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Coldbath Road Hall Green
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Hi MJS
I don't remember any nursing home or hospital on Coldbath Rd in the 60's. In fact I don't think the side with houses on that the numbers went as high as 152. The land where the golf course was Jack Morris the butchers farm prior to that. Coldbath rd is in Moseley or even Billesley but certainly not Hall Green. Do you mean Cole Bank Rd? I have to say that I am quoting this from memory so I could be wrong.
Phil
I don't remember any nursing home or hospital on Coldbath Rd in the 60's. In fact I don't think the side with houses on that the numbers went as high as 152. The land where the golf course was Jack Morris the butchers farm prior to that. Coldbath rd is in Moseley or even Billesley but certainly not Hall Green. Do you mean Cole Bank Rd? I have to say that I am quoting this from memory so I could be wrong.
Phil
Hello Phil
Me and my dippy digit!!!!!!! No It is Coldbath Road but I intended to put Moseley.
The reason for my inquiry is we are doing family research and find that my husband's great grandmother is recorded as dyiny at 152 Coldbath Road but her place of residence is recorded as their family home. So i wondered whether there had been a nursing home on that site at one time.
Thank you for your reply
MJS
Me and my dippy digit!!!!!!! No It is Coldbath Road but I intended to put Moseley.
The reason for my inquiry is we are doing family research and find that my husband's great grandmother is recorded as dyiny at 152 Coldbath Road but her place of residence is recorded as their family home. So i wondered whether there had been a nursing home on that site at one time.
Thank you for your reply
MJS
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BernardR
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If you look on Google Earth Street View you will find Coldbath Road and it looks pretty much as it did when my Dad used to stop off at one of the small shops that were along there. No larg houses so it would have been the place where she lived.
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BernardR
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Yes Colin you are right - I seem to recall it was owned by Birmingham City Council. Not sure if it was Health or Teaching related. I used to lkive a hundred or so yards away but only up until about 3 years old so no first hand memories to speak of.
pjmburns
master brummie
Going back to the original query - in the map in post #7 the houses opposite the marked house (39) go from 144 to 157 so there was a 152. It is listed in the erolls with the Gibbs - last I can access is 1965 so the house went after that date - presumably bought by the Golf Club.
Annie died in 1967 and her address is given as 152 Coldbath Road.
Annie died in 1967 and her address is given as 152 Coldbath Road.
According to an O.S. map of 1954 number 152 was part of a row of prefabs. There was an article about the prefab dwellers in that row mentioned here:
Prefabs
Prefabs were the result of the 1944 Temporary Housing Programme, and were designed to provide a quick solution to the massive lack of housing caused by the war. They had an important social function too. Many families, or couples, were living in rented rooms with shared facilities, or in with...
aghs.jimdofree.com
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