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hi joy ...here is a photo i believe of no 19 its the house with the flaking white brickwork over the door...to save us going further off topic could you post any further comments about nursery road on the nursery road thread please where you will also see i have posted quite a few of the old photos i have...click on below link and make sure you read from post 1 so that you do not miss anything...can you see the wooden telegraph pole in the photo ?well its still there so click on todays google street view below and you will see it..no 19 would have been just to the left of the pole..hope this helps
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lyn
Nursery Road lozells
I saw a photo of our house, which was built over the Villa St post office run by Mr and Mrs Reeves, and next door to Singl etons where they made packing crates. I can't find the photo but if anyone has this picture, I really would appreciate it being posted again.The name plate is also visible.
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My guess is this one is around 1930s/40s ?
its a long thread to go through viv but i think we already have this one...taken from nursery road end looking up towards wills street
lyn
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Not that I can see Lyn, been through the thread twice.
it was posted on post 148 by dave inston viv...lost during the forums hack i thought it had been reposted but obviously not but we have it now
lyn
Hi
In your last photograph the white building in the middle of the view back in the 40s was a plating and polishing shop, I don't remember if they did the pressings there as well, the stillages of scrap outside the door next to the grocery shop was normally full of cigarette cases and metal trays the sort of things they stood drink decanters on. Also there was a low wall round the place, obviously removed to facilitate off road parking. The paper shop a little further down would sell you an individual Woodbine or Park Drive cigarette, The grocers sold tea and sugar from tea chests sugar in blue paper bags weighed out in front of you.
At the end of brougham street on the other side of Nursery Rd was the stables for the railway on Iknield Street. The horses ans waggons would be parked at the ent of Brougham St. The horses would have a nose bag on the floor in front of them. then later on the little 3 wheeled Scamell trucks would be parked there.
Brian
In your last photograph the white building in the middle of the view back in the 40s was a plating and polishing shop, I don't remember if they did the pressings there as well, the stillages of scrap outside the door next to the grocery shop was normally full of cigarette cases and metal trays the sort of things they stood drink decanters on. Also there was a low wall round the place, obviously removed to facilitate off road parking. The paper shop a little further down would sell you an individual Woodbine or Park Drive cigarette, The grocers sold tea and sugar from tea chests sugar in blue paper bags weighed out in front of you.
At the end of brougham street on the other side of Nursery Rd was the stables for the railway on Iknield Street. The horses ans waggons would be parked at the ent of Brougham St. The horses would have a nose bag on the floor in front of them. then later on the little 3 wheeled Scamell trucks would be parked there.
Brian
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Hi Lyn
Yes I lived at 56 Brougham St, My imediate circle of friends was Irene Butler we were always together then John Beal, Rose (Mickie) leader, a lad who lived over the road next to the convent school whose name escapes me Angela Wooton, Laucen Bulevant he lived right at the Wills St. end, the other side of the entry from I think it was Mrs. Hands shop, I remember his dog Butch. The other side of the road was The Danish Bacon factory.
John Beal and myself were often in trouble the main trick was to go down to the Lucas factory Great Kings St. and scrounge coils of copper wire connect it to a door knocker then backwards and forwards across the road running it through as many door knockers as we could. then Knock the one door and run when they opened the door it knocked all the other doors as the wire snapped. I had the back of my legs warmed up a few times for that.
I was 8 in 1952 when we moved out to Great Barr and it was a very traumatic experience for me I went from St. Silas's to thr Aldridge Rd Juniour school I was used to a class size of about 12, to a class size of 32. An old school building with a little playground to a building that looked like a hospital with two playgrounds, but I survived and still here to tell the tale The reason I was at St. Silas's was I initially went to Anglesea St. school and we had a trip to Perry Barr park I was 5 so when I was pushed by one of the girls, so I pushed her, the problem was she had her back to the little river that ran through the park and she went home with very wet knickers plus shoes socks dress etc. My mother was summond to the school and I was expelled. An achievement at 5..
