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Aston Barracks
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Janet Hunt
master brummie
These are the drill halls that have survived in Birmingham:
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WW1 Great War Centenary - Drill Halls :: Geograph Britain and Ireland
User contributed article about, Some surviving drill halls of the Territorial Forces in 1914 at the outbreak of The Great War
Janet Hunt
master brummie
This photo was taken in 1972
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and another from 1948
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EAW230376 - Aerial Photo | Historic England
Explore the aerial photo collection
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and another from 1948
RAF_541_15_RS_4056 - Aerial Photo | Historic England
Explore the aerial photo collection
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not sure if this is of any help...found it on another forum
Could it be Witton Barracks you needed? These were in Witton Rd. and occupied by Post Office Telephones as a depot when I started there in the 1950s. Can't remember them too well but were pretty grim prison-like buildings. We kept a fleet of green vans and lorries there and had refuelling facilities. I feel that there are Photos in one of the many Alton Douglas books.
Could it be Witton Barracks you needed? These were in Witton Rd. and occupied by Post Office Telephones as a depot when I started there in the 1950s. Can't remember them too well but were pretty grim prison-like buildings. We kept a fleet of green vans and lorries there and had refuelling facilities. I feel that there are Photos in one of the many Alton Douglas books.
Janet Hunt
master brummie
Is that the onion fair in your picture Annbee?
It looks like it, well spotted.
Hello Astoness, tahnks for your interest. No I don't think so. I've been trawling through War Diaries - and read elsewhere - that Aston Barracks was, at least early in the piece in 1915/1916, the mobilisation centre for the 2/8th Royal Warwickshire Battalion. I am interested in the surrounding streets because my soldier great uncle's child was born just 2 streets away and his wife appeared to be living in another street again 2 streets away. It's no coincidence the baby was born so close to Aston Barracks. I suspect the wife was living here to be close to the Barracks for a reason; baby was born at Christmas and the 2/8th Warwicks allowed some men special leave just after Christmas. I'd hope the father was allowed home. It was perhaps the only time he got to see his baby daughter. It did not end well.
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You can't leave it just there Janet Hunt?! I can see a fairground of some sort now that you point it out. But Onion fair? Do tell.
here you are...it was just a normal fair given that name...lots of info and photos on below thread..it was on ground next to the aston tavern pub lichfield road as far as memory takes me
Onion Fair
It was a brilliant evening out at the onion fair, lots of atmosphere Dennis. The rides were indeed a tanner most of the time, but if two of you got in a bumper car, some of the ride helpers would try to charge you a bob. We used to pick up the spent .22 cartridge cases, and use them as...
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