Birchfield Road Perry Barr

[Vivienne14]

think photos get passed around carolina...i know that hundreds i have posted on the forum(many of which i own the copyright to) have been posted on facebook but i dont mind if it gives people pleasure i am happy to share and we never know what may turn up i am always on the lookout for anymore photos of your ford st...

lyn

And where would we be without that willingness to share ? Time and time again we uncover more by reposting a previously seen image, especially on BHF where debate and further research is actively encouraged.

 

[Vivienne14]

thanks for the photo carolina...if ok will post it on the ford st thread unless we have it...pretty sure ive got all the photos of ford st that you have but like i said im always on the lookout for any that you may not have...they are out there somewhere

lyn

Yes it's on the Ford Street thread Lyn, post #77.

 

[Richard Dye]

think photos get passed around carolina...i know that hundreds i have posted on the forum(many of which i own the copyright to) have been posted on facebook but i dont mind if it gives people pleasure i am happy to share and we never know what may turn up i am always on the lookout for anymore photos of your ford st...

lyn

lyn, i think that is the way it should be particularly historical photos about regular people!

 

[Lemonella]

I remember Birchfield Rd in the 60's. I used to work at Maison Celeste. A hairdressing salon. We used to play jokes on the new apprentices, sending them next door (a hardware shop, for a glass hammer or ' along weight' (wait!)) Further to the left was a cafe where we used to go for a lunch or mince pie (Byrons, I think it was called) To the right of the hairdressers was the cinema. One day I met a blind date there. I came across him on Radio Caroline. He was training to be a Doctor. John Cunningham....wonder if he ever made it! He took me to the YMCA and afterwards for a coffee.
On the opposite side of the road there was a butchers, a handbag shop ++ you had to use the underpass to get there.

I used to go out with someone who lived round the corner from the cinema. It was 1967 and a wonderful summer!

 

[Astoness]

eastern side of birchfield road 1959..all gone now i think that could be birchfield school on the far left

 

[A Sparks]

eastern side of birchfield road 1959..all gone now i think that could be birchfield school on the far left

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Ah yes, very familiar with that view!
My Junior School in the background on the left and the shop where my mother worked before she married, Mrs Wilks haberdashery, next to Dodds. I went in there with her many times when I was small.

I wonder who the car belonged to?!

 

[Richard Dye]

eastern side of birchfield road 1959..all gone now i think that could be birchfield school on the far left

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Ah yes, very familiar with that view!
My Junior School in the background on the left and the shop where my mother worked before she married, Mrs Wilks haberdashery, next to Dodds. I went in there with her many times when I was small.

I wonder who the car belonged to?!

Great memories I’m sure!

 

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eastern side of birchfield road 1959..all gone now i think that could be birchfield school on the far left

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Wonderful picture can you tell me where this is as I am looking for number 142 which has long gone now

 

[Richard Dye]

Ah yes, very familiar with that view!
My Junior School in the background on the left and the shop where my mother worked before she married, Mrs Wilks haberdashery, next to Dodds. I went in there with her many times when I was small.

I wonder who the car belonged to?!

Yes, that car looks like a Bentley Continental!

 

[mikejee]

Wonderful picture can you tell me where this is as I am looking for number 142 which has long gone now

Wilkins was 359 birchfield road

 

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Wilkins was 359 birchfield road

Thank you

Wilkins was 359 birchfield road

I got to know Birchfield Rd, quite well in the 40s
walked up and down there 100s of times trying to get ciggies
for the motley crew of builder's where I was employed as an apprentice.
Like Aston, I bought a lot of my tools from Dodd's and also
used to take the picks and crowbars to be sharpened
at the Blacksmith in Welling ton Road,also taking timesheets
to the offices at #316, just opposite the Odeon

Dennis can you tell me if you remember anything about num142 birchfield road please I was born there in 51 and have been trying to find what it looked like can you help please

 

[A Sparks]

Thank you


Dennis can you tell me if you remember anything about num142 birchfield road please I was born there in 51 and have been trying to find what it looked like can you help please

Number 142 looks as if it was towards the Newtown/Lozells end of Birchfield Road.
There are no houses on that side of the road now for some distance, it's mainly green space.
At a guess I would say it was around where Wilson Road meets Birchfield Road?

