Recent content by Brenda 49

Thank you for the link to the map. I have now found the exact position of cottages that I hadn't found before! Cottages numbers 80 & 81 were not close to a road. They were at the side of the Tame Valley Canal between 79 & 82.

77 & 78 - 76 was around the corner at Salford Junction along with 75, 74 & 73. They are still there now.

Lovely clear photos! The top one shows where the two cottages and the canal pump house would have been and the bottom one shows BCN Canal Cottage 79 which I believe is for sale at the moment. It's a lovely property in a difficult situation. It even has a good dry cellar.

I note you have found these lovely photos on FB group BCN Canal Cottages. Both photos were taken by HE Evans in 1961 & 1963 & are courtesy of CRT Archive. I can see you have highlighted cottage 79 at the side of lock 12 on your map. The cottages visible in these photos are numbers 77 & 78...

Thank you that is interesting. My husband's parents move into their house on Pelham Road as the first occupants in 1934.

Great photo! Thank you. My husband was born & raised to adult in Pelham Road. This morning we were discussing whether the pub came first or Pelham Road. I have a feeling it was the pub as the houses in the road are early 1930s council houses I believe. Any positive information to answer this...

Here is the proposed building proviiding small appartments. photo BBC

The building is now empty & awaiting planning permission to demolish & build a very tall building! I've added a photo of the Opposite Lock taken in the late 1970s when you would remember it. :)

I guess there's no chance of this plan being refused by the Council so mabe a photo from 1977 to show the buildings that are still there now including "The Opposite Lock" which was originally a stable for canal horses.

Here is the artists impression for the construction on Gas Street:-

I know housing is important but I don't think such a tall building at the edge of the canal is appropriate. If it interests you to object to the removal of the building that housed the Opposite Lock and the construction of such a monster at the side of the canal here is the place to write to:-

The cottages to which you refer were not exactly on Chester Street but at the side of lock 7 on the Aston flight.

There used to be two cottages on the other side of the canal towards Salford Junction at lock 13. This photo shows: Cottage 77 & 78 Perry Barr lock 13 by Jack Haddock via Robert Selvey taken in 1984.

It's interesting to see the canal cottages come up on this thread again. As Sunnyboy so rightly said many of the BCN canal cottages were inhabited by BCN workers. There were originally at least 272 of these homes for workers. You will find a great deal of information about many of them on a...