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Hi thanks for information any information appreciated,the lawrence family owned or rented a few farms round there not sure where they widened,thanks martin.

Hi come across this surprised more people did not comment i lived on blakeland farm always interested about things about the farms round their i will send this to my son in australia his wife is a horton from erdington,not been their for a while think royal oak still their.martin

Hi these are a few bits i had henry bramwell still owned land in 1945 so it could have been him that sold it to cadwalladers the fodens owned both farms as other picture on site shows 1899 but fodens lived their a long time before that a big family owned a lot of land,martin

Hi young kids did drowned in canal by bridge when water low to hard to get out,very sad i never for got. i think your right the sign on doors was foreign to me their was a single door on the park side. public toilets next door.if you have not answered questions on other thread.built houses on...

Hi mohawk that is the best picture i have seen of that part, The bottom left was some sort of hall for adults can not remember what was written on doors,same side single gate into park then two houses one had a orchard behind next house grew vegetables and sold them on side of house and toffee...

I think it was 67 or 68.martin

Hi to young to go to club but it was a bowling alley before club i did go to that.martin

Hi just noticed picture of house that is how i remember it the first shop down towards boars head was ken viney.If you are still on this site you should find information on electrol roll it come under litchfield. that area was in handsworth under staffordshire.martin

Hi the picture at the top, top left of picture waste ground and sheds is blakeland farm if you could zoom in to the trees you would see the farm house, the second house down from their across bridge down towards boars head lived parks then stone then roberts we lived at blakeland farm after that...

Hi kirwan common name in galway lots of irish in birmingham around that area .I worked for whittalls builders early sixties we picked two of our men up in varna road yes their was rented rooms their, Try national irish census free their is a one year old in 1911 mary ann kirwan her mom was ann...

Hi still not convinced about chimney i am sure their was a chimney in the refuse but is that it was their another one their it looks close to stadium probaly not in harris cleaners as you say it did lie right back first picture looks the right angle tops differ, On the left past the stadium...

Hi mohawk was holford drive not on the right hand side next road after wellhead lane, I thought that chimney was in harris cleaners .

Hi a previous picture of aston hippodrome reminded me when as kids we would go and see wrestling their .Their was lots of times a good guy and a bad guy sooner or later the bad guy was thrown out of the ring that was it the women went wild kicking him hiting them with there umbrellas and the...

Hi in the 60 burlington hall run a type of youth club in the cellars .mitchell

Thanks janice it is their cannot zoom in as close on new site wanted to take a fresh look at why i could not see the house .Their is a map on their site for 1900 of this area this has every thing written on it all the farms where the moat in perry hall park is,it shows how the water and canal...

Thanks mohawk sighned up to other site i think it may take a bit of time to work it out. The picture bottom left is where the milk dairy was built gone now the park front electricity building then toilets i forgot the building behind i think some type of hall not sure if it is still their.The...

Thanks janice for link to their new site still a really good site just not found my way round yet. The aerial view i am looking for not under perry barr and typing it in does not help i will widen the search.Thanks again mitchell.

Hi i wonder if any one knows how to get on to the site where digital handsworth have moved to and see their 1955 ariel pictures you can zoom right in to see area i coppied this last year but cannot zoom in the reference to this site do not work any more, mitchell

Hi astoness your picture 5 opposite perry barr park i knew very well if you keep walking to left of pictrure you would come to two big blue gates with bulpitts written over top i watched football in their nearly every week long entrance big single football pitch then a smaller field to the right...

Hi astoness your picture 5 opposite perry barr park i knew very well if you keep walking to left of pictrure you would come to two big blue gates with bulpitts written over top i watched football in their nearly every week long entrance big single football pitch then a smaller field to the right...