Alcester Lane End Alcester Lane South

[Ian FOFB]

Found an old postcard of Alcester Lane End. Not fully sure where it is / was but Googling seems to throw up that it is now Alcester Road South. I've trawled on Google StreetView but cannot find anything that fits the bill today, there appears to be a large pub by where the tram is. There are several buildings that are likely candidates but I think that most of this scene has been demolished .

 

[m.humphreys]

The pub is still there and is called the Kings Arms, I understand it is being renamed,it's known to locals as the Knob,due to the shape of the road where the trams used to turn

 

[m.humphreys]

A couple of shots off Street View,

 

[Ian FOFB]

Looks likely Mike - thanks.

 

[Vivienne14]

I’m not sure if the term Alcester Lane End is used today. These two images identified it in the past, and the buildings are recognisable today. The former post office in the colourised image is now a florist at the junction of Alcester Road South and Woodthorpe Road. The B&W photo shows the corner of Taylor Road. Viv

 

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An old colleague, best man back in 1965, a brummie.

And he lived in Taylor Rd. before he went off to live in Oakland CA.

 

[jukebox]

Yes. The area is still known as Alcester Lane’s End. Not sure how it got that name though!

 

[Radiorails]

It is my guess that it was the trams destination that gave it the name Alcester Lanes End. There were no commas in the tram destination as far as I remember. The colour photo shows a tram belonging to the Corporations predecessor hence the colour.

 

[Vivienne14]

The way this postcard is captioned makes ‘Alcester Lane End’ sound like a location. I expect it means May Lane off Alcester Lane End. Viv.

 

[Vivienne14]

This was A L E around 1918, Taylor Road off to the right. Two tram staff (?) seem to be posing for the photo by the tram or maybe they’re just taking a breather at the tram terminus. Viv.

 

[pjmburns]

The way this postcard is captioned makes ‘Alcester Lane End’ sound like a location. I expect it means May Lane off Alcester Lane End. Viv.

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Viv - Alcester Lanes End is thought of as a location

Alcester Lanes End/ Alcester Lane's End

William Dargue A History of BIRMINGHAM Places & Placenames from A to Y

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1946 map

Viv

 

[mikejee]

And shown as such on the c1913 map

 

[Taxi Tom]

Alcester Lanes end was the terminus for Birmingham Corporation buses...by Kings Heath greyhound racing track....pub opposite always known as The Knob , no matter name outside

 

[Vivienne14]

Two of Alcester Lane End/South with Streetview comparisons.

 

[Vivienne14]

Behind the tram is #284 Alcester Lanes End, once Joseph Harris dry cleaners. The Tge sign for the flats has now gone. This is next to the Crown/Kings Arms pub. If this was a tram stop at this point, it must have later been moved (for buses) to outside the pub.

 

[Vivienne14]

Two threads have been merged into this one, so there may be earlier unseen posts.

 

[Radiorails]

The tram stop was the terminus for the 39 tram at Alcester Lanes End.