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Erdington

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Shoothill have this image tagged 'The Parochial Rooms, Bell Lane, Erdington, Birmingham' but I have not yet found a Bell Lane in Erdington. The wall plaque reads 'Working Mens Club For Reading Recreation Supported By Voluntry Contributions'. The railings are decorated with artistic acorns.
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mw0njm. said:
when i was 6 i was shopping with mom in erdington hight,st. i got lost.and was taken to the cop shop.
when mom come to get me i was sitting in the office chomping biscuits,and drinking tea.
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Been there done that but found my own way home in Orphanage rd. I was dragged to the Police Station to show I was found, I was four.
 
So Erdington for me, my grand parents ( pops) got moved out of Nechalls Park Road and was relocated to Erdington on the Lyndhurst Estate on the top floor of one if those blocks of flats I think they where brand new,. but these where old folks getting moved to the 10th floor ?, What I do recall was the sign for the sign company painted on the wall of a guy on the ladder paintingi the sign as you climbed the hill past the church and the park ? A little help ?
 
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There is a thread about the Lyndhurst Estate, built in the late fifty's. I lived there too in Fairbourne Tower, sixth floor. These tower blocks were the town planners dream, and the householders nightmare. Built under the guise of saving valuable land, the reality was they were cheep to build, at a cost of social isolation.

The guy on the ladder was the logo for the Sign Service. On the corner of Sutton Road and Station Road, adjacent to the Cross Keys Pub. It was there up until a couple of year back, then the company relocated. I did attempt to save it by geting Historic England to list it, unfortunately to no avail.
 
Morturn wow I am sure that's the block of flats my grand parents lived in Fairboure Tower their flat looked out over the estate as you came to the flats their block was on the left and their flat was top floor on the left my grand parents both died in the early 70s so it's been many years since I was that way, we lived in Rednal so it was all ways a special treat to go there, my grand mother made the best egg custard pie a 2 inch high slice would just stand straight up,. That sign must have been there for 50 years or more we would always kid about it wondering if this time when we got there weather it was Finnished yet, it's funny how the memorys come flooding back,. I remember how much the tunnels and the express way down to sketti junction made the trip so much easier, a trip to my grand parents was always special as my cousins were there when we went my pop has a brother and two sisters and that side of the family still lives that way
 
Quite possible it was the same block, it was the first one finished, even before any of the houses and maisonettes too. We were only there just under a year when mum got an exchange for a house.

I loved all the building site activity as a kids, we would go in the mess huts and talk to the builders. The site thunder boxes (toilets) were a disgrace, just a pit with a pieces of 3x2 across and newspaper on a nail.
 
Robert Ensor (bob) said:
So Erdington for me, my grand parents ( pops) got moved out of Nechalls Park Road and was relocated to Erdington on the Lyndhurst Estate on the top floor of one if those blocks of flats I think they where brand new,. but these where old folks getting moved to the 10th floor ?, What I do recall was the sign for the sign company painted on the wall of a guy on the ladder paintingi the sign as you claimed the hill past the church and the park ? A little help ?
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This is the one, John.
 

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Robert Ensor (bob) said:
So Erdington for me, my grand parents ( pops) got moved out of Nechalls Park Road and was relocated to Erdington on the Lyndhurst Estate on the top floor of one if those blocks of flats I think they where brand new,. but these where old folks getting moved to the 10th floor ?, What I do recall was the sign for the sign company painted on the wall of a guy on the ladder paintingi the sign as you claimed the hill past the church and the park ? A little help ?
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I remember the Bloke on the ladder is it still there who ever did the painting was blinking good
 
Robert Ensor (bob) said:
So Erdington for me, my grand parents ( pops) got moved out of Nechalls Park Road and was relocated to Erdington on the Lyndhurst Estate on the top floor of one if those blocks of flats I think they where brand new,. but these where old folks getting moved to the 10th floor ?, What I do recall was the sign for the sign company painted on the wall of a guy on the ladder paintingi the sign as you climbed the hill past the church and the park ? A little help ?
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Had a great friend that lived at 30 Kentmere Tower on the Lyndhurst Estate.
 
Alberta said:
Great memories Jennyann.I went to all the same places and when we were short of money we just walked along the village and always met someone we knew to have a chat with.
Bought our first bedroom suite from the furniture shop under Carlton club, was it Hearns?

Shoe shops were fantastic,had my first pair of High(ish) heels from Dolcis.

Cinema was so affordable we went 2 or 3 times a week.

The Palace,Erdington Picture house,the Pavilion,the Plaza.

