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Lincolnshire poacher said:
Picture 609, Station Roadi 1914, just round the corner to the left was Gibournes hardware store.
Does anyone remember Don who ran it? Wonder if he is still around.?
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There are some posts on page 1 of a previous thread "Station Road Erdington" from Morturn (post #4) and Alberta (post #20) that refer to Gibournes LP.
 
One for Lady P…

Cottons Farm House, Bell Lane, Erdington. Creator: Sir John Benjamin Stone.
Cottons Farm House, Bell Lane, Erdington. Corner of Blythe on Bride Lane. 1893.
Formerly occupied by G. Holden in old time 1818 by Greensall.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)

Bell Lane is the old name of today’s Orphanage Road in Erdington (renamed after Sir Josiah Mason built his large orphanage there in the 1860s).

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Very interesting picture Pedro, thank you. I think this used to be the pub on the corner of Bell Lane and Chester Road called The Bell. The Building is still there, now a care home. It was once a ballet school which my daughter attended.

The writing in the bottom left hand corner mentions the name Greensill, a name which often crops up in this area. I've got an idea that one of the daughters of the Cotterell family from Broadfields House married a Greensill. I'm still looking for a picture of Broadfields House, so far with no success!
 
Vivienne14 said:
The first Erdington tram in 1907. They all look like dignitaries in this photo. Viv.

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Hi Again Viv,

This photo was taken at the tram terminus outside Broadfields House. I have lots of photos of the area but none of the house even though the wall is sometimes visible. It was also the bus terminus. Most frustrating! The usual view of this event is the other side of the tram.

ErdingtonBroadfields.jpgSuttonRdTramBusTerminus.jpgPenny
 
Two threads have been merged into this one, in the process some posts were moved to other related thread (please see the list of linked threads at the beginning of post #1).
 
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