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bartons arms/aston hippodrome
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Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
Lovely photo Lyn
Alf
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
From the Top of the Globe maybe
There was a low protective wall or railing along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balcony.
Well there is on my picture of the Globe.
By the way folks my mates and myself always had a drink out of the trough every week when we came out of the Globe. It was constant running water clear as crystal, the bits of feed were filtered out through an overflow simular to a Kitchen sink
There was a low protective wall or railing along the edge of a raised structure such as a roof or balcony.
Well there is on my picture of the Globe.
By the way folks my mates and myself always had a drink out of the trough every week when we came out of the Globe. It was constant running water clear as crystal, the bits of feed were filtered out through an overflow simular to a Kitchen sink
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Ray Barrett
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
Could this great photo.have been taken from the back end of a tram,remember the ones that were open at the end.
hi ray..its another possibility..i cant say enough how much i love it..i do have other pics of the hip and the bartons but they are all taken sort of side on...i moved from paddington st when i was just five to villa st so mom then did a lot of her shopping on the lozells road and wheeler st..of course she did sometimes still use the high st...i would say that by my middle teens most of the high st had been demolished so my memories are very vague..hence my thirst for information and photos of the area....
lyn
lyn
davidfowler
Exiled Brummie
Smashing pic Lyn, as always!
Ray Barrett
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
Lyn,
Next door to the Globe was a shop that sold office equipment,the would probably have rented out their upstairs rooms,as was normal,the photo.could have been taken from there.
Wheeler St. and Lozells Rd.great shopping lovely communities,all gone along with so many others,I know change was needed,but I loved our our old end,it was our slum,our playground and our home.
Next door to the Globe was a shop that sold office equipment,the would probably have rented out their upstairs rooms,as was normal,the photo.could have been taken from there.
Wheeler St. and Lozells Rd.great shopping lovely communities,all gone along with so many others,I know change was needed,but I loved our our old end,it was our slum,our playground and our home.
Alf
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Here a picture of the Globe need s some work can someone help
You can see rails on the roof it seems that you can walk all around the roof
Ray I don't think you could have seen the Hipp from the building next door to the Globe the roof or clock tower of the Bartons maybe
Lyn John Houghton put a lot of photos of Newtown Row around or near the Hipp some time ago they are somewhere on the Forum
You can see rails on the roof it seems that you can walk all around the roof
Ray I don't think you could have seen the Hipp from the building next door to the Globe the roof or clock tower of the Bartons maybe
Lyn John Houghton put a lot of photos of Newtown Row around or near the Hipp some time ago they are somewhere on the Forum
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gingerjon
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
the left hand side is New Street the entrance to the cheap seats in the Globe where in New Street next to court where Leonard Tarry lived this is where the stables for the animals that appeared at the Aston Hippodrome another picture of New Street the Thames Trader van is parked next to the Globe
Ray Barrett
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
Your memory is playing tricks bab,The Globe was a cinema,known as the flea-pit, the same as another cinema further up towards the town, the Newtown Palace.
You probably had that drink at the Bartons Arms.
Great photos. off John.
You probably had that drink at the Bartons Arms.
Great photos. off John.
brenda barr
master brummie
Thanl you all for the pictures of my childhood haunts, all l have to do is closed my eyes and l'm back in Aston again as it was that is.....after all these years gone l still get homesick:cry: and those pictures are an instant cure for awhile....glad some one had the fortitude to record history of course we all thought nothing would change, at leased l did ..had quite a shock when l took a trip home in 1969 it was like walking on another planet....on my visits now l feel like i'm in a foreign country, but once l'm in the countryside l know l'm back in good old England...once again thanl you...Brenda
brenda barr
master brummie
Maggs that pub was the Baron Arms lve been gone over 50yrs so my memory must be ok...Brenda
maggs
master brummie
I know exactly what you mean Brenda, I seem to recognise nothing there these days. We went to visit friends at Solihull and took the Coventry Rd way, shouldn't have done I think..did I have a shock! I used to work in Muntz St years ago, but goodness how it has changed.
Maggs.
Maggs.
sylviasayers
master brummie
Lyn, that really is a great shot of the Bartons and the Aston Hippodrome, first one I've seen from that angle.
John H, what a great photo of New Street, one of my older sisters got married in 1949 and lived in a flat above Green's sweet shop, next door to the Corn Merchants, up that large entry was some houses, but on the right hand side was a large house, which if I remember right was detached, my sister's friend's family lived there as tenants, I wonder who lived there originally, were they well off? Perhaps years ago it was something to do with the original owners of the Corn Merchants.
John H, what a great photo of New Street, one of my older sisters got married in 1949 and lived in a flat above Green's sweet shop, next door to the Corn Merchants, up that large entry was some houses, but on the right hand side was a large house, which if I remember right was detached, my sister's friend's family lived there as tenants, I wonder who lived there originally, were they well off? Perhaps years ago it was something to do with the original owners of the Corn Merchants.