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Ice cream sales going well in this c1898 pic of the Bull Ring and that lady walking on the left is might have decided to buy one. Not many people looking in the shops that day.
That seems a reasonable description of the scene Richie. Probably nothing better than enjoying an ice cream after church.I'm assuming this is a Sunday, with the awnings extended not for the benefit of sheltering shoppers, but to protect whatever stock inside from sun-fade over the weekend. Look at the assembled public-Sunday best maybe, having just left the main church in the BullRing?
A photographer wanted to take a photo of some reconditioned housing showing the entrance to 18 Court, Clarkson Street but a crowd of kids from the street stood in the way so he made them stand each side of the court entrance and took the photo. Two lads in the photo had no shoes. The street name was for some reason changed to Adams Street in 1905.
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Hi Richie - that is an interesting theory about the origin of the name.
Before I posted the pic I did have a search of the forum and Clarkson St is mentioned and there are photos of it.
Three search results can be seen in the following links with photos in two of them and comments about the name in the third one.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?18578-Bordesley-green&p=515709#post515709
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?38737-Old-street-pics&p=543571#post543571
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?38737-Old-street-pics&p=543596#post543596
Hi devonjim - great photo with story to go with it. Reminds me about four street parties I went to.View attachment 103337
Almost certainly also 12/05/1937. Linton Road, Tyseley. Only 14 houses in the road so I guess some families from Tyseley Lane. The quality of the photograph/print is such that it is difficult to recognise many. I know that I could have two parents( not yet engaged) four grand parents and three uncles and an aunt in the shot. Fortunately with the exception of my father's father who died from natural causes they all survived WW11.
I bet his hands were covered in newsprint. Remember how it used to come off the newspaper and make your hands look dirty. Has the Evening Mail now gone? Viv.