Hi Devon john
Quite correctly to say it was waste paper and rags and wollens
As in those days it was very resourceful materials rags and waste paper
And there was plenty of these yards operating around Birmingham right through to the 1940/50s
And right at the bottom of holborn hill next to the pub across the road from Aston station
There was just a yard about the same size with a little office inside the gates and a pair of scales to weigh
The metal /news papers for cashing in
I know because as a kid we done it in the fortys and fifths the street would be lined up with hundreds of kids with push chairs
Laden with waste paper the que was a mile long
This is where the midland waste paper started and now a multi million pounds business
They moved to around the Lichfield road Aston towards the old king Edwards pub
And finally to Landor street
May I had the little picture showed it was a high street which I think was deritend
As I recall as a kid Coventry street was just old one or two up little old and grey houses
And not a shopping area unless you went to the bottom end where you came on to deritend high street
My grand parents lived around the corner of bordeslly street and new canal street
Which was a bed and breakfast for the trades men coming to Birmingham and the surrounding business
Such as typhoon , Chamberlain and hook am
I walked up and down Coventry street thousands of times it was little houses
There was an old couple whom was living in that street around that period they was a Mr and Mrs Jeff's
Living in Coventry street best wishes Alan,,, Astonian,,,,,