Gibsons /Winson Green

[gibbo1958]

Does anyone recall the Gibson family from peel st Winson green back in the 1960s to 1970 there was charlie and Joyce plus 6 children . There were also Charlies brother jack and his wife Winifred plus 3 children who live in heath st. Also a cousin of jack and charlie. who used to be a bus conductor.
many thanks Dave.

 

[Astonian]

Hi gibbo
whom was your neibour was it whitworths or the wyldmans across by the gospel hall
or was you at the top end of the hicks family or was you up by the big long gardens by the market traders of williams ;
astonian

 

[gibbo1958]

Hello astonian ,It was top end number 4 peel gardens peel street with the long gardens. williams were over the road, and the peel pub 4 houses along .
The hicks lived over the road as well .
The neighbours in that group of 7 houses were hardbridges , twiggs , smiths , then gibson bergoine, willcocks, & edwards.
i had a friend david jukes who to live near the gospel hall.

 

[Astonian]

HI GIBBO
Many thanks for coming back on thread to us i certainly remember one or two of the familys you mentioned
on the subject did you say it was your father whom was the bus driver i used to see him alot of timescoming out of the house
and the hicks family are long time friends of mine since we was kids long before they moved to peel street and when they lived in ladywood
and the williams was a cousin to my first wife and i rember one or two of the girls whom lived in those houses with the long gardens
thats after walking past the peel pub i remember david jukes and the billy wyldman billy lived about four doors past the gospel hall he was a great friend of mine as well; as i knew most people in the street and with our gang gong up and down the street as well we must have spoken to each other
or at least one of the gang would have spoken with you up the terace across from the peel there was little fred dryhurst do you recall him
across from the gospel hall was the whitworths family your dad was always dashing down peel street going to work ;
occasionionaly we would speak in the old smithy ; best wishes astonian

 

[gibbo1958]

Hello , Astonian, Many thanks for the reply it was my dads cousin who was a bus conductor . My dad was a builders navey until he got a job at Averys factory
the shops in peel street were Williams , Davis and Forthbrookes . my dad did drink in the smithy as well as the peel and the queens head . i dont recall fred but do recall the hicks in fact i can recall them moving into to peel street turned up with funiture on a flat bed lorry .
David Jukes and me went to st Patricks together we were friends i wonder what happened to him . i also recall the sullivans who use to live near williams in back court yard and Robert MCquien . i do recall a muder in peel street in one of the houses close to the smithy pub , am i right there? .
our house did catch fire one saturday night we had to stay at number 2 and everyone rally round giving bits of funiture. this shows how neighbours helped each other then.

 

[Astonian]

HI GIBBO
Yes we all dank in the local pubs around there billy ; harpie bird chris price just a couple of us
i also worked in Averys with my uncle bill we worked in the electro plating shop ; i was the electro plater at averys and i remember robert ;
would you remember a couple of brothers named hollond they was school friends of mine they went to st patricks
on the subject of the house fire and it murder it was my friends mother mrs curly my dear old friend and family friend with us for many many years from boy to manhhod it was his mother whomshe met a guy in the old smithy at lunch time and they went bck to her house and he murdered her
he put her on the bed and set fire to the bed and bed room luckily in one sense that the fire brigade was there sharpish
as they stopped her being charol and they could see whomshe really was they arrested him within days ;he got life they should havehung the tow rope ;
by the way would you recall a girl called Ann Kenneddy she lived across the rd from you by the lamp post it was a red door if i remember correctly
i went out with her for a while best wishes ASTONIAN