Ruth Turner
Brummie babby
Hi Phil, Thank you for that info. If you can think of anything else please drop me a line. Excellent. Phyllis Nicklin collection is fantastic, I love her photos.
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Hello Ruth... how fascinating to find out that Nechells House is now a school. I would love to know more about that... what is the name of the school, please.
N. Budd & Son
Unit 14 Nechells House, Richard Street, Birmingham B7 4AA Tel: 021 359 2158
I have just looked in my Family Tree files... I have a very old letter heading (used when at Aston Road) with the Nechells House address on... this was then altered to a more modern letter heading (which I chose for my dad!) I have a copy of this too. Also a Business Card.
I was at Pitman's College, Norfolk House in the Bull Ring in the early 60's but we had no Gym facility there and used Kirl Hall in Sheep Street.. so on those days we were dropped off at Sheep Street or nearby. Budd's had a 13 seater VW works bus which Dad drove... he would pick up his father, Uncle and brother .. drive to Nechells House for the office and Uncle would drive us to school etc.
I did go to the Unit a few times as my mother eventually went to work in the office for dad.
GeorgieG
N. Budd & Son
Unit 14 Nechells House, Richard Street, Birmingham B7 4AA Tel: 021 359 2158
I have just looked in my Family Tree files... I have a very old letter heading (used when at Aston Road) with the Nechells House address on... this was then altered to a more modern letter heading (which I chose for my dad!) I have a copy of this too. Also a Business Card.
I was at Pitman's College, Norfolk House in the Bull Ring in the early 60's but we had no Gym facility there and used Kirl Hall in Sheep Street.. so on those days we were dropped off at Sheep Street or nearby. Budd's had a 13 seater VW works bus which Dad drove... he would pick up his father, Uncle and brother .. drive to Nechells House for the office and Uncle would drive us to school etc.
I did go to the Unit a few times as my mother eventually went to work in the office for dad.
GeorgieG
Ruth Turner
Brummie babby
Hi GeorgeG
The school is called King Solomon International Business School, it is a Christian school for all Christian denominations and of course children of no faith. The school opened its doors in September 2015, it delivers education to primary, secondary at the moment and in the future there will be a 6th form and rumours of a nursery for pre-school children. I found some photos of Nechells House on www.architecture.com on completion of the building in 1957. I never knew there were numerous flatted factories built not just in Birmingham but in other areas. Its is exciting that the building was built to house safe units for many business and now the school is a Business School. Also there was Dartmouth St School situated where the current car park stands, the school also owns land on Richard St next to premier Inn, this is currently being used as a temporary school and there are portacabins offices and classrooms whilst Waterlinks House is being refurbished. I know there was also a school situated somewhere on Richard St in a similar or very close position. If you have any further questions, please give me a shout. I am just a normal parent who has interests in local history and wants to build my knowledge, great to chat, thanks in advance
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Lyn
As it is an Old Square to Saltley service and I think the tram is at the Saltley tram terminus outside the Carlton theatre at Nechells Place and the photographer was based in Bloomsbury Street although I can't make his name out, but it's in about the best place possible for it in my opinion.
As it is an Old Square to Saltley service and I think the tram is at the Saltley tram terminus outside the Carlton theatre at Nechells Place and the photographer was based in Bloomsbury Street although I can't make his name out, but it's in about the best place possible for it in my opinion.
sospiri
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Phil,
We can't be 100% sure, but I think it is as good as we are going to get. It was postcard and long before the days of print-on-demand, so at least 5,000 would have been done. That's a lot. Perhaps he sold them or gave them away as a promotional item in his tobacconists shop? I'd like to see the back of the card, but perhaps this image is the usual copy of a copy. One might show up on eBay or Delcampe one day and would be worth bidding for.
Maurice
We can't be 100% sure, but I think it is as good as we are going to get. It was postcard and long before the days of print-on-demand, so at least 5,000 would have been done. That's a lot. Perhaps he sold them or gave them away as a promotional item in his tobacconists shop? I'd like to see the back of the card, but perhaps this image is the usual copy of a copy. One might show up on eBay or Delcampe one day and would be worth bidding for.
Maurice
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Hi Maggieanne
The last entry in the trade directories for 140 Bloomsbury Street is in 1940 and is W K Price Greengrocer. 140 was at the Duddeston End of Bloomsbury Street and that end right up to Great Lister Street was the first end to be demolished and demolition work began in 1950.
The last entry in the trade directories for 140 Bloomsbury Street is in 1940 and is W K Price Greengrocer. 140 was at the Duddeston End of Bloomsbury Street and that end right up to Great Lister Street was the first end to be demolished and demolition work began in 1950.
catmum
knowlegable brummie
Thanks Phil, I knew I could rely on this site for info. I believe he was my uncle, and I'm sure I visited the shop in the fifties but of course, there is no-one in the family that I can ask now. At least that is another piece in the jigsaw of family history. Great site isn't it!
