Thank you for the info, Shera. Seems like another lifetime doesn't it?it was 1 back 37 clifford street jean. ive checked on the electoral rolls . shera
Thank you for the info, Shera. Seems like another lifetime doesn't it?it was 1 back 37 clifford street jean. ive checked on the electoral rolls . shera
Thank you for the info, Shera. Seems like another lifetime doesn't it?
in 1945 living 5 back 106 william street is edward murray and eliza j. mcneill.
in 1950 at same address is edward murray and eliza j murray
in 1955 as above.
Hi Brian - Welcome to the forum -old family photos are never boring - thanks for putting them on they are lovely ...Family photos, Mom with my elder brother and me on step of 2/11; Me and David outside 2/11; David reading the Despatch outside1/11 - note the chickens behind the fence!; David between 1 and 2/11.
Hope this is not too boring for the regular users of the forum.
Brian
Hi, If I grovvell nicely, is there any way that I could quire one? My family have been traced to there in the 1871 census.ive got 2 more pics of geach st..will scan and post asap...
lyn
so pleased to find this one...its the first pic i have come accross of geach st(i was born in the next st which was paddington and i still cant find any pics of there)...the geach arms pub would have been on the right on the corner of the street where it meets with summer lane...
geach st from guildford st late 50s...
lyn
A sad story Lyn, I knew quite a few people from Geach Street but not a boxer. Probably when that happened to you it was after my father died and we moved to a council house in West Heath. In my memory there was an outdoor (an off licence to non Brummies and youngsters) on the corner of Rodway Street which was off Geach Street, about a quarter of the way down from Guidford Street. There were some nasty people around then as there are now, they didn't get in the newspaper in those days.
Betty Toon was my Nan, I am the granddaughter, Joyce Toon being my Mom, yes the Toffee apples were yummydoes anybody remember Betty and Sam Toon she used to sell toffee apples from her front door in geach street she lived opposite the betting shop
and on the other side of the road from Harry davis's
factory
Hello, Loo Loo, how do know my family so well, your name Shakespear is very familiaryes those coconut one were yummy, she was a lovely lady we used to call her aunty bet, her two youngest children were the same age as myself and my sister
we used to exchange clothes hahahah the family were Jeany Joany janet Samuel everlyn and susan unfortunatly there is only jeany janet and susan are left now
my niece has two children who are related to them small world we have so many wonderful memories of that area, i yearn sometimes to be back there as it was
life was so simple then take care love Lynda Upton (nee Shakespeare) 232 farm street.
Yes I know the Shakespears, one of them moved to telford near where I am now.The Toons toffee apples were a symbol of Summer in the 40s and 50s. There is no food these days that is anything near the quality of the Toons toffee apples
I lived just around the corner in Guildford Street. The name Shakespeare also mentioned were a family I knew
Nos 34-36 guildford St, which seems to be the building on the corner of Geach St is listed as a beer retailer up to 1921, but is not listed al all from 1932 onwards. I can't find a pub name listed in the directories or electoral rolls, but its absence after 932 would seem to indicate that, while it amy have been a pub once, it had stopped that use before 1932
Mike