BrummieGeoff
Sparkhill Lad
Yes, the Congregational Chapel appears to have gone in the 1930s.
Note that the Primitive Methodist (and later Christadelphian) Church was located on the corner of Springfield and College Roads.
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Note that the Primitive Methodist (and later Christadelphian) Church was located on the corner of Springfield and College Roads.
pjmburns
master brummie
Sorry marked in wrong spot on map but photo is correct.
I will try and replace map later
Radiorails
master brummie
The map posted by Janice, post 28 of this thread, shows, bottom right, tram tracks leading off Stratford Road. The were used until 1928 when services to Hall Green were extended and used as short workings until buses replaced the trams in 1937.
Thanks for there amazing photos - and memories!Our first telephone number was SPR3449. In the 40s I lived at 1004 Stratford Road, on Greetman Hill. My bedroom window looked out on the College Arms Bowing Green, which livened up early bedtimes on Summer evenings. My grandparents lived opposite College Road School which is where my father went. The local shops - Holtoms the baker, Kiings greengrocer etc are still sharp in my memory!
devonjim
master brummie
The school clinic where I had to go in 1940's The dreaded gas!
That clinic was where you had to go if you didn't have a dentist. It was indeed dreaded! We took the no.29 bus over to Handsworth where my mother had a dentist she had been with for years, so were spared the horror.
BrummieGeoff
Sparkhill Lad
Yes devonjim .... I was a client of the school clinic for tooth extractions in the 1960s. I can still remember the smell of that rubber gas mask.
Good evening all,
My family business H G Turner Ltd Corn and Seed Merchants had a shop 836 Stratford Road Springfield possibly in the photo to my knowledge it operated from early 1920s until l closed the shop and rented out the property.
My Grand Grandfather would have opened the shop he had around 12 branches, it was very close to the pedestrian crossing.
A very interesting area for social history early in the 1920/30s Irish families moved into the area and brought with them strong horticultural skills they all had allotments and we probably sold more seed potatoes in this branch than any other, loose fertilisers, bamboo canes for runner beans etc, some would also keep poultry and they were a very self sufficient community if they have potatoes in the ground and eggs to cook they would be able to feed their family. I worked as a schoolboy in this branch in the late 1960s early 1970s and remember the strong family groups church, home and family. This close knit self sufficient group of Springfield families were a credit to the area.
BrummieGeoff
Sparkhill Lad
A photo of the H G Turner shop at 836 Stratford Road, Springfield dated 1950s. I remember going in the shop in the mid-1960s to buy dried peas .... to fire from a spring-loaded toy gun. The shopkeeper made me promise that I was buying them for my mom to cook.
BrummieGeoff
Sparkhill Lad
Springfield became the terminus for the Sparkhill steam tram service on 5 May 1899, when the service was extended down the Stratford Road past the previous terminus at St Johns Road. A depot was built near the College Road junction, just before the River Cole bridge. The service was converted to electric power from 1 January 1907.
The first photo shows a tram at the terminus on the last day of the steam driven service 31 December 1906, and the map shows the camera position.
The second photo shows a steam tram in the depot.
The first photo shows a tram at the terminus on the last day of the steam driven service 31 December 1906, and the map shows the camera position.
The second photo shows a steam tram in the depot.