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Yardley Village

Astoness

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just found this in a 2003 copy of the brummagem mag....delightful pic this of the smithy at yardley village....

lyn
 
Astoness, Rember it well from childhood to now, the photo is taken with St Edaburga church on the left the Smithy on the right private house now but a sign tells you about it, the large building in the background was a Toc H club, my Sister held her wedding breakfast there in 1935.
 
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The Smithy, Yardley Village looking in the opposite direction, with the church on the right, that is not me leaning against the wall!!!. Len.
 
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lencops said:
The Smithy, Yardley Village looking in the opposite direction, with the church on the right, that is not me leaning against the wall!!!. Len.
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I believe I had an aunt who lived at the back of one of those houses. She lived at 4 Church Terrace.

Terry
 
lovely pic len...your aunt was very lucky then...it does look idealic....

lyn
 
Terry, I too had relatives in Church Terrace, number unknown, family name Horsley - any connection, Kat
 
I dont think so, my relatives were named Bailey, and they lived there in the 50's very early 60's.

Terry
 
Hi Kat - snap! Its not me but my friends Mum whose Maiden name is Horsley - her father Norman at Wroxton St 1911 with his father Joseph, a baker. 1901 Josephs father George lived 2 Church Terraces Yardley, Bricklayers labourer. They came up from Tile Cross and before that their 'home'
village of Ratley where they were agricultural labourers.
Norman George Horsley married a Rosamund Wilmot so thats where I'll be next. Look forward to your next post about the Yardley folks.
 
Hi Fairney View,
Snap at last! - great. Joseph b1878 was my Grand Uncle, brother of Miriam - my Grandmother. Contact me by email?? Kat
 
Thanks lyn for featuring my stamping ground of 68 years. Here are a few before and after pics to stir the memories...or the anger...

The Ring O'Bells is vandalised and abandoned, to the dismay and anger of all around me. The Talbot went years ago, but is now a private dwelling. Thee old Lamp survives. You can still make out the LOUNGE etching on the glass. Some you win...
 
And Church Terrace taken last week before the snow, when we took Billybob to the swings in Yardley Park... There are some delightful little Victorian houses just behind the Church next door to the Smithy and the Cottagers Institute.
 
Two more, one looking down Church Rd past the Old Ring O' Bells, I live a few doors down on the left. And a shot of Church Terrace houses for Terry and kat.
 
Hi kat. Here is a recent one of the Smithy, a few doors down from Church Terrace, which looks a little bit like your old pic? Church Terrace is much narrower as shown in the other pics.
 
Dennis, Great pic's thanks. I can't quite work out where the second two pic's were taken from (the angle) Any ideas which cottage was No 2, Kat
 
G'day Kat. One is the entrance from the Church Rd, the second is taken from the other way looking towards the Rd. You can just see the top of the Church Tower in that one. I will pop up and check No 2 for you soon, as I only live a few hundred yards away. Will post a pic if poss. Cheers.
 
G'day to you Dennis,

That would be great if that's possible. Last year I was in Church Road but at that time I didn't know of the 'connection' to Church Terrace. I was looking at my Grandfathers shop (bicycle) and a house he lived in at 218 Church Road. His wife lived at 2 Chuch Terrace when she was young. She was originally from Ratley - beautiful village which we visited. Thanks Dennis, Kat
 
Hi Dennis, that looks like the one,I'm sure it was the far end house in post number 14. Thanks.

Terry
 
Fab photos! Thanks from afar Len - what a treat - 1901 at No 2 home of GEORGE 44yrs (Bricklayers Labourer) and MARY JANE HORSLEY nee Benton, 6 kids and brother Joseph Horsley(Brickie) - His oldest son Joseph was working at the Yardley Arms hotel!!!

Then in 1911 the son is married and a baker at 1 Wroxton Rd. Isn't the democracy of world wide web wonderful?!
 
paul stacey said:
was there ever a "black swan" at yardley?
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Morning Paul, I lived about 500yds from The Swan Inn and in my lifetime (81yrs so far!) have seen four different ones, but to my knowledge there has never been a Black Swan. Len.
 
My mistake Len it was the SWAN I was thinking of the little grey cells are deminishing I am afraid thank you
paul
 
Seem to remember, and there maybe post on here already, as a child, would have been early 70's, that they held 100 years of Yardley or something on the park just at the back of St Edburgha's, which was also where I married a few years ago!
 
Dwilly it was a celebration of 2000 years of Yardley. It was around 1975. Lots of events took place all over east Birmingham. Includeing Sarehole Mill.
 
I used to live in Lodge Drive, just off Barrows Lane near the Co-op Sports Club (1946 - 1966) I remember the family who used to run the greengrocers by the Church - Dagnalls/Maycocks. I also remember the family who used to run the Post Office - the Goodes. Tuesday and Saturday nights were a real highlight for me in Yardley as that was when the Thirteen Club opened. Happy memories!
 
Dennis Williams said:
And Church Terrace taken last week before the snow, when we took Billybob to the swings in Yardley Park... There are some delightful little Victorian houses just behind the Church next door to the Smithy and the Cottagers Institute.
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The Cottagers Institute when i saw it in 1935 when my Sister was married was called the TocH social club opened for ex-servicemen WW2 and she held the wedding reception there, my Sister & her husband worked in the bakery trade and as Saturday was the busiest day they had to get married on a Sunday they were regular church goers at St Edburgha`s church, Canon Cochrane refused to marry them there saying he did not conduct weddings on a Sunday, so they went to All Souls church, Albert Rd and the Vicar there set up the wedding at short notice and became a life long friend needless to say they had no good things to say about Canon Cochrane and i understand many parishioners did not like him. Len
 
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