Gosta green

[Rambler57]

Hello lovely people,
In the Mail yesterday was a photograph of Gosta Green. I wonder, and hoping that someone can help me get my bearings????

I remember the cinema, Legge Street, Aston Road and I think there was an Aston Street but cannot be sure.

I presume it is the angle that the picture was taken from which has confused me but I cannot remember the triangular part with the trams at all.

Also of course I remember the fountain where I was glad to have a drink many a time. { digressing for a sec. just remembered a drinking thing that was a lions head??? }

Hope you are all fit and well and not burned to a frazzle.

Betty.

gosta green I lived in Lawrence street in the slums back to backs Birminghams second oldest council house's built in 1800s then you had gem street bishop Ryder street all round the corner from fire station.

 

[Astoness]

hi...have you seen the thread we have for lawrence st..it contains lots of old photos of the back houses and the street..do not know what number you lived at but you may recognise something...make sure you read from post 1 so that you do not miss anything..click on link below

lyn

Thread 'Lawrence St Gosta Green'

Apr 8, 2013

Hi everyone,
I have come across these two old photos of court yards on a blog; they were posted in 2006 but never had any responses.

This is the note that was attached with the pictures :-

Two images sent in by Peter Turner of housing in the Aston area. The photographs were taken shortly before they were demolished in 1972. They are believed to be near Gt Lister Street.
The images were scanned from slides

I was wondering if anyone can recognise the location of the yards or if their locations (roads and street names) can be identified.


picture A...

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