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Clifton Road Aston

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Hi Jayell,
Thanks for commenting and searching.
John and Rachel Watton lived at 184 Clifton road in 1901 (according to the census). They must have moved there briefly, because they were back in Gothic Terrace from 1920 until their deaths.
Daughters Rachel, Leah, and Louise lived with them at the time. Rachel married in 1902, and Leah in 1903

Take care, Jayell
Kevin
 
kev..i dont think its so much our memories but the fact that as youngsters we didnt really take much notice of the bad bits...and its another strange thing but when i go down to my old end which is villa st where i was bought up it looks so much smaller than i remember it even though all the houses have now gone....happy days though...

ttfn..

lyn
 
Lyn
don't you think the thing about looking smaller is that, although the buildings may be bigger, its a few long featureless walls, looking very similar, whereas the old street had lots of individual details that your eye would go to. Its not so much that it looks smaller now, but that there is less to see and look at.
Mike
 
good point mike...when i now stand and look up villa st like i say it does look smaller but the new houses built there are a lot larger with a fair bit of space between each one...in my day they were built next to each..there is no way now that the numbering of the houses would be the same as years ago as there are not so many in the street...

lyn..
 
hello i used to live at 159 clifton rd known as gothic terrace in the fifities it was two rows of terrace houses I lived at number 4 my dad use to go to the bricklayers arms at the corner of clifton rd and potters hill. On the opposite corner was the dentist. there was also a outdoorpub facing were i lived .I have great memories of playing street games with all the kids in the neigbourhood.On saturdays we would go to the orient cinema or go swimming at victoria baths were we would treat ourselves to faggots from the shop facing the baths
 
Hi Judy just found this webb page ,read youre blog and got goose bumps!! From 1903 to about 1956 my self and varoius members of my familys lived at gothic terrace first was the Wattons at no 184 in 1910 then there daughter rachael matthews and husband at 13 /159 My grandmothers family Louisa Bayliis also at number 13 ,were my mom born in 1915. My mom winfred Thompson came back to live in 1947 at no 4 I rember all about the brewhouses and toilets.Our neigbours from what i can rember were Suarts,Restalls,Gbsons and Bullocks.Thank ou for the mermories Doris
 
Was the dentist called Laceys? I can remember going to a dentist there in the 50s, he was a butcher. His equipment was Victorian and he gave me a filling with a mechanical drill and no cocaine , he said you didnt need it, I can remember it being very painful!
 
Hello ,just read youre looking for a Thompson My family use to live at 4/159 clifton rd .known later as gothic terrace.My family name was thompson.We moved to satley in the sixities.My parents were Winifred & william and had 6 children.
 
Hi judy cant rember if ive already wrote to you cause ve just found this site and cant belive how so man people rember gothic terrace.I lived at no 4 between 1947-1956 My parents were Winifred and William Thompson .
 
Hello Gothic Terrace,
I also lived in Clifton Rd,5/106,the yard with the big tree.Knew a few people up your end though.
 
Hello Doris

Several members of my family lived in Gothic Terrace from about 1881 until at least 1940.
My 2 x gt.grandmother (Ellen Bellamy) was living at No. 2 in 1881 with her youngest son William. She was a widow.
My gt. grandparents (James and Ellen Martin - née Bellamy) were living at No. 10 in 1881, and had moved to No. 2 by 1901.
My grandparents (Thomas and Rose Hanson - née Martin) briefly lived at No. 17 and had moved into No. 7 by 1912 and lived there until about 1924.
My mother (Winifred Hanson) was born at No. 7 in 1913.
My grandmother's sister and her husband (Ralph and Minnie Jones -née Martin) continued to live at No. 2 until at least 1940, and maybe up until about 1945.

Your family and mine must have known each other well, and I would imagine your Mom and mine played together as there wouldn't have been much difference in their ages! Amazing eh? I didn't know about Gothic Terrace until after my Mom died, and unfortunately when I managed to get to Birmingham to see where she had lived, there was nothing left - and very little left of Clifton Road. I would love to hear about any memories you have of the Terrace.

