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Cockshutt Hill Cottage

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On virtual Brum there is a drawing by Arthur Smith, contributed by Carol Peel, of Cockshutt Hill Cottage, Sheldon/Yardley. Both myself and my brother were so thrilled to find it. I grew up opposite that cottage. My best childhood friend, Pam, lived there. It had such a large wonderful garden (well to us it was large) and so many trees to climb and we even had a singing tree. It was magical. Bonfire nights spent 'bobbing the apple'. Playing 'William Tell' and out of that game, I nearly lost my eye, but we still thought of it as part of growing up and being 'a kid'. The Dovecote Public House stands there now. Here is the drawing of the cottage and a photo of myself in the garden of Cockshutt Hill Cottage.
And the tree on the left, I fell out of and impaled myself on the plough, that was underneath the tree. My mom was always at the Accident Hospital with one of us!
I would love to know more about the person, who did this drawing.


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I didn't even know that a cottage was there, it looked so lovely and so much better than the Dovecote, when was it demolished? we only live around the corner from Cockshut hill school and my youngest daughter goes there.
 
Meriew,

I think it was demolished about 1961/62. The road layout changed then. They moved the road back, when they built the Dovecote. A lot of us used to play in front of that cottage and in the gardens. From the gardens, we would sneak under the fence, into Sedgemere Playing Fields, and play rounders and cricket, until 'the man from the clubhouse' chased us off. But we never did any harm.
The cottage didn't have a toilet that flushed. It was 'a double'. The waste was removed once a week.
And they couldn't have been happier days.

Ann
 
Thank you for telling me all of this, its hard to believe it was all fields and that beautiful cottage, its a shame its all gone but I suppose things have to move on, anyhow thank you again I have enjoyed learning another piece of history especially being local to me.
 
I can't believe there are two active 'Cockshutt Hill' threads.
This is a photo of myself opposite Cockshutt Hill Cottage with Cockshutt Hill School in the background about 1954.
And p.s. Keith repaired it for me.

Ann
 
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Can we merge this thread with the other Cockshutt Hill School?

Ann
 
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