Mark Tooze
master brummie
Brilliant photos Lyn!!!
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Nursery Road Lozells
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Those two phots in #26 are of interest to me too Lyn. My dad worked as a carpenter for Birmingham City Housing Department and was based at James St Depot. He often told me of a small maintenance yard the council workmen would pop into for a cup of tea and to use the workbench to do small joinery jobs. It was located on the corner of Nursery Road, but I don’t know which one.
He said it was behind some advertising hoardings adjacent to the gable end of a row of terraced houses. There was a hut with a small workbench, and it had a fireplace, maybe a stove that the workers used for some heat and to make tea.
All Birmingham City Housing Department yards had a number, so they referred to this one as Depot X.
He said that the local houses were built by the Barber Trust originally and were given to Birmingham City Housing Department at some stage. The small Depot was the original Barber Trust maintenance yard.
in that case mike photo 5 on post 25 must show your house on the left..hope you have seen all the new photos i posted this morning..think there are about 24 of them
lyn
brummy-lad
master brummie
An excellent record of where you lived Lyn and superb quality too.
Mark Tooze
master brummie
Hi Lyn - do you have any more "lost" photos of the Newtown area where you and me were brung up?
hi mark i think i have just about posted all i have of aston ..newtown and lozells...ie wheeler st..gerrard st..wells st..little king st...paddington st...geach st..bracebridge st..phillips st..william st..villa st..lichfield road...aston road north..waterworks st..brougham st...wellesley st ..farm st ..and for ladywood area aberdeen st which i sourced for a member who used to live there...these are off the top of my head and all of them of the same good quality..over the weekend i will check my files just in case there are any that i have not posted but i dont think so..
as said earlier i do have another 3 of nursery road to post once they have been resized..been a tad busy this morning..
lyn
Radiorails
master brummie
Interesting photos, Lyn. I recognise one or two that have appeared on BHF but they were worth seeing again. Pity there wasn't any No. 8 buses. 
Interesting photos, Lyn. I recognise one or two that have appeared on BHF but they were worth seeing again. Pity there wasn't any No. 8 buses.
there is alan...post 26 pic 4...zoom in as its in the distance and a bit hazy...by the way i am convinced that the lady with the young child standing at the no 8 bus stop in that photo is my mom and brother
lyn
Radiorails
master brummie
Ah! yes, I see the bus now. 
Ah! yes, I see the bus now.
alan over the years i have spent hours zooming in on these photos but each time i see something different..the detail is amazing
lyn
here are the last 3..think that makes it 27 i have posted today...i love photo 3 it looks like a little girl on the corner...be great if someone knew who she was...i must have walked from villa st all the way up nursery road hundreds of times on my way to and from lozells girls school
lyn
lyn
THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE FANTASTIC , THE ONE WITH THE LITTLE GIRL IS OUTSIDE BANDAGE IRONMONGERY, USED TO BE OWNED BY MRS PERNELL , SHE MOVED UP CHURCH STREET FOLLOWING THE BOMBING FROM JUST AFTER THE BACK ALLEYWAY. TO NUMBERS 46 TO 54
THINK THE BOMB TOOK 4 TO 6 HOUSES , BUT IT MADE A GREAT PLAYGROUND FOR YEARS AFTER THE WAR . MIKE48
THINK THE BOMB TOOK 4 TO 6 HOUSES , BUT IT MADE A GREAT PLAYGROUND FOR YEARS AFTER THE WAR . MIKE48
Thank you for those photos Lyn, particularly the last one as I attended the Salvation Army 1957- 1958 before going into the Training College. So many lovely memories of the area and people. As a matter of interest can anyone give me information of the Church shown in a number of the photos please
hi johnny glad you enjoyed the photos i also attended the sally army but it was in the 60s so after your time there..the church you mention is actually st silas mission hall ..if you have looked at all 27 photos i posted the hall is shown on at least another 2 of them..did you live in the area ?
lyn
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