 

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Number 142 looks as if it was towards the Newtown/Lozells end of Birchfield Road.
There are no houses on that side of the road now for some distance, it's mainly green space.
At a guess I would say it was around where Wilson Road meets Birchfield Road?
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That’s right Hatfield road can you tell me what the house looked like please can’t find any pictures of it

 

[A Sparks]

That’s right Hatfield road can you tell me what the house looked like please can’t find any pictures of it

I really don't know I'm afraid, although I would have travelled past on the bus into Town, I lived towards the Great Barr side of Perry Barr, I can't remember what that end looked like now.
Maybe someone else on the Forum can help?

 

[Astoness]

Wonderful picture can you tell me where this is as I am looking for number 142 which has long gone now

the chemist shop is no 359 so much further down from 142 and on the other side of the road

lyn

 

[Astoness]

1958, H. Hunter, Birchfield Road.

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could someone look up hunters please to find out what number it was at...thank you

lyn

 

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could someone look up hunters please to find out what number it was at...thank you

lyn

the chemist shop is no 359 so much further down from 142 and on the other side of the road

lyn

Thank you Lyn I could not find a picture of num 142 so have moved on to 58 quest street in 1956 to see what I can find

 

[Astoness]

we have a thread for guest st so you could make a request on there for any photos...click on link below

lyn

J

Post in thread 'Guest Street Hockley'

Nov 29, 2020

hi all if anyone has pics of guest street hockley i would love to see them...my gt grandparents lived here in 1911

many thanks folks

lyn

Hi.... I LIVED AT NUMBER 17. NOT FOR TOO LONG THOUGH. THE. HOUSE WAS OPPOSITE A COAL YARD... THE WORRAL FAMILY LIVED ON THE CORNER AND I REMEMBER A FAMILY CALLED NOLAN..

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[[email protected].]

we have a thread for guest st so you could make a request on there for any photos...click on link below

lyn

J

Post in thread 'Guest Street Hockley'

Nov 29, 2020

hi all if anyone has pics of guest street hockley i would love to see them...my gt grandparents lived here in 1911

many thanks folks

lyn

Hi.... I LIVED AT NUMBER 17. NOT FOR TOO LONG THOUGH. THE. HOUSE WAS OPPOSITE A COAL YARD... THE WORRAL FAMILY LIVED ON THE CORNER AND I REMEMBER A FAMILY CALLED NOLAN..

• Jemaso

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I have 2 pictures of guest street hockey 1956 we lived at number 58

 

[Astoness]

not sure if this is a new one but better to have it twice...dated 1959 the train station is to the left

lyn

 

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not sure if this is a new one but better to have it twice...dated 1959 the train station is to the left

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Thank you Lyn, Wonderful photo i wish it was of number 142 Birchfield Road but i think that was asking a bit to much.

 

[Astoness]

not sure if this is a new one folks dated 1951..would anyone know the exact location of these shops please

lyn

 

[mikejee]

E W Rees is 291 burchfield road

 

[Astoness]

E W Rees is 291 burchfield road

thanks mike...shops are still there then...todays st view below

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[Barbara Tarbuck]

not sure if this is a new one folks dated 1951..would anyone know the exact location of these shops please

lyn

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Hi, I used to work at Maison Celeste ~ shown in the picture. I worked there in 1961. The shop front was more modern than in the picture and it was a hairdressers. The shops were on the left not far past the roundabout (if its still there!) Further along on the same side was a cinema. The shops are situated just past a side road on the left. (when facing going into Birmingham) The bike shop is on the corner.

 

[A Sparks]

Hi, I used to work at Maison Celeste ~ shown in the picture. I worked there in 1961. The shop front was more modern than in the picture and it was a hairdressers. The shops were on the left not far past the roundabout (if its still there!) Further along on the same side was a cinema. The shops are situated just past a side road on the left. (when facing going into Birmingham) The bike shop is on the corner.

You might have cut my Mom's hair, she used to go there!

 

[Barbara Tarbuck]

thought you might like a 60's hair do. I used to have all the latest. styles

 

[Vivienne14]

Loving the hair, and the coat, too, looks like Mohair. Where was the photo taken Barbara ?

The cinema would have been the Odeon at that time.

 

[lmr3103]

thought you might like a 60's hair do. I used to have all the latest. styles

What a lovely beehive. We had a neighbour with jet black hair who always wore her hair like that. Mom used to do her roots!

 

[Morturn]

That looks super and I can imagine a lot of work went into doing it.