Dudley Road

[Astoness]

cant see a thread for just dudley road so here is a nice photo to start us off...wonder if we can find out the name of the pub then we would have the exact spot it was taken and i cant make out the street or road sign on the right

 

[Donbogen]

cant see a thread for just dudley road so here is a nice photo to start us off...wonder if we can find out the name of the pub then we would have the exact spot it was taken and i cant make out the street or road sign on the right


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[Donbogen]

Whats the cats name
bottom left hand corner

 

[mikejee]

Looking at a map from the 1950s it must be one of the Yorkshire Grey, the Duke of Edinburgh, or the Wheatsheaf. Looking at other photos, it is neaithe rof the first two of those so must be The Wheatsheaf

 

[Astoness]

mike ive got these 2 of the wheatsheaf. which looks to confirm thanks..

 

[Vivienne14]

Shops behind the vans are still there, but the Wheatsheaf on the corner of Icknield Port Road (right) has gone.

 

[Astoness]

thanks viv...i didnt realise the wheatsheaf was so close to the park. but we can just see it on post 5 photo 1...so sad to see what i presume is the park keepers house in such a bad state

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[Astoness]

pub and old shops from 2008

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[Malvernian]

thanks viv...i didnt realise the wheatsheaf was so close to the park. but we can just see it on post 5 photo 1...so sad to see what i presume is the park keepers house in such a bad state

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That is - or was - the police station.

 

[Astoness]

silly me of course it was the police station which looked ok in 2010

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[Genmac1]

pub and old shops from 2008

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Sad to see that my wife's great grandmother's (Ann Lester with her daughter Annie Lester helping ) old 'Refeshment House' at No 204 Dudley Road in 1901 has been demolished only a few years later after 2008

 

[rosie]

We went past the old police station the other day, it is in a terrible state. The park keeper's house is in quite good condition but I believe it's used for storage.

 

[COMPRESSORMAN]

cant see a thread for just dudley road so here is a nice photo to start us off...wonder if we can find out the name of the pub then we would have the exact spot it was taken and i cant make out the street or road sign on the right


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How about Winson Street?..pub/building still there.

 

[Astoness]

How about Winson Street?..pub/building still there.

already solved...see from post 4

 

[COMPRESSORMAN]

already solved...see from post 4

YOU KNOW I thought it had when I started my fishing expedition, 38 DUDLEY Rd...cheers...when I was a copper I worked from the station up the road, I am 77 you know, memory not that gud...but gud to see olde pics takes me back to the baddies days.

 

[Astoness]

YOU KNOW I thought it had when I started my fishing expedition, 38 DUDLEY Rd...cheers...when I was a copper I worked from the station up the road, I am 77 you know, memory not that gud...but gud to see olde pics takes me back to the baddies days.

its a shame that the old police station is at risk...really hope its saved

lyn

 

[Astoness]

i wonder if this house belongs to the church next door

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[mikejee]

In 1880s it was the Presbytery, so presumably it does

 

[Astoness]

thanks mike..i did not realise that there was a school there as well..thanks for the maps


lyn

 

[COMPRESSORMAN]

its a shame that the old police station is at risk...really hope its saved

lyn

When I worked from Rose Rd Police station in Harborne, the Dudley Rd Station was just a satellite station, occasionally used if ever was my experience, only if something like an affray occurred in that area that required a number of coppers to attend was it used for interviewing...this was the 1980s, regards preservation shud imagine it comes under Bham City auspices and since the Labour council is now defunct/bankrupt cant see it having any cash spent on it?..only way wud be Crowdfunding thats if locals were that interested?

 

[rosie]

I don't think anyone will bother now it's in such a bad state, so much vandsalism.

 

[paulhipwood]

In 1880s it was the Presbytery, so presumably it does

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I used to go to St Patricks 1956 till 1962.

 

[Vivienne14]

This is the junction with Moilliett Street (right)

 

[Colroy07]

Yarnolds ,the milky bar and Rayleigh bike shops Dudley road looks like 1950s