deritend pigs...

[Astoness]

driving the pigs though deritend. to the market..dated 1903
Photo replaced with, I think, the same photo as originally posted
lyn

 

[G G Jean]

Seen this before but can't think which thread. It may no longer be there. Got a couple similar in moms old scrap book Lyn will go take a look. Jean.

 

[Astoness]

thanks jean...would love to see them if you can hunt them out..

lyn

 

[robert]

Lyn, i wonder if mrs Mountfords eating house on the corner of Bell st was the for runner to Steves bar on the other thread you started.

 

[Astoness]

never thought of that rob....maybe a kellys look up may tell us....

lyn

 

[Dave89]

Hi Jean,

That picture reminds me of seeing a small herd of cattle being driven under Bordesley
bridge in the early 1950s. I was waiting at the bus stop under the bridge at the time,
and I could never understand where thay had come from. I guess they would have been
going to the markets, but the logistics of getting them there must have been horrendous.
I used the bus stop every day, but only ever saw this once.

Kind regards

Dave

 

[Ian FOFB]

Must admit the title of ' deritend pigs ' had me intrigued - I was expecting a slight or blast at someone or something.

Do you moonlight as a headline writer for a well known Daily ?

 

[Wendy]

How interesting I quite fancy the Mrs Mountfords speciality. My uncle worked in the Birmingham slaughter house before and after the war. He would tell my brothers stories while I sat with my fingers in my ears!