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Whitmore Street
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Hi john ;
my cousins and my auntie winn and uncle harry phelps used to live in ford street
and my two cousins whom is named bryan and barry phelps
i used to travel up fromlichfield rd and mess around the stret with them there used to be a gang of them and we played foot ball in the street often ;and they used to have the biggest bon fire in the street ;
and we all went to ickneild street i can recall barry kehoe and a few more of the lads and haynes ;
have a nice dy best wishes astonian;;
my cousins and my auntie winn and uncle harry phelps used to live in ford street
and my two cousins whom is named bryan and barry phelps
i used to travel up fromlichfield rd and mess around the stret with them there used to be a gang of them and we played foot ball in the street often ;and they used to have the biggest bon fire in the street ;
and we all went to ickneild street i can recall barry kehoe and a few more of the lads and haynes ;
have a nice dy best wishes astonian;;
terryb18
Gone but not forgotten R.I.P.
Hi John, I used to live in Park Rd right opposite Whitmore St. My father lived at 120 Whitmore St before he moved to Park Rd. I have attached a couple of pics, one of the cafe on the corner of Park Rd / Whitmore St and one of numbers 115-116 Whitmore St. Both these pictures have been put on the site before so I cannot take any credit for them.
Terry
Terry
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There was a guy who lived in Whitmore Street in the late 50s/early60s and he loved Connie Francis and he would have her records playing all day long which you could hear everytime you walked past his house. The Atkins I talked about were Margaret and Maureen, their siblings were, John, Ronnie, Joyce and Ruby. The lived in a yard and everytime you went into their house you had to bang about as the coal was kept right next to the living room and hence loads of black bats. We had some great times together.
HI CAROLINE ;AND JOHN ;
The cafe on the corner of park rd was my grand fathers cafe ;and just along there in on park rd was an old girl friend of mine called
carol and she had a brother called terry ; her cousinjackie lived right next to her on the entry
and she used to court the lad from the other cafe across the rd on the flat [ lodg rd ]
and my old mate micky lived in abbey street ;the old place as not really changed from the days of yester years
and my old man used to work at charles harris around the corner ;for donkeys years until he died there at the age of 47 ;
he was the bakelight moulder and they had a collection for him for my mother
have a good day best wishes for 2013 astonian;
The cafe on the corner of park rd was my grand fathers cafe ;and just along there in on park rd was an old girl friend of mine called
carol and she had a brother called terry ; her cousinjackie lived right next to her on the entry
and she used to court the lad from the other cafe across the rd on the flat [ lodg rd ]
and my old mate micky lived in abbey street ;the old place as not really changed from the days of yester years
and my old man used to work at charles harris around the corner ;for donkeys years until he died there at the age of 47 ;
he was the bakelight moulder and they had a collection for him for my mother
have a good day best wishes for 2013 astonian;
Hi Lyn, I have the second photo you put on of Whitmore Street and its also on Ted Rudge's site as Whitmore street, but people are now saying that its not. Any ideas?
Hi Lynn
I hope you do not mind me just saying a quick word,if any think its one or the other side of
Whitmore street ,,and the reason I say that its because Heaton
Street being the first street before whitmore street that was the road with the slight incline on the street
Meaning the pavement but that's what ever way you are walking either from the brook end
Or lodge road end but as the picture is coming towards us I would say its the top end towards the flat
Which is part of lodge red so. Walking from the flat surprisingly heading towards that little chap in the picture
You will she the incline of the pavement and to me the other road would be some where close
To would be park road because of that incline on the pavement
And the houses are more like the ones that was on Heaton street
My aunt winning Phelps lived at the bottom of those street and I played foot ball
With my two cousins in the street with there friends best wishes Alan,,,Astoinian,,,
I hope you do not mind me just saying a quick word,if any think its one or the other side of
Whitmore street ,,and the reason I say that its because Heaton
Street being the first street before whitmore street that was the road with the slight incline on the street
Meaning the pavement but that's what ever way you are walking either from the brook end
Or lodge road end but as the picture is coming towards us I would say its the top end towards the flat
Which is part of lodge red so. Walking from the flat surprisingly heading towards that little chap in the picture
You will she the incline of the pavement and to me the other road would be some where close
To would be park road because of that incline on the pavement
And the houses are more like the ones that was on Heaton street
My aunt winning Phelps lived at the bottom of those street and I played foot ball
With my two cousins in the street with there friends best wishes Alan,,,Astoinian,,,
I was born at 62 Whitmore Street in 1955 my nan and grandad lived next door at 63.
Strange the numbers are not on the map. It is lovely to see all your photos, brings back so many happy memories
Dawn.
You can see where no 63 was. It is not uncommon for some numbers not to be marked in a street on these maps. I am not sure why, though it is possible that the surveyor for the ordnance survey could not see a number on these houses and so did not mark it. Would, however, be surprised at this as I would have thought that almost all houses would have had numbers easily visible.
You can see where no 63 was. It is not uncommon for some numbers not to be marked in a street on these maps. I am not sure why, though it is possible that the surveyor for the ordnance survey could not see a number on these houses and so did not mark it. Would, however, be surprised at this as I would have thought that almost all houses would have had numbers easily visible.
Brian Phelps is on facebook with photos of his group The L8 Arrivals (he plays guitar and sings)
Hi, I was most interested to read this post as I am trying to do some family research for a direct descendant of this same family. He was born to John Thomas Atkins, born circa 1945. Johns father was Ronald Claude Atkins, married to Doris May Masters. Do you by any chance have any further information on the family that you could share. Many of Ronald and Doris's children were born pre the war and others after the war. I'm thinking Ronald went to war? Would love to hear from you. Thanks Sandi
I presume you are related to John? I went to John and his wife's house just at the back of Wretham Road many times with Margaret and Maureen. John also worked at Dennison Watch Case Co on Soho Road.
I’m a friend of one of Johns children. He does not know anything about his grandparents and their children, or about his father John as his mother remarried. Your post is the only info outside of the names and births of Ronald and Doris Atkins children, the twins Margaret and Maureen being two of them. Their mother Doris’s mother, Teresa Masters and siblings, also lived close by and there was another couple Samuel and Annie Atkins who lived at 22 Whitmore Street. I think Ronald’s family lived at that same address as it is noted on the baptism. I am wondering if Samuel related but not sure how. Samuel Atkins was born in 1887 and was a silversmith. He was living in Whitmore Street from at least 1910 until the mid 1950’s. Any info would be much appreciated. It’s so valuable to get an impression of what life was like back then and details about the home.
