Brookfields Lad
master brummie
Pat's fashions on the corner of Camden street and Ellen street. Further along you can see the 'Rec' on the corner of Camden street and George street west.
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Pat's fashions on the corner of Camden street and Ellen street. Further along you can see the 'Rec' on the corner of Camden street and George street west.
Brookfields Lad
master brummie
The caretakers during the sixties and seventies were the 'Austin family'
Hi viv,
I have gone back to the start of this thread of camden street and you mentionioned shorthill photo,s
the photo showing a picture of camden street going up hill and the distance foreward whom ever took that photo
the way i see it its a different angle because you can see the white of the building in the distance if you scanned your eyes
and that is also the corner of george street west which ran across the camden street
as the picture is taken what you put up is the photo taken is looking up the hill which is the oppersite way to where
sapcotes was if he was pointing in the right direction in his view he would have captured the photo of
wilmott breedon the grotto pub and possibly the warstone pub in the very distance
you suggested that our friend looks at the earlier years such as the thirty or fortys in the fifties the house had gone
they was emptied for years
if that was the houses you showed from shoothill collection then some one listed it wrong
Had the photographer been on the other side of camden street, meaning cross over the Ickneild street across into camden street
then the hill would be looking differnce because from the beging of camden street there was a barber shop and cycle shop
at the corner of ickneild street and corner of camden street
thats where those houses was and as i recall them demolishing those few house to build the back end or should i say the rear end of
of the bulpitts on summer hill then looking up the hill towards where sapcotes moved in
which was roght at the very top of that hill there was a road on the same side as the properts that sapcote moved into
once you crossed that side ride cannot think of it at thee moment there was a bobs cafe on the very corner
as you continued there was derlict little propertys for afew yards and the last of the batch there was one with a wide opening
it came into a zig zag shped court yourd with some one else in there at at this time around 1956/7 there was none
remodernised apart for a couple of rebuilt premises on the oppersite side i know the building that sapcote move into
because his name of bussiness was put up and i know very well they was named for painting contractors
and i also know they done big business in the start of the change of brum they started small and ended up big
but the big boys moved into brum taylor and woodrow they got there nose shoved out
i know because i was about 12 years old and me and my pals used to roam the streets all around the area
and we did snoop into that broken down building seen the name and the ladders and prior to that it was annonced about them
whilst on the subject of willmott and breedon they was in camden street and back down around the corner
in goodman street wich is just the other side of the bulpitts and along side the ice rink or if the rollers skaters on here the roller rink of smmer hill best wishes Astonian,, Alan,,
I have gone back to the start of this thread of camden street and you mentionioned shorthill photo,s
the photo showing a picture of camden street going up hill and the distance foreward whom ever took that photo
the way i see it its a different angle because you can see the white of the building in the distance if you scanned your eyes
and that is also the corner of george street west which ran across the camden street
as the picture is taken what you put up is the photo taken is looking up the hill which is the oppersite way to where
sapcotes was if he was pointing in the right direction in his view he would have captured the photo of
wilmott breedon the grotto pub and possibly the warstone pub in the very distance
you suggested that our friend looks at the earlier years such as the thirty or fortys in the fifties the house had gone
they was emptied for years
if that was the houses you showed from shoothill collection then some one listed it wrong
Had the photographer been on the other side of camden street, meaning cross over the Ickneild street across into camden street
then the hill would be looking differnce because from the beging of camden street there was a barber shop and cycle shop
at the corner of ickneild street and corner of camden street
thats where those houses was and as i recall them demolishing those few house to build the back end or should i say the rear end of
of the bulpitts on summer hill then looking up the hill towards where sapcotes moved in
which was roght at the very top of that hill there was a road on the same side as the properts that sapcote moved into
once you crossed that side ride cannot think of it at thee moment there was a bobs cafe on the very corner
as you continued there was derlict little propertys for afew yards and the last of the batch there was one with a wide opening
it came into a zig zag shped court yourd with some one else in there at at this time around 1956/7 there was none
remodernised apart for a couple of rebuilt premises on the oppersite side i know the building that sapcote move into
because his name of bussiness was put up and i know very well they was named for painting contractors
and i also know they done big business in the start of the change of brum they started small and ended up big
but the big boys moved into brum taylor and woodrow they got there nose shoved out
i know because i was about 12 years old and me and my pals used to roam the streets all around the area
and we did snoop into that broken down building seen the name and the ladders and prior to that it was annonced about them
whilst on the subject of willmott and breedon they was in camden street and back down around the corner
in goodman street wich is just the other side of the bulpitts and along side the ice rink or if the rollers skaters on here the roller rink of smmer hill best wishes Astonian,, Alan,,
Hi Bob,
The Austin's children were Margaret & Robert. I was in the same class as Margaret at Brookfield Junior School and I was pal's with Robert when I was a teenager, he had a red BSA Rocket, one of our mates was killed when he lost control of his bike on a hump back bridge.
