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Barford Street

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Harbornite,


A few photos of Barford Street before it was demolished, three of the street itself and one of a back court.
 

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Phil said:
Harbornite,


A few photos of Barford Street before it was demolished, three of the street itself and one of a back court.
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Cheers, te last picture looks familiar but I haven''t seen the other 3 before, they're wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
 
Harbornite,

Sorry but checking on the old maps it looks as if this photo of 5 court might not be in Barford St at all. If you look at this old map you will see it doesn't bear much resemblance at all. Another case of a mislabelled photo I think, and on checking its more likely to be 5 Court Bradford Street and the large building would be the Deritend Foundry. Accordingly I will remove the photo as it is in error, were you looking for a timber yard in Bishop Street as there was one at numbers 104 to 116 by the name of Alfred Patterson Ltd in the 50's.
 

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Phil said:
Harbornite,

Sorry but checking on the old maps it looks as if this photo of 5 court might not be in Barford St at all. If you look at this old map you will see it doesn't bear much resemblance at all. Another case of a mislabelled photo I think, and on checking its more likely to be 5 Court Bradford Street and the large building would be the Deritend Foundry. Accordingly I will remove the photo as it is in error, were you looking for a timber yard in Bishop Street as there was one at numbers 104 to 116 by the name of Alfred Patterson Ltd in the 50's.
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I see, thanks for the update. I'm not sure about the exact location of the timber yard, but that does sound correct.
 
8 more of barford st...

lyn
 

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Hi all, thanks for letting me join the group, this is my first post so I am hoping it is in the right place. I have read the previous threads on Barford St. According to the 1911 Census my family were living at 12 Barford St. There is a family story that prior to being rehoused in Alum Rock, a member of the family known as Grandad Bertie (but not a Grandparent) had a small scrap yard in Barford St and refused to move with the family, preferring to take up residents at the scrap yard instead. Does anyone have any information on the scrap yard or Grandad Bertie.
 
Hi Lingarr

The only scrapyard I remember on Barford Street was Thomas's that was between Macdonald St & Gooch St. They were there quite a few years to my knowledge.
 
Welcome Linda. Hope you enjoy the forum. In case you haven't seen photos of Barford Street before it was demolished there are many photos of the courts on this link. Just type in Barford in the white box. Sadly there's nothing on there of the scrapyard but they might be of general interest. Viv.

https://damsdeepzoom.shoothill.com/
 
Hi Linda - do you know roughly when the family moved to Alum Rock? It might narrow down the search a bit. The Thomas' scrap yard (as in #2) were there in 1915 and still listed in 1940.
Janice
 
Janice

Thomas's scrap yard was there until the 80's at least, though I think Jimmy Thomas took a partner in the early 70's that's when they invested in an overhead crane.
 
Thanks Phil. I was going by Kelly's and started around the date Linda mentioned. That was the only scrapyard I found listed.
Janice
 
A family discussion with 2 very old Aunts has resulted in the possibility of the name Frank Swindale for 'Grandad Bertie'. Does anyone have any info about the Atkins/Swindale family in Barford St and Cheapside up to 1930?
 
1920 electoral roll has Frank Swindale listed at 35 Cheapside. When I checked the list it also has Selina and John Atkins at the same address.
1927 has John and Florrie Atkins at 35 with Frank.
1930 has John, Florence (the elder), Florence (the younger), Selina and Frank Swindale. There is a possible death for Frank aged 83 in 1938.
Janice
 
Selina & john Atkins and Frank Swindale were at 35 Cheapside 1920-1930,and in 1930 there was also florence Atkins the younger and Florence Atkins the older there.
 
d38uh32 said:
Does anyone remember a grocery shop run by a lady called Lil Hanks in the early 1960's. It was either in Barford Street or a road close by that had a public house on the corner of the road. There were back houses in the same road as the shop. Sorry this is a bit vague but I remember all this from being a child who visited Lil Hanks.

There was a coal merchant who lived close by called Nealy.

Any information would be good.

Thanks, NESS
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I was born at 4/37 Barford Street in 1948. I remember the shop run by Lil - think it was a fruit and veg shop.Also remember the pub on the corner called The Vulcan.
 
Does anyone know what 84 Barford St used to be back in the day? Guessing it was a factory? What did it make? Can’t find anything online. Love this forum. So interesting!
 
Brian2111 said:
I was born at 4/37 Barford Street in 1948. I remember the shop run by Lil - think it was a fruit and veg shop.Also remember the pub on the corner called The Vulcan.
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Can you recall what they made at the factory at 84 Barford St? What was Barford St like to live on?
 
In the 1940 Kellys no 84 is listed as W. Lander & sons, wire workers. In a 1990 advert the firm is described as manufacturing original automotive components
 
Thank you everyone! Do we know if the factory at 84 made anything else prior to Laner? Presumably it is a Victorian building. Fab photos.
 
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