Williamstreeter
master brummie
I am new to the Forum and it is great to see the entries for Granville Street. My family (The Fairs) have a long connection with this street as 4 generations of Fairs have lived here, from approx. 1911 to 1960, at 1 back of 43. My great grandmother Eliza Fair lived here with her younger children at the time of the 1911 census. I would love to see a map from that time. My grandparents Harry and Winifred Fair then lived at the house and had 5 sons, Jack, Harry, Len, Patrick and my father Thomas (Tom). Following the death of Winifred in 1955/56 my parents Tom and Eileen occupied the house and me and my siblings, until 1960. My siblings David and Karen Fair attended St Thomas's school. We then moved to the more "rural" area of Bartley Green. I understand that the back to backs in Granville St were demolished in approx. 1965.
Hello Trude welcome to the forum , I vaguely remember the name Fairs , I lived in William Street from
1955-69 . I assume you were at the Tennant St end of Granville St , nearer Broad St , do you remember the swagmen the Hunts Roy and Bobby on the corner of Tennant St they used to supply the fairs. I never realised there was as many coconuts in the world till I helped them unload the lorries to take them down to the cellars there was millions of them. How old would David have been in the 60's before you left