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Alum Rock Road

Hello

Is Margaret Rainsford her maiden name or married name. I lived on the Rock till I got married and I am wondering what school this girl went to. It may narrow it down a bit - also what age is she?
WendyP
 
Hello Wendy
Margaret Rainsford was her Maiden name, I will try to find out more,I think it was in the sixties. This enquiry is for a friend here in New Zealand, who would like to get in touch with her, his name is Ken and he would like to know how she is. All I know is she lived over the bookies, I know it's all changed now, but someone may know of her, I think she would be in her sixties now.
 
Hello again,

I reckon if Margaret lived at the Pelham she would probably have gone to my school, Nansen Road or Saltley Grammar. I left Nansen in 1959 so may well know her.
I am trying to think of the bookies at the Pelham.

I see you lived in Saltley - I did too. What is your name and where did you live?
WendyP
 
Hello Wendy
It's me Ann, I just realised who you are, We corresponded last year, we both went to Nansen Road School, and knew a lot of the same people. I've had a lot of trouble with my computer, and have just recently had a good friend of mine sort everything out, he is a bit of a computer whiz. Just to let you know my daughter gave birth to a little boy in September 2009 6lbs 9oz called Daniel David. I will try to find out more about Margaret Rainsford, I will go into Friends Reunited too that might give me a lead

Regards Ann King (Myatt)
 
I used to go to school with Billy Hicks who lived in Jephcott Road, often used to pop in to his house on the way back to school after the class's weekly visit to Saltley Baths in George Arthur Street, which I see from Google Street View is no longer there
 
Hi Chris,

In the 1960's I used to go shooting at the single storey range building just inside the gate
up the ramp and to the right. The range was called the Fernbank range, and the road which is there
now is called Fernbank Road. I think the caretaker/rangekeeper lived at the house, and I remember
his name was Mr Flook. I dont know what his first name was as unsurprisingly everyone called him Flookie.

Kind regards

Dave
 
Some 30 years ago I acquired a photograph of a family group of 14 people spread over 3 generations seated outside a substantial family house. The title is given as Fern Bank Alum Rock Dec 26 1921. There is no family name and the men appear more like city businessmen than farmers. The youngest member is a girl aged about 4 years so is unlikely to be alive today, but her children, if any, could be. I acquired the photograph as part of a job lot at an auction and would be interested in contacting any member of the family if you have any knowledge of them.
 
Dave89 said:
Hi Chris,

In the 1960's I used to go shooting at the single storey range building just inside the gate
up the ramp and to the right. The range was called the Fernbank range, and the road which is there
now is called Fernbank Road. I think the caretaker/rangekeeper lived at the house, and I remember
his name was Mr Flook. I dont know what his first name was as unsurprisingly everyone called him Flookie.

Kind regards

Dave
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Hi just spotted this post while looking for anything to do with the old barracks in Alum Rock, and saw the mention of 'flookie'.
His first name was Cyril, and he happened to be a very close friend of my family (best not dwell on that though) and we used to call him uncle flookie.
My only memory of the barracks is that they used to have a christmas party at the social club on the barracks site, and as flookie was serving behind the bar, I had an endless and free supply of vimto & penguin bars, but then I was only around 6 or 7 at the time.
 
There is a Moat House Road and the bend of the road seems to match.

On the 1905 map there's an Alumrock House listed. On 1917 map it's gone and there's a convent (which is still there) and houses.
 
Below is the c1889 map and also a much larger scale map c1834 which appears to show a faint circle to the north-west of the house which could be the markings of an old moat (or could be a circle of trees !)

map c1834 showing faint markings at back of alum rock house.jpgmap c1889 showing alum rock house.jpg
 
Does anyone remember when there were some maisonettes opposite the Rock cinema, it appears they have been knocked down and a car park is there now.IMG_7735.jpeg
 
Yes, if they were the building that lay back a bit from the road. If you go to google street view you can change the date of the view. They were there in 2008 but all boarded up and the car park was there in the 2011, so knocked down between them.
 
I lived in Reginald Road just up from the maisonettes, 60 odd years ago a child ran from those maisonettes and was killed by a car, one day, I can’t remember if before or after this incident I was crossing over from Reginald Road I was 10 and my brother was 7, he let go of my hand and ran in front of a car and was knocked up in the air, he luckily got away with cuts and bruises, I felt sorry for the driver as he had just bought the car.
 
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Terrible how just one moment can lead to such heartbreak.

There were a family named Curley possibly listed at no. 51 Alum Rock Road on ERs mid 50s, and they had a daughter (a twin) who died aged 6 in 1955. Can't see a newspaper report so may be just a coincidence.
 
That’s the one, I didn’t like to put the name on, but it was definitely the surname Curley. I remember clearly seeing the child in the road, it was awful.
 
cracking photo dated christmas 1925 barkers butchers 98 alum rock road st view shows no 98 is still there and is called silk touch


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I'm moving your post to an appropriate section (the Alum Rock Road thread, unless you wish to offer surname information, in which case it can be moved to our surname interests section).

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COMPRESSORMAN said:
Who lived at 44 Alum Rock Rd Saltley Birmingham around the 1950s?
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There wasn’t a number 44.
40. Mrs Dyoss, florist
42, W.Fulbrook, grocer
Then it was Laburnum Terr, then Cambridge Place.
48, McGauleys Cycles and Prams.
 

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