Remember the National school most of the children from Erdington Cottage homes went there.

Had a Saturday job in Woollies.

My exhusband worked in Wrensons,the one at the Six Ways end of the High street,there was another on the Green opposite the library.
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My friend and I used to work in Woollies on Saturdays in 1968 on the biscuit counter, we were allowed to take home biscuits that were broken at the bottom of the big glass topped boxes on the pick and mix, needless to say we would occasionally drop a box or too on way down from the stockroom to help the biscuits to break
 
I've just found the forum and signed up today. I feel like I've been down a wormhole looking at the past. I grew up in Stechford but went to school in Erdington 1971-1978 and worked in Littlewoods on Saturdays.

I've got strong memories of the swimming baths, the library, Owen Owen and troach drops! We had a school trip to The Highbury Little Theatre. There was also a record store - perhaps HMV? I remember being upstairs looking through the LPs and overhearing a girl ask her friend if Paul McCartney had left Wings because there he was, pictured on a Beatles album.

I remember the first disco I went to was in the High Street somewhere, I think on the left as you head away from Six Ways. A memorable night as I tripped over my long skirt whilst wearing my platform shoes.
 
FlaxleyGirl said:
I've just found the forum and signed up today. I feel like I've been down a wormhole looking at the past. I grew up in Stechford but went to school in Erdington 1971-1978 and worked in Littlewoods on Saturdays.

I've got strong memories of the swimming baths, the library, Owen Owen and troach drops! We had a school trip to The Highbury Little Theatre. There was also a record store - perhaps HMV? I remember being upstairs looking through the LPs and overhearing a girl ask her friend if Paul McCartney had left Wings because there he was, pictured on a Beatles album.

I remember the first disco I went to was in the High Street somewhere, I think on the left as you head away from Six Ways. A memorable night as I tripped over my long skirt whilst wearing my platform shoes.
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Welcome to the Forum Flaxley Girl, you will enjoy this "hole" :) I am very sure!
 
Hi Flaxley Girl, Nice to see you on the forum. I too went to Erdington but quite a while before you. There's a thread on the forum for the school. Hopefully this will take you there - if not Put Erdington Grammar in the search box (top right hand corner).

Erdington Grammar School

Just to make it clear for anyone who reads this thread later, the photos in post #5 are of the house where Penny's aunt lodged not of the school. I seem to remember that Erdington Grammar school was built in around 1926 but whether it was something else before I don't know. Part of the playing...
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The dance you went to was probably Mother's above a furniture shop. It was originally The Carlton. Oh the days of platform shoes and long skirts!
 
Lady Penelope said:
Hi Flaxley Girl, Nice to see you on the forum. I too went to Erdington but quite a while before you. There's a thread on the forum for the school. Hopefully this will take you there - if not Put Erdington Grammar in the search box (top right hand corner).

Erdington Grammar School

Just to make it clear for anyone who reads this thread later, the photos in post #5 are of the house where Penny's aunt lodged not of the school. I seem to remember that Erdington Grammar school was built in around 1926 but whether it was something else before I don't know. Part of the playing...
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The dance you went to was probably Mother's above a furniture shop. It was originally The Carlton. Oh the days of platform shoes and long skirts!
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I was at St. Agnes' which was in Holly Lane at the Sutton Road end - now St. Edmund Campion - which it became just before I left. I remember the Erdington Grammar girls getting off the No. 11 bus a few stops before I did at Six Ways. I hadn't thought to look for threads on schools - I might end up spending a lot of time here ha ha!

Mothers sounds like an amazing place! I was 10 years too young so would have missed all that fun, but so many bands I would have like to have seen. It is possible it was where I went in 1971, but I'm not sure. I just remember the disco being a long hall. I think it was upstairs - boys round the edge and girls dancing, as we did :)
 
I found this photograph some time ago but the quality is not very good. Perhaps someone will be kind enough to sharpen it up please? It shows the celebration for Queen Victoria's Jubilee. I think it also shows the old post office in the background. I seem to remember a discussion with Lyn about the plaque on the wall. I suppose that would be the ideal place for the P.O. as it was near to the turnpike road and toll gate.
 

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Lady Penelope said:
I found this photograph some time ago but the quality is not very good. Perhaps someone will be kind enough to sharpen it up please? It shows the celebration for Queen Victoria's Jubilee. I think it also shows the old post office in the background. I seem to remember a discussion with Lyn about the plaque on the wall. I suppose that would be the ideal place for the P.O. as it was near to the turnpike road and toll gate.
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I've had a go at upsizing it and sharpening it... not brilliant!

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