Aston Lane Perry Barr

[Vivienne14]

We don’t seem to have an Aston Lane thread, so here goes ...

This view is relatively the same, except more houses were added on the left-hand side. Viv.

 

[Vivienne14]

Something I hadn’t expected to find along Aston Lane is/was George Ellison’s Sports Ground. Even more surprising is a programme advertising a motor-cycle polo event ! Viv.

 

[Vivienne14]

Aston Lane, lots of people milling around. Tewkesbury Road just off to the right by the black and white timbered building.

 

[Pedrocut]

Viv’s pictures above feature the Shanklin surgery, and the below is the current street view. It seems to have been associated with the medical profession since at least 1914. The address is 190 Aston Lane, but the first mention of Shanklin House is around 1940.

 

[Pedrocut]

“Aston Lane, Perry Barr, looking east towards Witton on 25th July 1939. Wellhead Lane is on the left, with a corner shop adorned with cigarette advertisements.’
(Birmingham Library Images)