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Birmingham streets named after people

hi steve
mike as beaten me to it yes its corect i have a couple of them volumes some where in my cubbards they are full of names and streets some have the family names
as well they are brillient the street names are endless i will try to remember to get them out and give you the insight of the volumes and and od course
the address if you cannot get them from amazon as you some tme cannot get what you want from them best wishes astonian;;;
 
hi guys
Here is afew lost. Streets and renamed streets of brum
Present street bevington road Aston. Former named. upper Sutton street, ,part of changed. 1878;
Broughton. Road. Handsworth. hall. Road. Changed 1901;
belchers lane. Stechford. mill Lane. Changed 1897 ,,
lost streets. coach yard. (1884)
cotton row. Off fazely street. (1884 )
Cotton street off fazely street. (1884 l
engine street off new canal street. ( 1886 l
forge street off mill street Aston road. ( 1886 l

Best wishes Astonian,,,,,,,
 
...I don,t think Bevington Road and Upper Sutton Street were ever the same road...I had friends who lived in each of them...they were two separate roads before the demolitions began.
 
Yes shawcross
That's when the changed happen end it became to parts seperate on the date it stated but prior to that it was all bevington red
I also have in written confrontation in the books l also walked up and down bevington tprd as I was growing up started and born Lichfield red moved to upper Thomas street and along to the old six ways Aston at number 47 and I had friends in upper Sutton street
They was the Nottingham family. Fred was his name he was well known as well
Have a good day best wishes astonian,,,,,
 
Thanks for that, Astonian. In the 1960s/70s I had a lot to do with Aston Park Rangers Football Club for whom Charlie Tabberner and his friendly family were leading lights. I'm pretty sure that Charlie lived in Bevington Road. Also at that time a close friend and colleague, Barry James, lived in Upper Sutton Street. I used to park my car in Bevington Road when I went to Villa Park. Little Asian or West Indian lads would 'look after your car for you' for a small consideration. The last time this happened the car was parked directly outside a corner shop. When I got back the 'minder' had disappeared, a window of the car had been smashed and the radio had been stolen. No one had seen it happen apparently. And to think I gave the little lad two bob to look after it...!!!!
 
HI SHAWCROSS
Way back in the fortys we used to that in fact alot of kids from church lane aston and the surrounding streets towards the villa
would congregate out side my mates house on aston church rd and we would all try and out reach each other to the owners of there cars and shout look
After your car mate for a tanner alot of kids whom got the responible for the job used to scamper off anf cold back after the match and swear holy blind the
was there ll the time some got there tanners but some never got there tanner least in those days there was never any damage to any bodys cars
but sixties and seventys are a new breed of kids today from our generation
i can recall horris the parkie he was the ex gaoler at digbeth station he was there for years best wishes astonian;
 
HI SHAWCROSS
Further to my previous thread of mentioning church lane Aston;there was a road called gladstone road which was opersite my friends house
On church rd facing Gladstone street aston ;
Birmingham had Gladstone street ; gladstone road erdinton; Spark brook ,and yardley
And they are named after william ewart Gladstone, whom served as a chancellor of the excheqer under Aberdeen and went on to become
A Famous liberal prime minister, forming four goverments
Beteen 1868 and 1894 , hhhis ministries brought in the education Act of 1870 and unsuccessfully sought to bring about home rule for ireland
One of Gladstones foreign secretarys was archibald philip primrose
The fifth earl the 5 th earl of roseberry , for a briefe time 1895 -5, he succeded Gladstone as prime minister but led the librals to a defeat ;;
In the general election.
Noted for his race horses and his Biogrophe of british statemen , he is brought to mind in roseberrry street for the maming of the street in b rookfields hockley
 
Hi spark stopper
Here is another one or two for you broughton. Road hands worth. Was formly. Hall road changed in 1901,
And Bromley street deritend. Was formley Penn's street changed in 1898 n
And. One more for the noting. Clyde street bordesly was formerly mount street changed in 1887.
So to me thebirmingham city councils over the years have been Chang the streets and the face ofbirmingham for decades
I surpose. They ain't doing us a bad job but I do not like all these american high glass buildings which I think they. Are doing
In our city today best wishes astonian,,,,
 
Hi geof
Upper Sutton street, part of (changed 1878) yes you are correct it did have a change,
It was former named street , and present street name is now bevington. , Aston,
Have a good day best wishes astonian,,,,,,
 
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