Did you live in Brougham St. I went back some years ago and thre only thing I recognised was a Hawthorn Tre that was in my next door neighbour's front garden, an old lady Nellie Potter
Brian
Yes I lived at 56 Brougham St, My imediate circle of friends was Irene Butler we were always together then John Beal, Rose (Mickie) leader, a lad who lived over the road next to the convent school whose name escapes me Angela Wooton, Laucen Bulevant he lived right at the Wills St. end, the other side of the entry from I think it was Mrs. Hands shop, I remember his dog Butch. The other side of the road was The Danish Bacon factory.
John Beal and myself were often in trouble the main trick was to go down to the Lucas factory Great Kings St. and scrounge coils of copper wire connect it to a door knocker then backwards and forwards across the road running it through as many door knockers as we could. then Knock the one door and run when they opened the door it knocked all the other doors as the wire snapped. I had the back of my legs warmed up a few times for that.
I was 8 in 1952 when we moved out to Great Barr and it was a very traumatic experience for me I went from St. Silas's to thr Aldridge Rd Juniour school I was used to a class size of about 12, to a class size of 32. An old school building with a little playground to a building that looked like a hospital with two playgrounds, but I survived and still here to tell the tale The reason I was at St. Silas's was I initially went to Anglesea St. school and we had a trip to Perry Barr park I was 5 so when I was pushed by one of the girls, so I pushed her, the problem was she had her back to the little river that ran through the park and she went home with very wet knickers plus shoes socks dress etc. My mother was summond to the school and I was expelled. An achievement at 5..
Did you live in Brougham St. I went back some years ago and thre only thing I recognised was a Hawthorn Tre that was in my next door neighbour's front garden, an old lady Nellie Potter
Brian
Hi
A point I remember was about half way down both streets was an entry between two houses it went to the bottom of the gardens then had a bit of a dog leg and down the side of the gardens in Villa St and came out again in into Villa St. just up from a little shop that sold home made Vimto flavoured ice lollies and when they first came out Jubblies. I wonder if it was still there when you lived in Villa St. there was also a bombed out house in that area though they had started clearing it.
The bombed buildings were our play ground there were two at the top of Hunters Road with a wonderful, to an 8 year old, abandoned car on it. Monument Lane/Icknield St had a row of bombed out terraced houses where the bombers missed the big rail goods yard. Another attraction to 8 year olds and no health and safety to spoil the fun. just the occaisional gruff "get off if that train goes out you could end up in Africa".
Brian
A point I remember was about half way down both streets was an entry between two houses it went to the bottom of the gardens then had a bit of a dog leg and down the side of the gardens in Villa St and came out again in into Villa St. just up from a little shop that sold home made Vimto flavoured ice lollies and when they first came out Jubblies. I wonder if it was still there when you lived in Villa St. there was also a bombed out house in that area though they had started clearing it.
The bombed buildings were our play ground there were two at the top of Hunters Road with a wonderful, to an 8 year old, abandoned car on it. Monument Lane/Icknield St had a row of bombed out terraced houses where the bombers missed the big rail goods yard. Another attraction to 8 year olds and no health and safety to spoil the fun. just the occaisional gruff "get off if that train goes out you could end up in Africa".
Brian
Richard Dye
master brummie
So much fun we had in the bombed-out buildings without thinking about the suffering that was caused! They were like magnets to us without giving second thoughts that something might fall on us.
Hi Richard
The closest we came to a nasty experience was when a flight of stairs became a lift.... 4 of us going up and the joist failed and the staircase dropped. Finding furniture in the houses was exciting as well, daring each other to open a wardrobe in case what ever could be imagined by a child might be hiding waiting to pounce. There was a complete house on monument lane apart for the front wall. I can still see the upper floor flexing as we crossed it.
Beats the hell out of an Xbox.
