Alcester Street

[clavwolf]

Alcester Street

HI. Newbie here. My great grandfather, Frank Arthur Harvey, lived at No. 2, Back 118, Alcester Street Birmingham in 1899. He was described as a Wire Worker.

Does anyone have any information regarding the address and the existence of any wire related industry nearby?

 

[Astoness]

here is a map from 1944 to 74 you can move the map around and as you will see no 118 and the back houses are all gone..i can roughly work out where it would have been but hopefully someone can provide a map with the exact location...i will have a search for photos of the street and post if i find any..click on map link below

lyn

Georeferenced Maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

 

[brummy-lad]

Alcester Street

HI. Newbie here. My great grandfather, Frank Arthur Harvey, lived at No. 2, Back 118, Alcester Street Birmingham in 1899. He was described as a Wire Worker.

Does anyone have any information regarding the address and the existence of any wire related industry nearby?

Hi and welcome to the forum. These are links to Alcester Street maps 1950 and late 1880s. I think the house numbers remaines sequrntial so you can probably work out where it was.

Georeferenced Maps - Full Screen - Map images - National Library of Scotland

maps.nls.uk

Georeferenced Maps - Full Screen - Map images - National Library of Scotland

maps.nls.uk

 

[brummy-lad]

I suspect it would be in the area circled.

 

[clavwolf]

I suspect it would be in the area circled.

Many thanks John. That's really helpful

 

[clavwolf]

here is a map from 1944 to 74 you can move the map around and as you will see no 118 and the back houses are all gone..i can roughly work out where it would have been but hopefully someone can provide a map with the exact location...i will have a search for photos of the street and post if i find any..click on map link below

lyn

Georeferenced Maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

Many thanks Lyn. I really apprecaite your help

 

[Astoness]

thanks john roughly where i thought looking at this map which shows no 109

lyn

Georeferenced Maps - Full Screen - Map images - National Library of Scotland

maps.nls.uk

 

[brummy-lad]

here is a map from 1944 to 74 you can move the map around and as you will see no 118 and the back houses are all gone..i can roughly work out where it would have been but hopefully someone can provide a map with the exact location...i will have a search for photos of the street and post if i find any..click on map link below

lyn

Georeferenced Maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

Sorry Lyn nobody had replied when I started looking and I posted the maps, it normally says if there have been replies.

 

[Astoness]

Sorry Lyn nobody had replied when I started looking and I posted the maps, it normally says if there have been replies.

no probs john i do that all the time lol...hard to find photos of this street think i may have just the one but i will double check

lyn

 

[brummy-lad]

An aerial view from 1935. Looking at the BARRA site their was a WWII bomb death at No. 115, this probably accounts for the disappearance of this row of houses.

 

[brummy-lad]

Another aerial view from 1937.

 

[Astoness]

thats great john at least we have aerial shots..this is the only photo i can find and its not that good dated 1938

lyn