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Bridge Street West

Hello,I am a new member to the Forum.I lived in 5/320 Bridge Street West in the early 1960s until 1963 when we moved to Cannock.if anyone has any pictures of that part of the street then I would be very grateful.I have a class picture of my class at Farm Street Junior school which I will pst when I get the hang of the IT.Thanks.Martin
 
hi martin and welcome...there are quite a few photos of bsw that i have posted on this thread...have you seen them yet? from memory i know there is one showing the back houses of number 291 to 296 so very close to your house..there is also a photo showinng the fronts of numbers 271 to 281

also what years were you at farm st i was there from 58 to 64...would love to see that class photo you have when time permits....thanks

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Thanks Lyn for the reply.I will trawl through the thread for your pictures
I left farm st school in March 1963 so would have been there from 1957 .My last teacher there was Mr Williams.I will dig out the picture tomorrow and try and post it
martin
 
brill martin...it could have been 63 i left and i am sure i was in mr williams class so who knows i maybe in that class photo you have....sadly i have not got one single photo of my time at farm st or lozells girls school...if you have any trouble finding those photos of bsw i mentioned let me know and i will sort them out for you...

lyn
 
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Farm Street School Class Picture.Date is early 1960s
Head Teacher at the time was I think Mr Smith
I recall a Mr Williams as a teacher who had a broad welsh accent.There was another welsh teacher whose name I cannot recall
I also cannot recall many of the names of those in the class
Back row last on the right is Patrick
Third row last on the right is Graham
Front row third from right is I think Christine or maybe Pauline
I am back row third from right
Anyone else with any info on names or memories of the school around that time?
Martin
 

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hi martin lovely photo...may i ask what your date of birth is please as it may help me determine if i was in your class/year...i think i am on that photo but not certain at the min..oh i have turned it around for you...click on the link below to take you to the farm st school thread which you may find of interest and with your permission i will post this class photo on there as it may jog a few memories..also it would be better if we chat on farm st school thread as we are now going a tad off topic....


Farm street infants and juniors.

hi all. i attended farm st school hockley from 1958 to 1963. would anyone out there have any photos of the old school or its classrooms or playgrounds. im sure we must have had class photos in them days but unfortunately i dont have any. thanks in advance.
birminghamhistory.co.uk birminghamhistory.co.uk
lyn

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MichaelBridgeStWest said:
Hello Im a new member. I lived at 2 Melbourne Terrace Bridge Street West from about 1952 until 1961 or so. There were I think ten houses in the terrace, all the toilets at far end and a brew house as well. Coming out of the terrace turning to the left in a few yards there was the Queens Head pub. A little further on there was the Lucas factory. Turning to the right there was a small grocer shop which sold everything, another terrace and a school - the name of which I forget. I used to attend play centre at the school on some evenings. I remember just a little celebrating the coronation all crowding into one house that had a television. I remember the Queen visiting the Lucas factory and a great mass of us gathering outside to wave flags. My worst memory is seeing the death of a little girl who ran out into the road from the terrace and was run over by a corporation bus which was coming down Bridge Street I think to collect workers from Lucas' - a terrible event. I went to school in Handsworth to St Francis school. We moved from Hockley to Burlington Street in Aston in about 1961 and I lived there until I left home in 1966. I have fond memories of some of those who lived in the terrace - the Wilkins family (the father had some kind of factory and the house was always full of assembly work) the Traynors (who moved baack to Scotland) and the Overys. Mixed in with memories of cold and some hardship I have such good memories of days in Bridge Street West.
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Hello Michael
As a new member to the forum I have just found your post
My address in Bridge St West was 5 back of 320 and I think it may have been in Melbourne Terrace.I recall turning left on Bridge St West and the Queens Head pub being on the left and then the massive Lucas Factory,the grocers shop on the right where as kids we collected empty bottles and returned them to the shop for the deposits
I also recall the visit of the Queen and lining the street having been given union jack flags to wave.And yes sadly the fatal accident to the little girl
As for Melbourne Terrace - with ones back facing Bridge St West we lived in the last house on the right hand side of the Terrace.Our neighbour on the right hand side were the Bevans.At the bottom of the terrace was a very old lady called Mrs Brooks who we shared an outside toilet with and wash room (is that what you mean by the brew house)
If we are talking about the same terrace then I wonder if you lived in the last house on the left hand side as I recall a family moving in to that house around the time you say you moved out as my parents became friends with them
The houses were tiny.Two bedrooms' small living room and small cooking area.Toilet and washing facilities outside and as I say shared
 
