Oh you beautiful person you! Thank you so much (even though I'm snivelling) so many memories. Thank you so much! x
The Lillington photo has some details of this thread, but any of them have gone now. Presumably, in that thread, the bus stop mentioned is the same as in the photo?
The tram tracks are still there, not yet lifted which suggests a date of after June 1947 and probaby before late 1948 when the 33 route ceased and bus 95 replaced it.
The sandpits area
hi folks...im sure that sometime last year some members were looking for pics of the sandpits area..ive used the search engine and can find no reference to it...anyhow i am just sorting out some pics to bring to the stag meet up and have come across one...if anyone would like to see it just say...birminghamhistory.co.uk
Hihi chris and welcome....some super memories you have there...its possible our paths crossed at spring hill rollar rink..i was going there 4 or 5 nights a week right up until the night it closed without warning...happy days
lyn
Dear Astonesssnivel away i did when i found photos of the street where i was born so i do understand just how important they are to you...you are quite welcome to save them..if i find anymore i will post them on this thread for you
lyn
hi woodhall glad you liked the photos...just save them to your pc or lap top and if you have a printer you are welcome to print them offDear Astoness
Thank you so much for these photographs of Anderton Street. I'm doing family history and my Smith side of the family lived at 117,119,121 Anderton Street known by baptism records, census, and birth certificates 1888 to 1892. They may have been there prior to 1888. Walter Albert Smith my mothers father born 121 Anderton street 1892. How do I get copies to complete my history. Many Thanks
Hi Lyn, What an amazing, wonderful thread. As always these photos bring so much happiness. Fabulous. Sue.hi woodhall glad you liked the photos...just save them to your pc or lap top and if you have a printer you are welcome to print them off
lyn
Hi FelixHi all,
I'm hoping you may be able to help me. My dad was born at 5 back 66 Anderton Street in 1961 to an Irish dad and a Cypriot mother. My grandfather sadly died during an accident at work in 1963 and my grandmother raised the children herself. Does 5 back 66 mean this was a back-to-back house at 66 Anderton Street? Also, very long shot but I wonder if anyone remembers the family. They were the Smiths and definitely lived there from at least 1960 to 1963 though it's probable they lived there before 1960 and after 1963.
Best,
Felix
Thank you for this! Wow!Felix.
You can see from the 1950s map below that back no 66 was in a terrace, also called Ferndale tplace , but not back to backs,
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From what I understand, my grandfather, Michael Smith, was the first of the Smiths in my family to have moved to the UK. He emigrated from County Mayo at some point after the end of WWII.Hi Felix
My Smith family (on my mothers side) lived at 117,119,121 Anderton Street between 1888, 1892 according to birth certificates and census. I have recently received a marriage certificate of a Henry William Smith who married a Doris Thorp on 28 August 1934 who lived at 68 Anderton Street.
Best Wishes
Andrew Woodhall
Thanks for this. It looks as by the 50s that top section of the street - from 1 to 12 or so - had been demolished but the pictures are really helpful.Hi - I hope there is still someone out there logged in. I am tracing my father's family. Have managed to find his grandfather - Abraham Tuckman - in the 1891 census. They lived at 9 Anderton Street - the maps you have kindly attached show the higher numbers - were the lower numbers similar - ie back to backs. Does anyone know what accommodation was like - kitchen/parlour? outside privy? How many bedrooms upstairs? I am just trying to imagine what life must have been like back then. Thank you.