Vauxhall Gardens Saltley

[Vivienne14]

I felt sure we had a thread for Vauxhall Gardens but can’t find one. If you know of one please let me know.

J L Pedley painted this watercolour in 1850 (image from BMAG archives). I was wondering if any of the buildings in the painting still exist ? Can we name and locate the various buildings shown please ? Viv.

 

[mikejee]

There is a lot on Vauxhall gardens on this thread. at https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/mystery-garden.48815/#post-617270. I am sure that this painting has been on the forum before, though it is not on the aforementioned thread

 

[Vivienne14]

A taster of entertainments available at the Gardens in 1863. It had obviously moved on from the simple, charming, landscaped gardens portrayed in Pedley’s painting of 1850. Viv.

 

[Colroy07]

I was informed that Vauxhall gardens would have been were spooner street was . On the slope leading down towards we’re duddeston station is .

 

[Colroy07]

This map shows the streets after it had gone.

 

[bordesley bob]

My Great grandmother on my mother's side must have bought this there. It took me a while to work out who it belonged to until I realised that women didn't have their own names, she was Mrs George Henry Williams, not Mrs Sarah Jane Williams. Not a time for feminists really.

 

[Colroy07]

Sorry my last attachment didn’t go on this shows were Vauxhall gardens was.

 

[Colroy07]

Later picture clearly showing Vauxhall gardens . Also ashted row and Bloomsbury.

 

[Colroy07]

This post helps work out the true location of Vauxhall gardens .

 

[Colroy07]

Love this one believed it to be the baracks as marked on previous map.

 

[Pedrocut]

I felt sure we had a thread for Vauxhall Gardens but can’t find one. If you know of one please let me know.

J L Pedley painted this watercolour in 1850 (image from BMAG archives). I was wondering if any of the buildings in the painting still exist ? Can we name and locate the various buildings shown please ? Viv.

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A description from 1851.

 

[acklam19]

Hi all when I lived in Castle Bromwich on the late 50s and 60s I used to catch the 56 bus into town which went through Vauxhall and when it got to Belmont Row one conductress who was a real character used to shout Vauxhall Gardens and it always raised a laugh as anyone who can remember what it was like in those years with its derelict factories etc will understand but now to my suprise there was such a place
Regards Acklam19

 

[Stokkie]

The late Chris Upton wrote a short piece on Vauxhall Gardens, I see they were named after London's famous Vauxhall Gardens and contained a Cock Pit.https://www.business-live.co.uk/retail-consumer/history-vauxhall-gardens-birmingham-6638921