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I don't remember the Ressurection to be honest we lived in Ward End Park Road from1970 to1980? was it between these years or after.

It was called the Swan Hotel when built it was know as the Swan in the 1970s I even done some electrical work there a few times during the 1970s do you remember the Disco nights

The correct name was the Swan Hotel when first built this was a replacement for an earlier Swan Hotel on the same site from about the early 1800s pictures below.

Great western railway Hockley station 1960s Me on my 3 wheel red bike aprox 1963. entrance to great western terrace.

One living room with coal fires, smallish kitchen stairs to 2 bedrooms if I remember for our house, a tin bath no toilet and as ours was a back to back there was no rear windows, but I loved every minute and will never forget these times, lovely friendly people who helped each other from my...

The houses faced each other with small gardens to the front my mom used to seed flowers every summer with my help we lived at number 10 which was 10 the back of 209.

The houses was painted white around the windows once we moved out I assume to show empty and ready to bulldoze, the washhouse was the centre recessed building to the left the toilets were on the opposite side of the centre court yard..

Sorry I stand corrected I was told they were numbered from the top 2-4-6 ect from the top mind you I was only about 13 when we were rehoused to Ward End unfortunately,

We also lived in Great Western Terrace no10 the back of 209 from 1960 to1970 aprox, not sure how the numbering worked if you are no 8 our house was the last house bottom line before the centre yard wash house's and toilets the plan is a bit misleading when you entered the yard from icknield...