martin607 said:
Hello Michael
As a new member to the forum I have just found your post
My address in Bridge St West was 5 back of 320 and I think it may have been in Melbourne Terrace.I recall turning left on Bridge St West and the Queens Head pub being on the left and then the massive Lucas Factory,the grocers shop on the right where as kids we collected empty bottles and returned them to the shop for the deposits
I also recall the visit of the Queen and lining the street having been given union jack flags to wave.And yes sadly the fatal accident to the little girl
As for Melbourne Terrace - with ones back facing Bridge St West we lived in the last house on the right hand side of the Terrace.Our neighbour on the right hand side were the Bevans.At the bottom of the terrace was a very old lady called Mrs Brooks who we shared an outside toilet with and wash room (is that what you mean by the brew house)
If we are talking about the same terrace then I wonder if you lived in the last house on the left hand side as I recall a family moving in to that house around the time you say you moved out as my parents became friends with them
The houses were tiny.Two bedrooms' small living room and small cooking area.Toilet and washing facilities outside and as I say shared
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Having checked the date of the Queen's visit - 1955- I don't think I would have memory of that as I would only have been 3 yrs old.More likely is that my recollection is of the visit of the Queen Mother in 1957 and there is a picture on this forum with crowds waving small union jack flags which I do remember
 
here you go martin a map showing 5/320 marked in pink...it was melbourne place not terrace...didnt realise you backed onto what was to become harry lucas school..

lyn

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martin to go with the map on the previous post here is a photo dated 1964 showing the queens head pub on the corner so the entrance to melbourne place must be just past the pub round about where the dark van is parked or just a little way past it

lyn

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Thank you Lyn for the map and picture
Brings back to me so many memories
I will be trawling through my parents photo albums so may have some pictures of Bridge St West to post
 
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here you go martin a map showing 5/320 marked in pink...it was melbourne place not terrace...didnt realise you backed onto what was to become harry lucas school..

lyn

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Hello Lyn
being unfamiliar with reading this type of map are you able to explain to me what the buildings to the rear of number 5 marked on the map 2/11 and 3/11 refer to.Are they houses?
thanks
 
martin607 said:
Hello Lyn
being unfamiliar with reading this type of map are you able to explain to me what the buildings to the rear of number 5 marked on the map 2/11 and 3/11 refer to.Are they houses?
thanks
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quite right martin the houses are 1.2.3 and 4 back of 11 burbury st with a shared yard and the 2 squares you see in the yard are the shared toilets

lyn
 
carolina said:
Has anyone got any photos of Richmond Terrace, Bridge Street West, please?
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Hi Carolina, about 9 years ago you were asking for pictures of Richmond Terrace, Bridge St West. Lyn posted a couple of images, I don't know if you ever resolved this but I'm fairly certain that one of Lyn's images was in fact Richmond Terrace.
The reasons I think this are:
The picture on the left seems to show house no. 87 (see map).
The 'shop' at No. 85 in 1955 was a dining rooms, probably different by 1960 but I don't have a Kelly's for that year.
You can see the lamp-post in front of the terrace in both pictures.
You can also see a distinctive black box on the wall of the house in the terrace.
Counting the houses between entries (on the picture and the map) works out the same.
 

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brummy-lad said:
Hi Carolina, about 9 years ago you were asking for pictures of Richmond Terrace, Bridge St West. Lyn posted a couple of images, I don't know if you ever resolved this but I'm fairly certain that one of Lyn's images was in fact Richmond Terrace.
The reasons I think this are:
The picture on the left seems to show house no. 87 (see map).
The 'shop' at No. 85 in 1955 was a dining rooms, probably different by 1960 but I don't have a Kelly's for that year.
You can see the lamp-post in front of the terrace in both pictures.
You can also see a distinctive black box on the wall of the house in the terrace.
Counting the houses between entries (on the picture and the map) works out the same.
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Brummy-lad Its marvellous how even 9 years later someone finds more info. Many thanks and appreciated.
 
carolina said:
Brummy-lad Its marvellous how even 9 years later someone finds more info. Many thanks and appreciated.
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No problem Carolina, I am researching images of Lennox Street to put on the map and that image turned up, I was quite intrigued (I love those terraces and that one was particularly cute) so my research was diverted for a while. I would like to know what shop was at No. 85 though, there was no listing for it in the Kelly's 1964.
 
brummy-lad said:
No problem Carolina, I am researching images of Lennox Street to put on the map and that image turned up, I was quite intrigued (I love those terraces and that one was particularly cute) so my research was diverted for a while. I would like to know what shop was at No. 85 though, there was no listing for it in the Kelly's 1964.
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My aunt and uncle lived No 6.
 
My great-grandfather Joseph Alexander Burton (1879-1928), a brassfounder's polisher, lived at 9 Bridge Street West from about 1911 to 1928 (when he wasn't at war) and it is where he died. Any information on Joseph or photographs of No 9. would be gratefully received.
Jason
 
i am posting these photos for new member bob lees...bob just looking at the number on the door and it looks more like it say number 19 but it could be i need an eye test

photo 2 bobs dad outside no 105
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Lyn. After tarting it up a bit, I would say it is no 2 in the centre, with some whitish lines on either side, which make it look like a double number? //

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brummy-lad said:
I also thought it was a No. 2 and certainly the same house in both pictures.
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hello - the census definitely says 105 Bridge Street West - could it have been a 'court' at Bridge st - hence number 2 - or a different location, although that would seem unlikely - cheers Bob
 
bob lees said:
hello - the census definitely says 105 Bridge Street West - could it have been a 'court' at Bridge st - hence number 2 - or a different location, although that would seem unlikely - cheers Bob
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Yes there's a good chance it was 2 back of 105, on your second picture you can see the entry to the left of the door.
 

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