Have you seen fellowkev's messages about the Watton family in Gothic Terrace?

Judy
 
Hi Judy, thanks for getting back to me so soon .I will ask my older brothers and sister for any memories too share.I also found on this site last year, my long lost cousin fellowkev.So thanks for pointing him out to me .As you can guess we have swoped stories.
 
Hi Doris - I will look forward to hearing if your brothers and sisters have any memories of Gothic Terrace. I was told by someone else who used to live there that each house had a small garden to the front. That was nice to hear, and I always imagined that the Courts didn't have any at all.

Judy
 
Hi all, I lived at the other end of Clifton Rd, we were # 10/32 (10 back of 32) we certainly had small gardens, all seperated off by rows of wooden pailings. 15 houses, 61 occupants in total, with only 6 outside tiolets to be shared by all. Always fun early in the morning,folks queing up to be the first in there. 'happy days'
 
Astonite I think the Laycies Dental Surgery was in Potters Hill unless he had another practice?. Jean.
 
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Jean,
Laceys ,was on the corner of Clifton Rd and Potters Hill.
Didn't go there myself it was too posh,i had to go to the free school clinic in Albert Rd.they must have been good though I am only 3 teeth short of a full set.
 
Thanks Ray I did and I aint poash either. The nurse used to play whist with my mom so maybe that is why i went there and the other I got out of the clinics chair when they tried to strap me to it. Jean.
 
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Hi Doris - I will look forward to hearing if your brothers and sisters have any memories of Gothic Terrace. I was told by someone else who used to live there that each house had a small garden to the front. That was nice to hear, and I always imagined that the Courts didn't have any at all.

Judy
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dear judy i hope you can understand this map of clifton road what you are are looking for is court 25 and from there you can make out the number and lay out of the houses.The white going up the centre is the gardens,as you can see from the map there are more houses on the left ,that is because here kitchens were smaller. The toilets were at the top next to houses number 8an9 As you can see the shaded parts are the numbers on the houses.So dont forget to look at the map with the lozells ward title on oure left .Oh and you reach the ouses by going up the centre Doris
 
Another succes Lyn...That's exactly as I remember it.
Jean used it, in fact,there is a reflection of a woman and little girl in the window...could the little girl be Jean.
 
The car in shot is a G registration thats 1968.Well, they pulled Clifton Rd.down about then,so someone only just made it.
 
Raymond I was fourteen when I used Lacey's. I know that because I had to have a tooth removed or I wouldn't have been able to go to Ogwen Cottage in Wales. There was not a dentist for miles and I had cracked a tooth. I went courtesy of B'ham Education dept and the b...h at the clinic wouldn't sign my papers to say my teeth were not likely to cause me a trip to a dentist. No way was she taking it out so I went to Mr Laceys. Jean.
 
I used to go to the school dentist but for some reason I was recommended to go to Lacey's, all I can say is that it left a lasting impression, I was about 15, it made me afraid of going to the dentist for ages. Did you ever sample the delights of the Dental hospital in Brum?
 
ouch...astonite...just read your post 80....as if it was not bad enough that you have a bad memory of laceys i have to go and post a pic of it as a further reminder...

lyn
 
No harm done Lynn, the dentist I go to now, I have had since 1974, he's absolutely brilliant, trouble is he retires soon!
 
View attachment 48366Hi .Thought you would like this picture of the pub the BrickLayers Arms which was at the corner of Clifton rd and Potters Hill.It was facing the dreaded dentist! gothicterrace
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Good one Gothic.Do you know when it was taken ?.my guess would be,not long before demolition.
Around that time the gaffer was Arthur Burley,son of Mrs.Burley the bookie from Upper Thomas St.
Arthur and his brother Jack were the trainers for U.T.S.school boxing club.
 
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