Chattaway Street, Nechells

[brummy-lad]

I posted these pictures about 10 years ago but they seem to have been lost.

I think they are of George V 25th Jubilee 22/06/1936 OR Coronation of George VI 12/05/1937.

The party took place at the back of houses in Chattaway St., Nechells.

In the first pic the lady standing on the right is Ethel Leroux (my Gran) of 14 Chattaway St. The lady standing next to her I have been told is Mrs. Aston. The lady standing on the far left is my auntie Eveline Mortimer (nee Leroux) of No. 18. The boy turning round (with the hat) closest to the camera is Arthur Leroux (my dad).

In picture 2 the boy reading the newspaper is John (Jack) Leroux (my uncle), he was killed in the final weeks of WW2.

Can anyone confirm what the party was for, or the names of any of the other guests.

In one picture there is a factory in the background which I think says W, Neal(e), any ideas.

 

[mikejee]

The 1937 and c1951 maps seem to show that the only factory backing on to Chattaway st is the one marked Engineering works on the c1951 map. This is presumably the one listed as H Gill Stampings Ltd in the 1937 Kellys at 30½ Chattaway st . However they disappear in the 1939 and 1940 directories. and no listing is given for 30½

 

[Vivienne14]

Great set of photos. Your uncle looks about 9 or 10 in the photos, so they must be around mid1930s. I was wondering why there is paper or material hanging up, possibly different colours to represent stripes ? Maybe red, white and blue ?

Viv.

 

[brummy-lad]

Thanks Mike, I will see if I can fi

Great set of photos. Your uncle looks about 9 or 10 in the photos, so they must be around mid1930s. I was wondering why there is paper or material hanging up, possibly different colours to represent stripes ? Maybe red, white and blue ?

Viv.

Hi Viv, I think the pictures are from the George V 25th Jubilee 22/06/1936, my uncle was born in July 1924 so would have been 11 years old, my dad in the first picture was born in September 1920 so would have been 15.
It was so tragic how my uncle died he was part of a clearing up crew in the last few weeks of the war and was blown up in a tank, he must have been one of the last to lose their lives and had only been married for 6 months.

 

[Vivienne14]

That’s horribly sad John. He’d had so little time to build a life and family of his own.

The majority of those in the photos seem to be wearing various hats. I wondered if there was a theme. Maybe they were makeshift ‘crowns’, although they do seem varied (or a loose interpretation !). I thought your uncles attachment to the newspaper or comic might have given us a clue, but couldn’t work anything out.

All the same, these photos must have been treasured memories for the family of pre-WW2 happier times. Thanks for posting.

Viv.

 

[WelshBrummie03]

Thanks all for the interesting info. I've just seen my great great aunty lived at 17 Chattaway Street in 1939 not long before she passed away.