Erdington

[Lady Penelope]

It's the beard that's a give-away Bob!

 

[Green Genes]

Hi again, I've had a new printer and scanner so I'm afraid this is the best I can do at the moment. Hopefully somebody can improve it for you. They usually do - very nice people on this forum.

I understand that the man in the picture is a Mr Davis.

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Thanks Lady P, that's amazing! Really interesting to see the house in situ without the infill/Court Farm development surrounding it. It's hard to imagine the setting when you only know the site as a fenced off plot. That's really brilliant

 

[Pedrocut]

The demise of Erdington High Street…

 

[Vivienne14]

Even when it was called Owen Owen, we still called it Taylor’s. Always headed for there after school for a browse (makeup, jewellery etc) and a coffee upstairs. Viv.

 

[Lorna Quorn]

This thread deals with Erdington High Street and the old Village Green. There are other specific threads with links below which may be of interest.

St Barnabas Church https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/st-barnabas-church-erdington.9445/page-17

Erdington Post Office on the Green https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...dington-post-office-on-the-green.44035/page-4

Erdington Picture House https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/erdington-picture-house.47214/page-2

Reservoir Road Erdington
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/reservoir-road-erdington.49127/

Station Road Erdington
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/station-road-erdington.34058/

Pype Hayes https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/pype-hayes.33062/


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Erdington High street

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Thoroughly enjoying looking at the old photos of Erdington. Both my parents were born there in 1911. My Mother in Wilton Road (she went to Aston Commercial School) and My father in Marsh Lane and I believe he went Osborne Rd. School. My grandmother (May Davies)used to take in washing from the police station at the corner of Wilton Road. I do have one lovely memory of my Nan singing "Oh for The Wings of a Dove" at the Women's Guild...all a long time ago!

 

[Eric Gibson]

Owen Owen had a big store in Hereford, that's gone too.

 

[chrissweep]

Owen Owen had a big store in Hereford, that's gone too.

That's interesting, whereabouts in Hereford was that ?

 

[Eric Gibson]

That's interesting, whereabouts in Hereford was that ?

In Commercial Street, the road leading up the the main shopping area,

 

[chrissweep]

In Commercial Street, the road leading up the the main shopping area,

Before Chadds then.

 

[Vivienne14]

On the Green with the Library (centre) and to the right the Birmingham City (?) and Midland Bank. Possibly 1910/20s. Still a bank (HSBC - or was) but the building’s been replaced with a non-descript modern design. Viv.



Can’t get the comparable modern Google Streetview due to pedestrianisation. Viv.

 

[Mindy Davis]

Just joined, and losing thread at the moment. Going back I noticed a few people had forgotten that the furnIture shop under the Carlton was called "Dale Forty".

 

[Richard Dye]

Just joined, and losing thread at the moment. Going back I noticed a few people had forgotten that the furnIture shop under the Carlton was called "Dale Forty".

Welcome to the Forum Mindy!

Yes, parents seemed to buy a lot of furniture from Dale Forty. Growing up never knew what that tag on the furniture was!

 

[Mindy Davis]

Welcome to the Forum Mindy!

Yes, parents seemed to buy a lot of furniture from Dale Forty. Growing up never knew what that tag on the furniture was!

Thank you Richard, it's nice to meet you. I can't remember the tag. My older sisters used to go to the Carlton. I worked in W M Taylors, and the Griddle Inn.

 

[Mindy Davis]

Thank you Richard, it's nice to meet you. I can't remember the tag. My older sisters used to go to the Carlton. I worked in W M Taylors, and the Griddle Inn.

 

[Bob Davis]

Just joined, and losing thread at the moment. Going back I noticed a few people had forgotten that the furnIture shop under the Carlton was called "Dale Forty".

Another memory reawakened. I was always surprised by the strength of their windows the way they moved when the dancing was on. I only remember it late fifties. Were Dale Forty a group with outlets in the City?
Bob

 

[Richard Dye]

Another memory reawakened. I was always surprised by the strength of their windows the way they moved when the dancing was on. I only remember it late fifties. Were Dale Forty a group with outlets in the City?
Bob

Bob, the one I am aware one in the city. I think there were more but not sure.

 

[A Sparks]

It's most likely been posted before on this thread somewhere but here is a photo of the Dale Forty in Erdington...

 

[Pedrocut]

July 1978 Birmingham Post shows picture of a petrol tanker that overturned on 23 September 1976.

 

[Lady Penelope]

Very interesting Pedro, I wonder where it was? Six Ways?

 

[Pedrocut]

Bad picture but it is Six Ways.

 

[Pedrocut]

For Lady P, a bit about the Bell and Cuckoo written in 1870. Didn’t know the reference to Cuckoo’s Corner.

A CENTURY OF BIRMINGHAM LIFE (JOHN ALFRED LANGFORD, 1870.)

 

[Lady Penelope]

Thank you for that Pedro. I have a copy but I think it was probably written much earlier as it mentions the droves which ceased when the railways came. Maybe a hundred years earlier and it was written by the landlord, trying to drum up business. I think the pub closed in the mid-1800's. I'm very glad to have a copy I can read. Mine is one of those reverse prints, white on black, that make your eyes 'go funny' when you're trying to read it!

The Bell & Cuckoo and Cuckoo Corner are on my list of things to research. I'm not sure why the pub closed - it could have been due to road widening or perhaps that it was a house of 'unsavoury' behaviour and by the mid-1800's the gentry were moving into the area. Lots of big houses going up. It was on the junction of two turnpike roads so I think it would have been very busy. It's very close to the 'other' Beggars Bush mentioned on another thread.

Cuckoo's Corner was diagonally opposite to the pub and the area is now known as The Yenton.

 

[mikejee]

Lady P.
If you have a photo-program , it should have the facility to produce a negative image , or "invert". this would solve your problem. Below is Pedrocuts version inverted

 

[Lady Penelope]

This is just for interest really. It's a copy of the original of the printed poem about 'The Bell' and explains why I was glad to have a translation! I always find the 'f for s' very confusing.

 

[Pedrocut]

August 1939, Birmingham Mail.

 

[Oldun]

Postcard from,I think,the 1920’s,which may be of interest.The photo’s emerge from a flap at the base of the bear.

 

[Frothblower]

Lovely postcard.

 

[Jaffa]

This is a great photo of Erdington High street and the Palace Picture house,I think it was a theatre them days?
Has anyone got any idea of the date of this photo?

My great grandparent's cafe is in this photo, so it's around 1909 - 1910.

 

[Pedrocut]

Report on the health of the Urban District of Erdington and Witton for the year of 1903 by the Medical Officer for Health

[Report 1903] : Erdington (England). Urban District Council : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

archive.org

 

[Pedrocut]

Sure I’ve seen this picture before, but can’t locate it.

Erdington Station circa 1910.




(1997) A century of railways around Birmingham and the West Midlands : a personal selection. Vol. 1, 1900-1947 by Boynton, John,