Church Road, Yardley.

[Astoness]

Love to know whereabouts Church Road that was. The other picture with what looks like a delivery boy is opposite the church and on the left hand side further along would have been H M TRIGG the Blacksmith.

yes so would i ...could be a difficult one to pinpoint

lyn

 

[Vivienne14]

That row of #3, #5 and #7 must have been where Tesco Extra now stands.

 

[Time Traveller 66]

That row of #3, #5 and #7 must have been where Tesco Extra now stands.

Agree with that . Going back down Church Road from the Swan island that row of shops in the 1970s i am sure Blue Circle Taxis were based there. A bit further down on the right was a model shop before Harvey Road.

 

[Donbogen]

Agree with that . Going back down Church Road from the Swan island that row of shops in the 1970s i am sure Blue Circle Taxis were based there. A bit further down on the right was a model shop before Harvey Road.

Yes it was a taxi place used to use it when we came out of Bloomers nightclub
in the 80/90s it was a second hand toolshop called Toolman
run by Terry who lived a few doors up from me on Preston Rd

 

[Vivienne14]

Another of Church Road. Couldn't work out whereabouts this was. An important junction I suspect.

 

[devonjim]

Another of Church Road. Couldn't work out whereabouts this was. An important junction I suspect.
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Junction of Coventry Rd and Church Rd. B'ham left, Coventry right. Opposite towards what I always knew as the Yew Tree Pictures #3,5,7 on the left of this road. Also In 1968 a small travel agent where I booked our Honeymoon flight!

 

[oldbrit]

Junction of Coventry Rd and Church Rd. B'ham left, Coventry right. Opposite towards what I always knew as the Yew Tree Pictures #3,5,7 on the left of this road. Also In 1968 a small travel agent where I booked our Honey Moon flight!

Billy Haden, the barber on the left across from the bakery, cut my hair up 1957 when I left for America

 

[1299]

Agree with that . Going back down Church Road from the Swan island that row of shops in the 1970s i am sure Blue Circle Taxis were based there. A bit further down on the right was a model shop before Harvey Road.

There was also a Record shop on the right before Harvey Road in the early to mid 1970s, if memory serves next to Model shop.

 

[Vivienne14]

Church Road in 1913. Most of the 1913 features are still there. A lovely spot. Memorials/vaults seem to have been removed from the churchyard alongside the church (well at least anything above ground).

It's difficult to get the present day view in the same position as there are two sets of bollards blocking access. However, I managed to get a view from the other direction. And as a bonus, I discovered what was once a farm (extreme right of the B&W photo). Any ideas of the farm name? Was it once a dairy farm, perhaps ? And is that a brick-built dog kennel next to the farm cottage ?

 

[mw0njm.]

could it be church farm?

Church Farm: This farm is one of the few surviving original farm buildings in Yardley Village from before the early 19th century. The farm buildings associated with Church Farm are a notable survival, including a cow-house, barn (converted to a dwelling), the farmhouse (No 451), and a stable. The cowhouse was built around 1820, and the barn dates from 1848.

 

[Vivienne14]

Think it must be Pete. Thanks.In your extract it gives the farmhouse address as #451. I've since noticed stables further along the road. Maybe these were connected to the farm too.

 

[Time Traveller 66]

Church Road in 1913. Most of the 1913 features are still there. A lovely spot. Memorials/vaults seem to have been removed from the churchyard alongside the church (well at least anything above ground).

It's difficult to get the present day view in the same position as there are two sets of bollards blocking access. However, I managed to get a view from the other direction. And as a bonus, I discovered what was once a farm (extreme right of the B&W photo). Any ideas of the farm name? Was it once a dairy farm, perhaps ? And is that a brick-built dog kennel next to the farm cottage ?

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That looks like the entrance to H M TRIGG the blacksmith i remember that from the 1960s and 1970s . I also remember the Post Office opposite the church and there was a greengrocer also opposite the church i think it was Maycocks.

 

[Time Traveller 66]

Yes it was a taxi place used to use it when we came out of Bloomers nightclub
in the 80/90s it was a second hand toolshop called Toolman
run by Terry who lived a few doors up from me on Preston Rd

Bloomers happy memories. Did you have a membership ? .

 

[mw0njm.]

