Mark Tooze
master brummie
No - I think this was Upper Priory St?
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Birmingham's Working Horses
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viv i think i have seen this before ..it could be lingard st from a different angle to this one but not certain at the min will see what other photos i have
could be worth going throught this thread
Edit. Please note there is a separate Central Fire Station thread here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...ral-fire-station-hq.25493/page-13#post-585953
Birmingham Fire Brigade - Birmingham Fire Station Pictures 1955 - Part 1
Acocks Green Fire Station 1955
Bordesley Green Fire Station 1955
Erdington Fire Station 1955
Handsworth Fire Station 1955
Harborne Fire Station 1955
Birmingham Fire Brigade - Birmingham Fire Station Pictures 1955 - Part 1
Acocks Green Fire Station 1955
Bordesley Green Fire Station 1955
Erdington Fire Station 1955
Handsworth Fire Station 1955
Harborne Fire Station 1955
Think it must be Upper Priory as identified by Mike on another thread. But maybe pre-motorised vehicles? Or perhaps the horses were getting ready for a parade? I think there might be a vehicle behind them, but not sure. In any case an example of the transition to motorised engines. Thanks all.
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Richard Dye
master brummie
Any thoughts on the vintage of the top picture? The turn of the century bought a lot of development with/for motorized vehicles, if it were 1905 or so we would have seen these changes. Just thinking out loud! Great pics BTW.
Police horses performing at Selly Oak Park.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Don't let's forget the Rag and Bone horses. What a contrast here in the horse drawn cart among the vehicles at Aston Cross in 1970.
A Rag and Bone man on a Birmingham street, no idea where. But a familiar sight on our street when I was young. Lots of rags collected, but I don't remember bones on the cart. Bet the horse was enjoying the attention of the young ones.
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Someone may know where this was taken in 1904. The children seem to be dressed as cowboys.
Source : British Newspaper Archive
Source : British Newspaper Archive
And another on the Moseley to Shirley route.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
The photograph is included in "Birmingham's Working Horses" by Bryan Holden, and a better copy (below) in "Birmingham Tramways," by Robert Harley.. It states that it was taken on 30th September 1906, and plied between Albert St- and Nechells. Looks more like Nechells
Thanks Mike that's a nice, clear copy. The boys aren't dressed as cowboys, probably wearing summer hats, as is the girl on the upper deck. I seem to remember seeing drivers of these buses usually wore a bowler hat. Was that a sign of status ? More skilled worker?
Really Viv ! You hide your age very well
Ha ha ha Mike. I follow a rigorous skincare regime, eat healthy and own a state of the art time machine!
A horse-drawn police ambulance in 1912
Tough job for this milk float horse climbing Rocky Lane, Perry Barr in 1895. The float was Mr Edward Arm's.
Police horses at St Andrews in 1970.
And haymaking in Bartley Green.
These look well cared for, but horses were worked hard in the past, and it's upsetting to read the instances of cruelty to them by their owners. There are countless reports in newspapers of fines for cruelty to horses, even imprisonment, so legislation didn't always put a stop to it. Owners would often work horses when lame, sick or exhausted.
These look well cared for, but horses were worked hard in the past, and it's upsetting to read the instances of cruelty to them by their owners. There are countless reports in newspapers of fines for cruelty to horses, even imprisonment, so legislation didn't always put a stop to it. Owners would often work horses when lame, sick or exhausted.