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Gosta Green Through Duddeston
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jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
GER22VAN- Re people using jam jars for drinks. I heard from my Mother about this and also from a friend of mine. At some shops you could take the jam jars back to them and they would give you 2d. This family used to take three at a time and then go and buy a cheap cut of meat to feed the family. There were so many families in dire straits and they did the best they could without
help from anyone.
In a contemporary vein on the same subject...jam jars. I recently went to a bar locally and they were serving drinks in a modern version of a jam jar ...compressed glass with a logo. The youngsters just love it but they have no idea what the connection is i.e. poverty. The Depression in the l930's in North America was so dreadful and there was so much dire poverty. The jam jar
background here would have come from that time I imagine.
help from anyone.
In a contemporary vein on the same subject...jam jars. I recently went to a bar locally and they were serving drinks in a modern version of a jam jar ...compressed glass with a logo. The youngsters just love it but they have no idea what the connection is i.e. poverty. The Depression in the l930's in North America was so dreadful and there was so much dire poverty. The jam jar
background here would have come from that time I imagine.
Buttering the bread.
Another thing I remember from years ago was to spread the butter on the loaf of bread then cut a slice from it. I had forgotten about it until I happen to see a Photograph which reminded me of all these years ago. Such little things but it helps to bring the past alive again. We had never done it but I had seen it done.
Another thing I remember from years ago was to spread the butter on the loaf of bread then cut a slice from it. I had forgotten about it until I happen to see a Photograph which reminded me of all these years ago. Such little things but it helps to bring the past alive again. We had never done it but I had seen it done.
What a prank.
Peter. It was a way of life, nothing wrong at all with that.
On a different subject there was a pub called the " Rising Sun " in Windsor Street, we knew it as the "Sun". To get to the mens toilet was an open narrow passage with a wooden fence on one side. Now one of the pranks was that someone found that the other side of the fence were stacked the crates of empty beer bottles. Well I only did the prank once, reach over and get an empty beer bottle, take it around to the "Outdoor" and get the deposit off it, about tuppence.
Peter. It was a way of life, nothing wrong at all with that.
On a different subject there was a pub called the " Rising Sun " in Windsor Street, we knew it as the "Sun". To get to the mens toilet was an open narrow passage with a wooden fence on one side. Now one of the pranks was that someone found that the other side of the fence were stacked the crates of empty beer bottles. Well I only did the prank once, reach over and get an empty beer bottle, take it around to the "Outdoor" and get the deposit off it, about tuppence.
Lupin Street.
Peter, Lupin Street was in the district of Duddeston.
Lupin Street began at Henry Street it crossed through Willis Street then Godwin Street then ran passed Francis Street until it came to Bloomsbury Street where it ended opposite Loxton Street. This last part is where I believe the Photograph was taken.
Peter, Lupin Street was in the district of Duddeston.
Lupin Street began at Henry Street it crossed through Willis Street then Godwin Street then ran passed Francis Street until it came to Bloomsbury Street where it ended opposite Loxton Street. This last part is where I believe the Photograph was taken.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Ernie, you need an older map, look on this one dated 1885, it is here.
https://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-birm-e.htm
Phil
https://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-birm-e.htm
Phil
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pcm1947.Thats great, it has cleared that up, but it still seems a way off from Lupin Street so if it is anything to go by the side street is not what I thought it may be.
My three AZ seem to show that redevelopment had already started so I wonder if that is why I cannot find Claverdon Street in the index.
My three AZ seem to show that redevelopment had already started so I wonder if that is why I cannot find Claverdon Street in the index.
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I am still a little puzzled, the trade list appears to be in the Hyde Park Corner area. I cannot see it on the list ( not that it matters ) I think it was the " Turk's Head that stood at the fork of Bloomsbury Street and Saltley Road.
Claverdon Street had probably disappeared by the time I started going to Loxton Street School and the first high rise tower block had started going up in the area. I can remember the bank at the corner of Great Lister Street and Bloomsbury Street, Oliver Street had a little Fish and Chip shop near its corner and on the other corner was a large clothes shop,
Foster Brothers where I bought my first suit from when I was about 7 or 8 with the money I saved from selling bundles of firewood,
short trousers of coarse.
Claverdon Street had probably disappeared by the time I started going to Loxton Street School and the first high rise tower block had started going up in the area. I can remember the bank at the corner of Great Lister Street and Bloomsbury Street, Oliver Street had a little Fish and Chip shop near its corner and on the other corner was a large clothes shop,
Foster Brothers where I bought my first suit from when I was about 7 or 8 with the money I saved from selling bundles of firewood,
short trousers of coarse.
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Ernie,
This is how I see it,
1. Lodge Tyre Co.
2. The Turks Head
3. Foster Bros.
I think if I remember correctly the bottom end of Bloomsbury St from the Junction PH down to Great Lister street was the first to be redeveloped. And they stuck those big brick built tower blocks up.
(Sorry the map is a bit blurred, but its a bit over enlarged)
Phil
This is how I see it,
1. Lodge Tyre Co.
2. The Turks Head
3. Foster Bros.
I think if I remember correctly the bottom end of Bloomsbury St from the Junction PH down to Great Lister street was the first to be redeveloped. And they stuck those big brick built tower blocks up.
(Sorry the map is a bit blurred, but its a bit over enlarged)
Phil
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Claverdon Street
Ernie, I found this looking through my collection, It may help to bring a picture of Claverdon St back to mind. It is The Railway Inn on the corner of Claverdon St and Great Francis St. I'm just trying to sort one for High Park Corner further up Bloomsbury St.
Phil
Ernie, I found this looking through my collection, It may help to bring a picture of Claverdon St back to mind. It is The Railway Inn on the corner of Claverdon St and Great Francis St. I'm just trying to sort one for High Park Corner further up Bloomsbury St.
Phil
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Great Francis Street.
pmc1947. Phil I still cannot remember that area, I was not obviously getting around that area I am sorry to say. The only part of Great Francis Street that I remember is Loxton Street with the school and just around the corner was a shop that rented out accumulators which I used to fetch for my Gran's Battery powered Cossor Wireless as it was called in those days, across the road was another shop that sold purpose made pea shooters, they did'nt last very long because they were made of glass. There was a pub up that way facing Duddeston Mill Road I think but I cannot remember the name of it.
It's a lovely photo once again and I see it was taken during the 2nd World War.
pmc1947. Phil I still cannot remember that area, I was not obviously getting around that area I am sorry to say. The only part of Great Francis Street that I remember is Loxton Street with the school and just around the corner was a shop that rented out accumulators which I used to fetch for my Gran's Battery powered Cossor Wireless as it was called in those days, across the road was another shop that sold purpose made pea shooters, they did'nt last very long because they were made of glass. There was a pub up that way facing Duddeston Mill Road I think but I cannot remember the name of it.
It's a lovely photo once again and I see it was taken during the 2nd World War.
E
eileen
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Gosta Green area
Hello. I loved all the photos on this thread. Don't know the roads myself but my family lived in many of the roads shown. I have printed them off to put in my 'family history folder'. Thanks for taking the trouble to put them on. Best wishes. Eileen
Hello. I loved all the photos on this thread. Don't know the roads myself but my family lived in many of the roads shown. I have printed them off to put in my 'family history folder'. Thanks for taking the trouble to put them on. Best wishes. Eileen