Vinny
Radiorails
master brummie
Many one time cyclists will remember the capes worn in very wet weather. A sad tale I remember (the early 1950's I believe) was of a young boy - in his early teens - setting off from his home in Hall Green on his bicyle and cape on a very wet and windy day. Within one hundered yards from home the cape blew upwards covering his face. Sadly he collided with the rear of a car - the ones then had those large metal bumpers - and his fall broke his neck. A sad loss of a very young life.
Brookfields Lad
master brummie
Are you "Vinny" who had a Vincent? Went to live in Saltley? Were you a plasterer?
"Bobby Flash" is still around. He now has a Rocket Gold-Star plus other bikes. Still see him from time to time.
Hi Bob, You are right on all three and I still ride and have a few bikes. If you see Bob ask him about the pigsty!
Vinny
Brookfields Lad
master brummie
Well it's only been about fifty years since I last saw you. I rode pillion on the back of your Vincent carrying a bucket and your plastering tools. I was your labourer for a while.
Remember the Bamboo café on Spring Hill?
Joe Parton was the lad who died in the motorcycle accident.
Remember "Chubby" and his girlfriend "Carol"? They are still around, living in Kidderminster I think.
Bobby "Flash" lives in Ludlow. I don't have a contact number for him but I know someone who might.
If you still live local to Brum, come over to Hoar Park, Coleshill to Nuneaton road on a Wednesday morning. Several hundred bikes on a good day. Average age of riders is about 87 so that means we would be the youngest there.
I currently have a 1964 BSA A50, 1971 Tiger 650, 2004 Tiger 955 and a 2013 BMW R1200R.
It would be good to meet up with you.
I do remember you and the Bamboo, but I couldn't remember the name until you reminded me also Cubby and Carol, always pillion on his beautiful Rocket Gold Star.
I will go to Hoar Park this Wednesday, but by car, my bikes MOT has run out.
Which bike will you be on?
Brookfields Lad
master brummie
The weather is not looking too good for Wednesday. If it's not pouring down, we usually go. We get there about 10 oclock.
I will be on my 1971 blue and white TRIBSA.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Viv
In answer to your original question, as has been stated these houses were the offices for W.Sacote & Sons Ltd who's postal address was 87 Camden Street B1 3DE. We did work for them on many jobs around the city, including St Philips, The Digbeth Bus Depot, The Crown in Digbeth. They worked on many other prestigious and High status jobs around the city for at least a hundred and fifty years. They went bankrupt in 2007 with hardly any notice. Perhaps it was because we were no longer working for them?
In answer to your original question, as has been stated these houses were the offices for W.Sacote & Sons Ltd who's postal address was 87 Camden Street B1 3DE. We did work for them on many jobs around the city, including St Philips, The Digbeth Bus Depot, The Crown in Digbeth. They worked on many other prestigious and High status jobs around the city for at least a hundred and fifty years. They went bankrupt in 2007 with hardly any notice. Perhaps it was because we were no longer working for them?
ER Allen
master brummie
It's listed as a "replacement photo". Do you know its provenance?
To make it clear what is meant some years ago the sitexwas hacked, and in the recovery all images were lost. Many were replaced by the original posters. Some were replaced by members of the moderating team by what were thought to be appropriate photos, but not necessarily thecsamecas the originals. In those cases it was noted that the photo was a replacement.
I am not aware of the source of the photo concerned
I am not aware of the source of the photo concerned
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
The workforce. from William Sapcote & Sons, emploved to build Jenkins Street bridge, Small Heath, c. 1905. Incidentally, the firm celebrated 140 years of business in 1993.
Birmingham at work by Douglas, Alton. Publication date 1993.
devonjim
master brummie
My brother was groundsman at Wilmot Breeden, Elmdon, his house on the sports field was built by Sapcotes, trying to recall the date, perhaps about 1980.
MikeBignell83
knowlegable brummie
my great grandmother was born at 252 Camden Street in 1892/93