Yes it was a taxi place used to use it when we came out of Bloomers nightclub
in the 80/90s it was a second hand toolshop called Toolman
run by Terry who lived a few doors up from me on Preston Rd

toolman wow that brings back memories.
also enochs junk shop(GARRATTS) was there

 

[Donbogen]

Bloomers happy memories. Did you have a membership ? .

I cannot remember
i was dating a barmaid there
she had a TR7
i had a Honda C70
it was a brief but pleasant courtship

 

[Donbogen]

toolman wow that brings back memories.
also enochs junk shop(GARRATTS) was there

Yes recall the junkshop got some good stuff from there as just got our first house

 

[mw0njm.]

I cannot remember
i was dating a barmaid there
she had a TR7
i had a Honda C70
it was a brief but pleasant courtship

The Honda C70 was more reliable

 

[Country Road]

I cannot remember
i was dating a barmaid there
she had a TR7
i had a Honda C70
it was a brief but pleasant courtship

Gone but not forgotten, brief encounter .
I love Honda, on my second VTEC, wish they had window wipers on the back .
Don't you think it was easier to find a date back then. : ) .

 

[mw0njm.]

one good thing the Lloys bank i use is still there

 

[Dave the cyclist]

I think this was The Birmingham Municipal Bank 60s/70s to the left hand side was a school outfitters Peter Jackson ?

 

[Donbogen]

I think this was The Birmingham Municipal Bank 60s/70s to the left hand side was a school outfitters Peter Jackson ?

Thanks for confirming that
i thought i was going mad

 

[oldbrit]

one good thing the Lloys bank i use is still there
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My Dad banked there

 

[oldbrit]

This is on the side of the church, I am told they sharpened swords there?

 

[Donbogen]

This is on the side of the church, I am told they sharpened swords there?

very interesting

 

[Time Traveller 66]

Gone but not forgotten, brief encounter .
I love Honda, on my second VTEC, wish they had window wipers on the back .
Don't you think it was easier to find a date back then. : ) .

Not if you owned a Ford . If you asked a young lady if she wanted a lift home the chances are it would not be there when you came out. Always go to a pub with a bus stop outside ( voice of experience ).

 

[Time Traveller 66]

I think this was The Birmingham Municipal Bank 60s/70s to the left hand side was a school outfitters Peter Jackson ?

Spot on . And was there a Post Office opposite down a walkway through to Yew Tree Lane .

 

[mw0njm.]

click link below
]https://www.bmbbranches.org.uk/bmb-branches_147.htm

he original premises included two shop units - one at each end. The shop at the left end of the building is inscribed DAWES-KNIGHT. The shop unit at the other end of the building was initially used by the Corporations's Rates Department

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[Morturn]

This is on the side of the church, I am told they sharpened swords there?

They are quite common on the older churches, the ones that the Victorians didn’t modernise. The have been known as devils claw marks.

Some people call then arrow sharpening groves. Edward III’s passed a law in 1363, stating that all able-bodied men aged between 16 and 60 must practice their archery on Sundays and holy days.

One story I do like is they are marks made by lepers. It was thought that consuming flakes of brickwork from sacred chapels would cure you of illness. Apparently, in medieval England leprosy’s became very visible in all communities across England – rural and urban, rich and poor. Higher class to lower class. Even though it was widespread and a big player in our history, we tend not to know too much about it.

I am still of the opinion that people believed that consuming the powdered stone or brickwork from sacred chapels would cure you of illness. It did cross my mind that possibly old arrowheads were used to scrape out the powder.

The people who have been studying there marks are still quite divided as to who, what or why.

 

[Donbogen]

They are quite common on the older churches, the ones that the Victorians didn’t modernise. The have been known as devils claw marks.

Some people call then arrow sharpening groves. Edward III’s passed a law in 1363, stating that all able-bodied men aged between 16 and 60 must practice their archery on Sundays and holy days.

One story I do like is they are marks made by lepers. It was thought that consuming flakes of brickwork from sacred chapels would cure you of illness. Apparently, in medieval England leprosy’s became very visible in all communities across England – rural and urban, rich and poor. Higher class to lower class. Even though it was widespread and a big player in our history, we tend not to know too much about it.

I am still of the opinion that people believed that consuming the powdered stone or brickwork from sacred chapels would cure you of illness. It did cross my mind that possibly old arrowheads were used to scrape out the powder.

The people who have been studying there marks are still quite divided as to who, what or why.

Yes a War Bodkin head would be ideal