I was a lad in the fifties perhaps they had gone by then !
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But an 'orse is an 'orse, Mohawk. Far more intuitive than humans. He's probably been waiting for what seemed an age for the photographer to make the shot. Remember moving items would have caused a blur so he'd have been placid for the whole presentation.
 
What was going on here on the corner of Little Bow St and Horse Fair, looks almost confrontational.
One of the adverts shows that Miss Vesta Tilley was on stage, possibly at Day's Concert Hall.
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Cracking photos, I love the Market Square Jim, think of all those lovely lamp posts that were scrapped. The horse trough would be snapped up today for the garden.

I think Lodge Road is in Witton, I don't recall it ever looking like that though, maybe the are two.
 
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Cracking photos, I love the Market Square Jim, think of all those lovely lamp posts that were scrapped. The horse trough would be snapped up today for the garden.

I think Lodge Road is in Witton, I don't recall it ever looking like that though, maybe the are two.
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Di. There's is a Lodge Road in Winson Green/Hockley. It runs from "the flat" Heaton Street, right up to Handsworth New Road and I think the photo in post 1687 looks like the start of Lodge Road from the flat.
 
Hi All,

The absence of traffic in the Lodge Road photo shows how much calmer life must have been in those days. Note the people walking or just standing in the road and the small group of boys with a hoop.

Old Boy
 
Little girls always wore hats, a sort of sailor hat. I think we had berret's. Did we Charlie? But anyway they didn't look as nice
 
Out and About in Old Brum .... click the pic to see them where they are posted.


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And which one are you masquerading as Mohawk? The running man or the woman with the woman with the shovel?

Or maybe you're BH Forum's very own Stanley Baxter, with a thousand appearances!
 
Di - I had to wear hats as part of my school uniform. Boater in the summer! and brown felt hat or brown beret in the winter, all with the school badge on. Hated them.

Judy
 
Re#1697.Hi, Using Windows10 "Edge" I get a "thumb nail" sized image 1"X1".Please what do I need to do to get a usable sized picture?
 
Very strange Jim. This is what I see with Edge.
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Have a look at the original in post#482.
Or perhaps try a different browser such as IE or Chrome.

ps. if you click on the 3 dots top right corner of Edge you get the option to open the page in Internet Explorer.
 
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Not my day! Both your links come up as invalid! Anyway went down the IE route and got to open your collection of pictures
 
An existing forum photo (the link to the post it is in) dated 1905 showing that a photographer had gathered some kids in Bagot Street and took their photo in front of houses in very poor condition. The Chemical Company next door did not seem too concerned about how they stored chemicals in their open yard, maybe they owned the houses. Probably none of the kids ever saw the photo they were in and 9 years later they had to live through the Great War.
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They were looking at the bomb damage in WW2 Erdington. All the women in the photo appear to be wearing fur coats and one of them has a rather nice pram with mudguards. Those on the right of the photo seem to have spotted something slightly worrying. (restored post)
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The round badge on the conductors uniform is a badge with his PSV number on it. No driver or conductor was allowed to work without it. It was the means by which a passenger could identify a servant of the BCT.
 
Worcester Street had taken a battering the night before in 1940 with heavy bomb damage on shops on the right side of the street but that wasn't going to stop folks going up to New Street as they casually stepped over the debris and fire hoses. (restored post)
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Nothing to do with BCT as the badge was issued by the Traffic Commissioner and was worn by all PSV drivers and conductors. Drivers badge was red and Conductors green. Most coach drivers wore their badge turned round in their buttonhole so just the brass clip was on view, my badge number was DD552768 having passed my test in 1966.
 
In Edgbaston Street 1940 more people stepping over debris from the previous night's bombing. A lady on the left is walking with a child close to the bombed buildings probably not thinking about debris falling from the damaged building. Firemen still damping down smouldering buildings. There are not many pics of Edgbaston Street on the forum. (restored post)
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I think that's part of human nature, trying to hang on to some sort of normality, keeps you going through difficult times.
 
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