Just came across this post and looking at the photo of the flats being built i noticed the question being asked was what could the structure be in the background well when i was working at the gas boards regional transport depot in duddeston mill road their new garage was built on the old gas works site and there was still alot of the old gas plant there and one of the structures was an old over head crane that possibly serve the railway sidings that were there one time it was quite a high sructure , could it be this
phill
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Phillbee
I am open to any suggestion as to what it might be. back when I first posted it I racked my brains and so did a few others to no avail at least none that could be proven. Your suggestion according to contemporary maps is in the right place and can be moved thus explaining why it can't be seen in all photos is as good as any we have had up to now. So lets put it in the grade of distinct possibilities until someone can come up with irrefutable proof. Possibly a better image where it can be made out exactly what we are looking at.
I am open to any suggestion as to what it might be. back when I first posted it I racked my brains and so did a few others to no avail at least none that could be proven. Your suggestion according to contemporary maps is in the right place and can be moved thus explaining why it can't be seen in all photos is as good as any we have had up to now. So lets put it in the grade of distinct possibilities until someone can come up with irrefutable proof. Possibly a better image where it can be made out exactly what we are looking at.
Ray Griffiths
master brummie
Was this the structure which could be seen from Devon Street it was used for loading coal and coke in making also it would have been for the movement of Tar in the works.
The smell used to floor you if you was not from the area, locals used to sit on the front door step and take it in, I've heard said that the local never had nastey bugs I not surprize if it was true
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
I think I am answering my own question here, by confirming the suggestion given by philbee, this latest photo gives a view of the overhead crane that is not looking straight side on. Looking at it from the side would give the view that we see in my original post. If I'm wrong it's still a good over the roofs of the new build (gone now) maisonettes on Great Francis Street (Little Hall Road).
Radiorails
master brummie
The travelling crane s featured n one of the pics here, but it is not the structure (as far as I gather) under discussion.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/gallery/the-gas-works-in-birmingham-8571736
The following photo was on Bill Dargues web site with acknowledgements with JKC of this Forum I believe. This is the structure in question. My initial belief was it might be railway connected rather than gasworks. The whole area of gas works Nechells and Saltley is interwoven with a tremendous network of railway lines some of which belonged to
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/gallery/the-gas-works-in-birmingham-8571736
The following photo was on Bill Dargues web site with acknowledgements with JKC of this Forum I believe. This is the structure in question. My initial belief was it might be railway connected rather than gasworks. The whole area of gas works Nechells and Saltley is interwoven with a tremendous network of railway lines some of which belonged to
catmum
knowlegable brummie
I wonder if anyone can help me. I remember travelling on the number 14 bus into town, on the left hand side was a church with a graveyard which has now gone, and also some single storey shops, on the right hand side, and I think there was a chemist shop there. I remember we got off the bus one day to buy troach drops (do you remember those) and some humbugs I think. I can't find any photos anywhere, I think these building were before you reached the library that was, and I believe still is, on the right.
catmum
knowlegable brummie
Thanks Phil, the shops I remember, I'm sure were single storey, with corrugated iron roofs, trouble is, I'm going back to the early sixties, memories aren't always correct. That may be the church, my view of it was always from the bus. I don't know where the shops were in relation to the church, may have been some distance away.
Radiorails
master brummie
A corrugated iron roof could suggest a church hall. Many throughout the country were like that, as were many village halls. Small chapels, lovingly known a tin tabernacles, were also of that style construction.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
maggieanne
What you are probably remembering, is that a couple of years before they were demolished some of the shops on Great Lister Street had their upper floors removed leaving only the shop premises below. If they were the ones on the photo then being flat roofed I doubt they were corrugated metal. The shops remained like this until they were all demolished well before the mid 60's. This image is dated 1960.
What you are probably remembering, is that a couple of years before they were demolished some of the shops on Great Lister Street had their upper floors removed leaving only the shop premises below. If they were the ones on the photo then being flat roofed I doubt they were corrugated metal. The shops remained like this until they were all demolished well before the mid 60's. This image is dated 1960.
catmum
knowlegable brummie
Ah, that's more like it, they may be the shops I remember, thanks Phil.
john knight
signman
Phil, remember those shops very well, used to buy coconut icing from the sweet shop.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
John
I remember them well also, only my memories consist of trudging down there a on a Saturday carrying my mothers heavy bags of shopping. Looking back now I think they must have been full of potatoes because we could afford little else. John we don't hear from you enough of late.
I remember them well also, only my memories consist of trudging down there a on a Saturday carrying my mothers heavy bags of shopping. Looking back now I think they must have been full of potatoes because we could afford little else. John we don't hear from you enough of late.