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    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread High Street Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
      So that confirms the "Easy Row" terrace consisted of #115-153 only. Thanks Janice and Pedro.
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      Lady Penelope reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread High Street Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
      For comparison. The blue line is approximately where Barnabas Road was cut through. I think the railings to the left must be the front...
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread High Street Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Just an idea. But could the row of cottages in LadyPs photo in post #428 just have been named Easy Row although they were actually on...
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread High Street Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Another occupant Joseph Biddle has Easy Row with a variety of other names 1871 1881 1891
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread High Street Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Notice the similarity of the tops of the walls, on the left of the pictures.
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread High Street Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
      The question about Sutton Road is interesting as it looks to get a mention some 20 odd years after High Street. If you look on the OS...
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope replied to the thread High Street Erdington.
      Hi Janice, I hadn't seen Sutton Road with reference to the High Street before but it was the road to Sutton so I suppose that makes...
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope replied to the thread High Street Erdington.
      Janice post #412 shows Easy Row much clearer than my map. I think Easy Row was definitely on the High Street not at the rear. There are...
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope replied to the thread High Street Erdington.
      Apologies for the standard of these photos of Easy Row - The photo is taken from Saxton's Bygone Erdington and the map is from...
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    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread High Street Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
      The rebuilding of W.M.Taylors in the 1960s and its takeover by Owen Owen in the 1970s. Must have been a sad, but predicted, end for...
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope reacted to Radiorails's post in the thread Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
      On reflection ( ;) ), I should have put a "smilie" instead of a exclamation mark at the end of my post as my joke was not evident.
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Alan remarked that the horse may have been taking a drink, and it looks like there is some water in the picture. I could not remember...
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope replied to the thread High Street Erdington.
      The shops on the right gave way to W M Taylor and then Owen Owen. The church was on Newman Road I think. .
      • Taylors 1950.jpg
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    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope replied to the thread Erdington.
      Pedro, I'm having a senior moment I think. What does the previous post refer to please?
    • Lady Penelope
      Lady Penelope replied to the thread Sutton Park History.
      Looks to be the 1950's mw0njm. I believe the donkeys belonged to the Chipmans who had a field at the Chester Road end of Court Lane. I...
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