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Gosta Green Through Duddeston

brumgum

You either need to get a photo edit programme so you can downsize your pics before you upload.

Or register with somebody like https://photobucket.com/ and you can do what is needed there.

I myself prefer the first option.

Phil
 
brumgum. I shall stick my neck out and say " Don't Worry " someone will put it right. I did it in the past but now save and upload from "My Pictures" and I don't get any trouble. Sorry if I am off thread but I wanted to try to help.
I can understand where your Dad's house was but I am sorry to say that I do not know of any photograph of this side of the street. If you can ever get to the Central Library 6th floor " Local Studies " they may be able to help.
It can cost.
 
brumgum

Re your post #656. Did you note the terracotta plaques at the ends of the terraces in Lawrence Street. I was reading the other day that when Lawrence Street was demolished in 1971 that these were saved and are now on display on Aston University Campus. At least somebody thought to salvage something for once.

Phil
 
pmc1947 said:
brumgum

Re your post #680. Did you note the terracotta plaques at the ends of the terraces in Lawrence Street. I was reading the other day that when Lawrence Street was demolished in 1971 that these were saved and are now on display on Aston University Campus. At least somebody thought to salvage something for once.

Phil
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Funny you mentioned that as i'd just been reading about them,here's Mr Chin with one of them.
 
What a fantastic photo Brumgum thanks for posting it! It's nice to see someone had the forethought to save some of these lovely terracotta plaques.
 
Who remembers this building at the junction of A.B.Row and Prospect Row. I always remember it belonging to the scrap merchants J.Saville Gordon (I always thought it had something to do with the DJ Jimmy Saville) shows how thick I was as a teenager. I thought it may have been a church at sometime.

Apparently it used to be The Gosta Green Market Hall and it was built in 1837 and the house at the front was called Prospect House and it is where The Market Superintendent lived.

Phil

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Phil. It is so funny yet annoying that I cannot remember the building.
It certainly looks like a Church in the photograph. I must have passed by hundreds of times to go to matinees at the Gaiety and all my other pursuits.
I used to pass that way on my way to the Bull Ring.
That is really a nice piece of History with your comments Phil.
 
This photograph may have appeared before but maybe not on this thread.
It is the gas holders viewed across Great Lister street and into Rupert Street before Rupert street was altered. The road markings in the foreground was that of Henry Street. The Cast Iron urinal must have been victorian , the corner just seen on the left was where the Old Nelson pub used to be.
The Gasholders, cast iron urinal and the blue brick wall the length of Rupert Street confronted everyone from the late 1800's. The road layout, urinal and blue brick wall have now disappeared. The photograph was taken in May 1989. I have written on the back of the photograph " Avenue Road Gas Works ( For the bags of coke - coal was too expensive... I don't know why I wrote this ) was first left down Rupert Street.
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Ernie

Concerning post #668, If you look at the centre of the map where Belmont, A.B. and Prospect Rows meet you will see a little triangle of land. That is where the market building stood. It is of course gone today.

Phil

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pmc1947 said:
Ernie

Concerning post #692, If you look at the centre of the map where Belmont, A.B. and Prospect Rows meet you will see a little triangle of land. That is where the market building stood. It is of course gone today.

Phil
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Phil. I think in fact you knew your way around far better than me . I did not realise that part called Prospect Row and thought it was all Coleshill Street.
A bit further along by Holbrooks in Ashted Row, got caught by two coppers singing at 11 o'clock at night ( probably trying to drowned my sorrows for some reason )and got had up for disturbing the peace. Those so called crimes don't seem to apply today.
 
here is Great Lister st ...
WEST SIDE.
132 Hollis George, coal dealer
108 Monntney Walter, grocer
here is Coleman st
This is the grocer on the corner of Coleman Street and Henry Street in 1904 that was before Silks Cafe.
 
A few more pics in the locality of Aston St Gosta Green. The only place I recognise is the part between Gosta Green and the Fire Station.

Phil

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pmc1947 said:
Ernie

The address for St Lawrence in Kelly's is given as Dartmouth Street, Aston. The other thing the spelling in Kelly's is St Laurence. I have always seen and thought it was spelled the other way.

Phil
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Phil. Probably my fault, in the History Of Warwickshire it SAINT LAWRENCE Church was in Dartmouth Street. the other spelling of SAINT LAURENCE Church is in Northfield. Sorry if it was misleading.
 
pmc1947 said:
A few more pics in the locality of Aston St Gosta Green. The only place I recognise is the part between Gosta Green and the Fire Station.

Phil
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1st pic I would say going along Aston Street towards the big roundabout where the Fire Station is,
2nd pic I don't know.
3rd pic Could it be Aston Road running towards Bagot Street?
 
Georgie

I have looked at the original of the last one with a magnifying glass and I think that it is Digby Street on the left.

Phil
 
Phil. As you probably know, my A to Z s are too modern for me to find Digby Street, can I assume that it is where the Aston University now stands ?
Is there a map of Digby Street anywhere to post.
 
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my mate.paddy appleby has found this photo of the castle inn.which he thinks was in coleshill street or ab row
 
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heres a photo of where paddy appleby was born in coleshill street.
third house from the left above the shop.i think the shop must have sold guiness as he still drinks it.
thank you paddy.keep them coming.
 
Winston

The Castle Inn was on the corner of Prospect Row and Brueton St. Prospect Row was the piece of road that joined Ashted Row and Coleshill St.

It would have been opposite the old Gosta Green marked hall that I posted the other day.

Phil
 
thanks phil
i will pass the information onto paddy.
paddy said he will try and sort out a lot more photos of the area.
 
Whilst trying to place the baker shop pic I posted at a specific location I came across this term in my 1937 Kelly's, Dog Fancier. Now I am well acquainted with the term pigeon fancier, but this is the first time I have ever heard this term used in connection with dogs.

What do you think, would the term be used in connection with Greyhounds or Whippets or similar racing dogs as opposed to pets?

By the way I think the bakers is George Bains Ltd at 159 Aston Rd which was down past the canal bridge and this Dog Fancier was Walter Parker at 158 next door.

Phil
 
Apparently its not uncommon if you google, but I think that the definition given in 1913 Websters dictionary might put people off nowadays:
1.One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.
 
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