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Wolseley Street Small Heath
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Thanks for that Mikejee,much clearer now will get back to shelley 69.
Phil don,t suppose you know what number houses these were would you?
Thanks.
No Sorry bluemack, I wouldn't have a clue.
The map showing the area around Wolseley Street brought back some memories for me, (50s/1960s) it clearly shows the house where I lived in Gordon Street and the house where my wife lived in Artillery Street together with the little triangle of land at the corner of Gordon St./Wolseley St. where we used to meet by the phone box. Something else that we can show our Grandchildren.
The Greens
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We used to live at 17 Wolseley Street. I was too young to remember much of those years there, but remember hearing her name mentioned many a time at family events. Pat was my sister Pauline's friend. I am the youngest of the Green family that lived on the street, till about 1966.
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jim1uk2001
master brummie
78 to 62 from left to right.Thanks for that Mikejee,much clearer now will get back to shelley 69.
Phil don,t suppose you know what number houses these were would you?
Thanks.
jim1uk2001
master brummie
Now this is a shot in the dark but is the Janet you're referring called Jan and did she move to Knowle? I worked with a woman called Jan in the early 2000s who told me she lived on Wolseley street.
jim1uk2001
master brummie
I remember the Tilton Road headmaster's name was Mr Hinchcliffe.
Wow my grandfather John Cross and family lived at number 81 Wolseley ! But that was in the 1920s.
Hello Enkidu nice to see this thread is still going. My family lived at number 84, the Tynans any one remember us ?
a few names I can recall are the Rickets the Sadlers the Molloys and the Hopkins.
My father Tommy used to drink in the Queens Head the Acorn and the Garrison, think I spent half my childhood
playing by the canal and the railway tracks .
a few names I can recall are the Rickets the Sadlers the Molloys and the Hopkins.
My father Tommy used to drink in the Queens Head the Acorn and the Garrison, think I spent half my childhood
playing by the canal and the railway tracks .
Thanks for your reply. I was born in Toronto, Canada and only visited Birmingham 2 or 3 times when I was young, but I am researching my family tree. My grandfather John Cross was living on Wolseley Street in the 1901 census, so he must have bought it shortly after his return from service in Madras, India. It seems he lived there at number 81 until he died in 1955, with his three wives and 17 children; and I think my grandmother Nellie Cross continued to live there for some time after. My dad lived there until he left for Canada in 1956. I may have visited that place in 1965 if my grandmother was still living there, but I was only 6 years old and my memory is dim. My Dad says he remembers that the Malloys lived next door.
Hello Enkidu, your father has probably told you how small the house was we had a family of ten and that was a struggle
with only three very small bedrooms. We never had a bathroom, had to bring the tin bath in on Friday night to have a bath.
Did your father attend school whilst at Wolseley Street or was he too young.
with only three very small bedrooms. We never had a bathroom, had to bring the tin bath in on Friday night to have a bath.
Did your father attend school whilst at Wolseley Street or was he too young.
This is Stephen. I actually did visit 81 Wolseley to see my grandmother Nellie in 1965 when I was 6 years old. I think she was living on her own by then, I do remember the house was dark and narrow and tall. The photos I have seen of Wollesley Street houses taken in 1982 do seem familiar. My father would have gone to the local school maybe from 1937-39. Then he was evacuated to Stratford-on-Avon until 1945. I presume he would have went to the local school again after that. He told me that half of the houses on the street were destroyed from bombing in WW2, probably due to the proximity to the railway.
He mentioned the following words (names?): Village Gunnings Gilmour Roe Ealing Hunt Rae Guest.
He mentioned the following words (names?): Village Gunnings Gilmour Roe Ealing Hunt Rae Guest.
My Dad sent me a photo of Garrisson Lane Junior and Infant School, which must mean he attended there.
Looking at the photo of the boarded up houses I think your fathers house was probably 5 houses further up.
You can see how close the railway tracks where and the canal would be at the end of his garden.
Wolseley Street is a modern housing estate now you may find it interesting to look on google maps
as the ariel view may shed more information.
You can see how close the railway tracks where and the canal would be at the end of his garden.
Wolseley Street is a modern housing estate now you may find it interesting to look on google maps
as the ariel view may shed more information.
gordon street
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Moons, aspreys and the wool shop further down road and a outdoor across from moons.
