There was a family named roper that lived in wheeler stHi all. It's a long shot, I know, but does anyone have information about a family bakery that ran at 67 Gerrard Street at the start of the 20th Century? My great-grandmother Emily Jane Roper worked there as a shop assistant in 1911 and I'd love to know more - even if they're just scraps.
Emily married in 1912 and moved to Bewdley. She was knocked down by a car and killed on the main Kidderminster Road in 1959, which must have been a shocking piece of news in that small town at that time.
Love the Forum. Lots of valuable, textured information here that genealogy-lite just won't give you. Keep up the good work!
Mark
There was a site in gerrard st that was close to the pub and in the 50/60s had a car repair garage on it used to lie back from the road. I would think that would it by the numbersFour years on from the last post - thank you Lyn, I'm researching Gerrard Street as I've discovered that my paternal grandmother, Edith Humphries, had a laundry at no 93 Gerrard Street, near to the Belle Vue pub in 1921. This site of this now sits under the Holte School (HML) campus in Wheeler Street. I appreciate that as this was 100 years ago it's unlikely that there is anyone around that remembers the laundry, but does anyone have any photographs of Gerrard Street especially the "lost" stretch from Wheeler Street to Alma Street? Perhaps Lloyd Penfold could re-post the missing photographs he posted in 2007 that got lost in the "great hacking". David.
That barber went to prisonI remember that newsagents very well - I used to walk down Furnace Lane to go to Alma St School in the 50s/60s - also, close to Furnace Lane in Gerrard St was our local barber, a man by the name of Albert Marshall, I used to be taken there for my 'short back and sides'
Thats the shop I was thinking about I remember seeing a different view of it when the buses were diverted because of building the underpass in high stA picture of the shop.
Thank you so much for this, MWS.A little later but I think (and I'm sure I'll be corrected if it isn't) that this picture here shows no. 67 on the right corner...
Guildford Street Lozells
Yes Dave A, I was in Mr Dean's class in my 3rd year. He used to throw the blackboard chalk at us if we angered him. Other teachers were J.D.T.Ball Head Teacher, Mr Williams 2nd year, Mr Wally Eyton, Mr Robertson P.E, Mr Cross science & a teacher we called "chrome dome", possibly Richards?birminghamhistory.co.uk
This map (1950) shows the junction and if it was the opposite side then the building on the left would be a pub...
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Fantastic! Thank you so much, Brummy Lad!A picture of the shop.
Can't find an image at the moment, I've attached a map showing the location.Hello everyone. I have found an ancestor that ran a shop at 39 Gerrard Street, Lozells.
Her name was Annie Lousia Starkey. She lived there with her husband Leonard Starkey from 1920 through to 1946.
Just a long shot, but does anyone have any photographs or memories of this shop?
Thanks very much for that. I know from the 1921 Kelly's Directory that it was a "Dairy". Then through the war and until the 1940's it was a General Store owned by Annie Louisa Starkey (b.1877- d.1962).Can't find an image at the moment, I've attached a map showing the location.
could anyone oglige with any photos of gerrard street please. my aunt joyce purnell used to live there and would love to see the old street again. thanks. wales.
Can't find an image at the moment, I've attached a map showing the location.
No problem. That photo seems to be of the south side of Gerrard Street next to Furnace Lane. Nice quality photograph of the famous taxi! Thank you for sharing.Sorry ive messed up the photos but the one with the taxi is a shop at the bottom of furnace lane and gerrard st my friend lived at no 44 so must be close
You may wish to take a look at the book: The Girl from Guildford Street (Lozells) by Grace Caroline Holte. It is her recollections as a girl living in Guildford Street which crosses Gerrard Street, just a few yards away from 39. It's a good read.Hello everyone. I have found an ancestor that ran a shop at 39 Gerrard Street, Lozells.
Her name was Annie Lousia Starkey. She lived there with her husband Leonard Starkey from 1920 through to 1946.
Just a long shot, but does anyone have any photographs or memories of this shop?
Thanks for the recommendation. Coincidentally, my great grandparents William & Lily Hill lived at 24 Court 12, back of 154 Guildford Street from the 1920's up until when the back-to-backs were knocked down.You may wish to take a look at the book: The Girl from Guildford Street (Lozells) by Grace Caroline Holte. It is her recollections as a girl living in Guildford Street which crosses Gerrard Street, just a few yards away from 39. It's a good read.
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Worth looking here, there is an image showing 154 but only an angular view.Thanks for the recommendation. Coincidentally, my great grandparents William & Lily Hill lived at 24 Court 12, back of 154 Guildford Street from the 1920's up until when the back-to-backs were knocked down.
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