t.williamson
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I'm looking for a street directory of Alcock St,Digbeth,Birmingham and a street layout of how the houses were numbered when my wife lived there as a child in the mid fifties.
Tom.
Tom.
Thanks so much, it turns out it is in the centre of the map you sent me.Really grateful for your help.We went to Birmingham shopping last weekend and walked up Allcock St,Wished I had your map with me but when we Visit again in the new year we can now pin point exactly where my wife's house was.IOf the number you want isn't on that map, I'll try and work out where it was
Thanks so much, it turns out it is in the centre of the map you sent me.Really grateful for your help.We went to Birmingham shopping last weekend and walked up Allcock St,Wished I had your map with me but when we Visit again in the new year we can now pin point exactly where my wife's house was.
Tom
Hi Lyn,Anne lived at number 1,back of 22 Allcock St.Didn't make sense at when she first told me.Annoyed I didn't take my camera last weekend,had my mobile with me but never thought.Will go to Birmingham again sometime in the new year.The houses have gone but the street layouts are there.tom what number did your wife live at
lyn
Thank you very much for this. I lived at 1 "backa" 54.Mike is better at maps than I am but here goes. Dated about 1951.
I used to go with my mum on Friday nights, together with our enamel jug, for faggots and peas. They were prepared at the back of the grocer`s in Deritend. I wondered if there is anyone on this site who remembered this shop called George Roper`s? Through this site I have heard from the people who lived at 54. My friend Pat Ravenscroft lived here also. As you will know, the community was broken up when the houses were demolished. "Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you the man" (Aristotle). Thank you Birmingham for a really poor, but good start; something I have appreciated and carried gratefully through my life.tom what number did your wife live at
lyn