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  1. gingerjon

    New unseen photos with no locations

    notice the height of the factory building much higher than one in earlier post building and house design for this area not the same, these three are in Catherine street
  2. gingerjon

    Paddington Street Aston

    referenced to #113 Yardley's van see link https://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/cowperst.html
  3. gingerjon

    New unseen photos with no locations

    The pub with no name. in the photograph there are some heavy construction being built which is part of the Aston Expressway which was being built' if you check the A to Z you can see the expressway beyond Queens road the spire on the right would then be Aston Hall lane school the factory in the...
  4. gingerjon

    New unseen photos with no locations

    Mike Kelly's 1964 proves there was a pub and it was M&B QUEENS ROAD, Aston (6), Lovers' walk to 251 Park road. MAP 1 1 ,12. NORTH SIDE. . . . here is Grosvenor rd ... Mitchells & ButlersLta. brewers Atkinsons Brewery Ltd MI Walker Peter Ltd. mineral wateir mfrs here is Church la SOOTH SIDE...
  5. gingerjon

    New unseen photos with no locations

    the spire in #116 is Cowper street school during the construction of the Dual carriageway
  6. gingerjon

    New unseen photos with no locations

    correct Ludgate Hill St Pauls should have give me the answer
  7. gingerjon

    New unseen photos with no locations

    Newhall street
  8. gingerjon

    New unseen photos with no locations

    Lyn your photograph is over the road in Portland street they had a factory there servicing and making carpet sweepers
  9. gingerjon

    New unseen photos with no locations

    Just looked at Kelly's Newbury carpet machines it listed between other factory's or shops no houses adjacent and they are in the middle of these other buildings. this was Kelly's 1938 1950 puts on the corner of Catherine street'
  10. gingerjon

    New unseen photos with no locations

    Just a thought the lamp standard is not a main road standard Lichfield road lamp standards are much taller.
  11. gingerjon

    National Arena Broad St

    National arena Broad street next the theatre you can see the Hall of Memory in the distant
  12. gingerjon

    Ansells Brewery

    Same here never heard of that saying I worked at Ansell's for a short while on the bottle conveyor track, job short lived due to the fact I stopped production due to me jumping over the conveyor and getting my foot caught in the rollers which dragged me into the lift and stopped it working(...
  13. gingerjon

    West Bromwich Albion

    Wendy can you enlarge the team photograph my cousin E (Teddy) Sandford is on this photograph never seen this before
  14. gingerjon

    Burlington street

    Joe Turner number 11 Parliament street two sons and two daughters one of the daughters now lives in America Johnny have not heard of him for quite a few years Raymond still lives in Birmingham through an illness he as both is legs amputated my brother Keith is still in touch with him.
  15. gingerjon

    Pubs Of The Past

    Milton street
  16. gingerjon

    Old street pics..

    this photograph is the junction of Lees road Devonshire street and Devonshire avenue not Kent street north
  17. gingerjon

    Burlington street

    The factory Ultra Guards, we used to clean the windows every two weeks and we also did the first clean when they moved into Burlington street. the first entry passed the factory led down to my Aunt's house behind the factory her name was Amy Hunt we used to jump the wall in her garden into...
  18. gingerjon

    Parliament Street Aston

    From the shop when we lived there number 27 Mrs Salt 25 Mrs Plumb 23 Mrs Griffiths 21 Mr Simmons 19 Mr Tustin (APR air raid warden during the war 17 Mrs Speaks 15 Mr Bithell we lived at 1 bk 15 that's down the last entry Stirks shop was number 1 Burlington street Thanks to Photographic...
  19. gingerjon

    Old street pics..

    My wife June Chapman lived in Kent street North number 15 she as a brother David Chapman and brother Donald Trapp (step brother) there house was a back to back three storey she had a friend Pat Price lived on the other side of the road in one of the terraces this is a link to Kent street North...
  20. gingerjon

    Clifton Road Aston

    Do you have any photographs of him when he was at school or does he have any would be interested to see if my memory of him was same.
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