Brian
The closest we came to a nasty experience was when a flight of stairs became a lift.... 4 of us going up and the joist failed and the staircase dropped. Finding furniture in the houses was exciting as well, daring each other to open a wardrobe in case what ever could be imagined by a child might be hiding waiting to pounce. There was a complete house on monument lane apart for the front wall. I can still see the upper floor flexing as we crossed it.
Beats the hell out of an Xbox.
Brian
Richard Dye
master brummie
It sure beats the hell out of an Xbox!
We build a little brick house, maybe 6’x8’ with a fireplace inside a bombed out building and the junction of SoHo and Hamstead reds, We used it every day for about a week in the summer then went away for a few days. When we came back the wall of the bombed house had fallen and flattened it! We’d call that dodging a bullet!
Richard Dye
master brummie
And we seemed to do all this without money, because we didn’t have any!i agree richard...we used to make our own fun back then...i lived in the next street and a few houses up from out there was a brick built air raid shelter..we used to spend hours playing in their and making it our denhappy days
lyn
Hi Richard
Ahh! But many of the bomb sites gave birth to pop bottles. 2d and cheeky kids did well for scrounging from building sites the builders couldn't be bothered taking them back. One day we found a soda syphon 5 shillings. That led to a parental Spanish Inquisition.
Brian
Ahh! But many of the bomb sites gave birth to pop bottles. 2d and cheeky kids did well for scrounging from building sites the builders couldn't be bothered taking them back. One day we found a soda syphon 5 shillings. That led to a parental Spanish Inquisition.
Brian
Richard Dye
master brummie
Absolutly could not agree more about the cheeky kids! My mother called me that ALL of the time. Regarding the soda syphon, on those rare occasions I only ever got 2/-
Harry Gower
master brummie
Yes that would be great.
Hi
Another thing that popped into my aging brain. How many remeber the cafe/coffee bar on hockley brook in the very early 60s? The Surfside Stop. It was up a few shops from what I remember as the Birminham Municiple Bank, and a shoe shop that had an Xray machine in the corner so you could see how well your shoes fitted, and a gass heater by the diir that if you stood too close to it it made your eyes sting. Can you imagine the uproar now?
It had the inevitable Juke Box. As I had access to a car a group of us used to drive from Great Barr and sit for an hour or more drinking Cokes, Pepsi or 7 Up chatting and listening to whatever was on the juke box. I don't remeber there ever being any trouble there, which was unusual when you had groups of teenagers.
Brian
Another thing that popped into my aging brain. How many remeber the cafe/coffee bar on hockley brook in the very early 60s? The Surfside Stop. It was up a few shops from what I remember as the Birminham Municiple Bank, and a shoe shop that had an Xray machine in the corner so you could see how well your shoes fitted, and a gass heater by the diir that if you stood too close to it it made your eyes sting. Can you imagine the uproar now?
It had the inevitable Juke Box. As I had access to a car a group of us used to drive from Great Barr and sit for an hour or more drinking Cokes, Pepsi or 7 Up chatting and listening to whatever was on the juke box. I don't remeber there ever being any trouble there, which was unusual when you had groups of teenagers.
Brian
Richard Dye
master brummie
In the very early 60’s you would drink the coke elal as slowly as possible to listen to the juke box and be seen! BTW, if I recall they were very small bottles!
A Sparks
master brummie
This was the Surfside Stop, it was on the ground floor of the same building in Constitution Hill where the Penthouse was located upstairs...
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A Sparks
master brummie
Ahhh....very sorry, I meant the Penthouse Club
which was in Constitution Hill!!The Rum Runner was in Broad Street wasn't it - never actually went to either.
Amended my post!
Richard Dye
master brummie
Sparks, about when was that photo taken?
A Sparks
master brummie
I'm not sure, I got the photo from the Midlands Memories FB page without a date, however I would guess 60s or 70s. I used to pass it on the bus route I took to work in Town, I think it was an Indian Restaurant afterwards.
Richard Dye
master brummie
Thank you!
