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  1. brummy-lad

    Old Mill Court Bradford Street Birmingham

    Possibly the area marked in red on the 1830s-1880s map.
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    Old Mill Court Bradford Street Birmingham

    1950s and 1892-1914 map. Difficult to spot a court that would have been behind No. 18 though.
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    Southalls factory

    An aerial view of Southall's factory from 1938.
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    Blucher Street

    Map turned to match the aerial shot
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    Blucher Street

    Hi Lyn, the road across the top is Suffolk Street, the synagogue is on Blucher Street and the street to the left of the synagogue is Severn Street
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    Blucher Street

    An aerial view of Blucher Street dated 1935.
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    Happy birthday Frothblower

    Happy Birthday, hope your day is going well.
  8. brummy-lad

    Thomas Derrington

    Link to Potter's Hill, post #82 shows No. 17 https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/potters-hill-aston.50491/page-3#post-795723
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    Potters Hill Aston

    Image posted for member kooglescriber, there is a man walking up the hill just behind the Ford Anglia, he is standing in front of No. 17
  10. brummy-lad

    National Library of Scotland maps

    That's brilliant, love the detail around Newtown Row, so Porchester Street used to be called Paper Mill Lane. Thanks for posting JMB
  11. brummy-lad

    Thomas Derrington

    There are no property numbers on the 1868 Kelly's but some names seem to occur in the same order as the 1878 PO Directory.
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    Thomas Derrington

    Photo showing No. 9, there are a few other images of Whitehead road at www.leroux.co.uk/aston but this is the only one I can find showing No. 9. I'm not sure if the house numbering was different in 1870, I will check the 1871 census.
  13. brummy-lad

    New Street Station From 1854 - 1966

    I'm not sure if this video has appeared on the forum before, it was posted on youtube 3 days ago (John K. Wells), 'Back to Birmingham New Street in the 1960s'. Particularly interesting because the running numbers of the locos are clearly visible. There are several other John K. Wells railway...
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    Hobbies

    Hi Richard, it was indeed, we lived in the back2backs in Parliament Street, another auntie lived at No. 145 Park Lane (Burton's newsagents), I was never short of comics, another auntie next door in Parliament Street. We moved to Washwood Heath when I was 7ish but my time in Aston is etched in...
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    Hobbies

    Pifco Fuse Wire, when my uncle's bicycle shop (Keights @ 143 Park Lane) was demolished in the 60s he moved to Cannock he took many items from the shop with him, I inherited them and cannot bring myself to part with them (fuse wire included). I'm sure the cards would be on those shelves somewhere...
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    Lombard Works (brass casting)

    An aerial view from 1937.
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    Lombard Works (brass casting)

    A 1950s map and 1921 Kelly's entry for No. 83
  18. brummy-lad

    Lower Hurst Street

    Hi SG, judging my Mike's map in post #17 I imagine that the property can be seen on the aerial view in post #15. BTW it was Mike who checked out the directories, I was hoping he would get involved in this thread, he's one of BHF's most knowledgeable members.
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    Lower Hurst Street

    An aerial view (1935) of the former Lower Hurst Street East.
  20. brummy-lad

    Lower Hurst Street

    3 maps showing Lower Hurst Street East, not named on the 1851 map, indicated by the red line. I would imagine some of the properties still existed on the 1950s map but of course they had been renumbered.
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