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  1. aston lad

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Post 442. My wife and myself was going to buy a new build in Gunmakers Walk in 1976 not long after we got married, but lucky for us we were offered a similar type of house on the Aldridge Road Great Barr close to Shady Lane, we snatch their arm off, Gunmakers Walk is to left of the pub,
  2. aston lad

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Post 427 Is a view of Park Lane and not Park Road, Post 428 Is High Street (Aston) looking towards 6 ways Aston, out of view to the right stands the Barton Arms, the Globe which is no longer there would have been on the corner of the High Street and New Street.
  3. aston lad

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Post 386, Another view
  4. aston lad

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Post 373, I do believe that this is Aston Brook Street looking towards Inkerman House/ Tower, With the rear of the Norton Motors Cycles on the left, G H Edwards sewing factory I think is on the right of the photo,
  5. aston lad

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Post 372, This view is from the New Town Row end of Bracebridge Street and Aston Brook Street, you can see Inkerman House or Tower, and Reynolds House on the right of the two blocks of flats in the distance, I think but cannot be certain that the building on the right is the rear of T Savakers...
  6. aston lad

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Post 364, Is a photo of St Stephens Street looking down toward Elkington Street, with the railings on the right which was the fencing of Blew Street Park, the factory is or was Millers which was on the corners of Phillips Street and Elkington Street, the factory or warehouse in the far distant...
  7. aston lad

    1911 census place of birth

    Its Peterborough, fact taken from the 1921 census
  8. aston lad

    Len 'Tiger' Smith 1930's Birmingham boxer

    His grand daughter is on facebook and she is on my friends list "Emmie Rosemary Volschenk Germishuys"
  9. aston lad

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Post 180, My grandad and his first wife lived in Witton Street sometime between 1914 and 1920 when they got divorced, I wondered if he drank in the Garrison, he died when I was just over one year old, never got to know him..
  10. aston lad

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Posts 144,149 Of The Globe Pub, This was the first ever pub I went into for a drink, around 1968, I was just 15 years old and my mates were just a year or two older, we went in to play darts, and most evening during the week we were the only customers in there, I think a pint each lasted us all...
  11. aston lad

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Post number is not Lichfield Road Steve, its Aston Lane later to renamed as Aston Hall Road, Aston church is in the background
  12. aston lad

    Back to back houses Goodrick Street Francis Street & Clarendon Street

    Em1906, Its not Clarendon Street, its Claverdon Street you require, when checking out Josiah and Louisa I must admit that the census reads or looks like Clarendon Street, but Clarendon Street came under St Marys and not the one stated and certainly not under Duddleston either, sorry I cannot...
  13. aston lad

    Back to back houses Goodrick Street Francis Street & Clarendon Street

    EM1906, Who are you looking for and what year if you don't mind , I may be able to pin point them for you, the only court in Clarendon Street was on the even side in the cul-de-sac, but there were other back of in the street but not many.
  14. aston lad

    Back to back houses Goodrick Street Francis Street & Clarendon Street

    Clarendon Street from the air, I cannot remember the year, but if you look at the map which MWS posted , you should be able to see the house you are asking about, I was born and raised in Clarendon Street and knew it like the back of my hand, On todays map you will find that this bit of area (...
  15. aston lad

    LETTER ARRIVES OVER 100 YEARS LATE

    Sorry I don't believe that, I think some one has reposted that a few days ago.
  16. aston lad

    Victoria Metal Spinning

    Sorry Nirpal I have not.
  17. aston lad

    Victoria Metal Spinning

    Hi Nirpal, All I can tell you that it was located at 26/28 Victoria Road, close to 6 ways Aston, both buildings are still there and if you use google earth to can probably see what was his place of work in the back yard
  18. aston lad

    Aston Parkland, Moors and Land

    Yes it does say Close..
  19. aston lad

    Aston Parkland, Moors and Land

    Post 2, Yellow dot would be close to the High Street and Park Lane junction, if you follow the road down to the next junction that is where the Barton Arms would be built, I can also make out Barton Street and Potters Lane.
  20. aston lad

    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Post 3046. Is Six Ways Aston, The bank along with almost every thing you can see have long gone .
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