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westbrook house/westbrook farm
- Thread starter brummie60
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HI BRUMMIE
What years are we thinking of the farm at east end of the parish
i myself cannot recall a farm down there ;
i only know of one farm called westbrook and that was a prison farm ,and that was over frankly
but since the privatation of prisons its no longer takes or uses prisoners
it is called westwood farm which is still there ;
may be it was the old fair ground along side the aston church on aston hall rd
i would be very intrested to find out about it and to its where abouts
may be one of our members can shed light on your request , but i would certainly like to find out
best wishes astonion;;
What years are we thinking of the farm at east end of the parish
i myself cannot recall a farm down there ;
i only know of one farm called westbrook and that was a prison farm ,and that was over frankly
but since the privatation of prisons its no longer takes or uses prisoners
it is called westwood farm which is still there ;
may be it was the old fair ground along side the aston church on aston hall rd
i would be very intrested to find out about it and to its where abouts
may be one of our members can shed light on your request , but i would certainly like to find out
best wishes astonion;;
bill.dargue
master brummie
Hi Brummie60
I've got that snippet about Westbrook Farm on my History of Birmingham on your Doorstep - https://billdargue.jimdo.com/william-dargue-s-history-of-birmingham-on-your-doorstep/ - So it must be on the Birmingham Sites & Monuments Record which is maintained by the City Archaeologist, Mike Hodder. I've always found him very accommodating, so it's probably worth dropping him a line or an email - https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Sa...=BCC/Common/Wrapper/CFWrapper&rendermode=live.
Bill
I've got that snippet about Westbrook Farm on my History of Birmingham on your Doorstep - https://billdargue.jimdo.com/william-dargue-s-history-of-birmingham-on-your-doorstep/ - So it must be on the Birmingham Sites & Monuments Record which is maintained by the City Archaeologist, Mike Hodder. I've always found him very accommodating, so it's probably worth dropping him a line or an email - https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Sa...=BCC/Common/Wrapper/CFWrapper&rendermode=live.
Bill
richardgrimmett
proper brummie kid
When I was about 8 (1965) a schoolfriend of mine lived there. His father was Dr Morgan. The Morgans were not brummies and moved in about 1966 to Trumpington in Cambridgeshire. If I remember correctly the house then lay empty. I recall visiting there quite often and even slept over on a few occasions. I can see the bread ovens now, in the walls, and the wide old floor boards. I slept in a large bedroom at the front of the house close to the churchyard and was spooked by the creaking boards and the church bell striking the hours. It was a troubled area even then. The garden was fairly overgrown, but the play equipment installed by the Morgans was tall and from the top I could see that all the garden walls were topped with broken glass to deter intruders. On one trip I accompanied the family to the church fete held in the gardens of a large victorian property which I always thought was the vicarage, but I might be mistaken.
