Recent content by BrummieGeoff

This 1855 map of the area doesn't identify the pub and bowling green specifically, but it does show extensive grounds south of Holloway Head around Chapman's windmill .... before the construction of Ernest Street and Florence Street.

A photo related to St Jude's Church, showing a church procession in Bristol Street. Ref Post #51 ....it again refers to "Saint Jude's Depot".

A picture of a Union Omnibus Company bus that ran down the Bristol Road to Griffin's Hill .... dated as 1880. The fare to go all the way was 6d inside or 4d on top. Credit: Birmingham Photography Archive.

Another photo of Smallbrook Street from photographer Henry Joseph Whitlock dated 1867. This view is looking towards Tonk Street (later Hill Street) from the Dudley Street junction. It shows the north side of Smallbrook Street from Number 2 .... the premises of Thomas Deakin, Tailor. It appears...

brummy-lad mentioned Crystal Palace on the corner of Smallbrook Street and Hurst Street .... later known as Empire Palace and Empire Theatre, and bombed in 1940.

Astoness: maybe it's the queue for Thomas Joyner's pork scratchings?

Here's a clearer copy of the photo .... taken by photographer Henry Joseph Whitlock, and tagged with a date of May 1867. Above the door is the address "25", and the name "Joyner". The sign above the window in Tonk Street includes the words "cured ham". Thomas Joyner is listed as a Pork Butcher...

I think this advert for St George's Commercial Tavern shows the entrance to Corn Exchange Passage from High Street .... and maybe a view of the Corn Exchange building in the distance. The 1849 Post Office Directory lists St George's coach office (shown on the left of the archway) at 45 High...

The Birmingham Working Boys Home is shown in the background of this photo .... between the Golden Lion and St John's church.

A picture of the Birmingham Working Boys Home in Deritend. Credit Birmingham Photography Archive.

Ref Post #1 .... this aerial photo of Five Ways dated 1 April 1969 shows a section of William Street in the top right. Much of the area had been cleared for redevelopment, but I think the indicated building is (or was) the White Horse.

I don't think this view of "Yardley Wood Dingles" by the artist J Jolly has appeared in this thread yet.

Yes Lyn .... her nan and great aunt are in the photo.

The shop is at 68 Percy Road, Greet. The 1921 Kelly's Directory lists it as William Grant greengrocer .... and the photo was posted on FB by his great granddaughter. N.B. The Greet Primary School site was extended down Percy Road a few decades ago to cover the shop location. The shop is shown in...

I also have a family tree connection to Pardoes in Ludlow in the 18th century. Samuel Pardoe born c1795 and Martha Richards born c1795 are my great great great grandparents. Their daughter Mary was born in Ludlow c1823 and moved to Birmingham in the 1840s. Successive generations remained in...