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i know moss...ive been down many times and walked the line of brearley st from hospital st to where it finished at well st..bumping into the odd flat or two lol....brearley st ran behind uxbridge st it didnt take the place of it...the houses on the right of brearley st would have been in the open area at the back of uxbridge st...thats roughly of course but like i said i dont think lindys shop was far away from where you say...bascially if you walked out of my back gate at 14 uxbridge st you would be in the part of brearley st that was demolished..
lyn
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lindy here is an overlay of mikes map...your shop was just a tad down from those shops in the pic that moss posted..as i thought it was more of less where the maisonettes are now or just at the end of the line of shops..it was opposite cadbury house on the corner of uxbridge st and gt hampton row..if you take a google walk you will be able to see it better...i think this is the closest we are going to get with an exact spot...think its near enough anyway and we know for certain it was before geach tower..
moss ive only just noticed the caption on your line of shops pic..its says they are opposite cadbury house when in fact it is holland house you can see...i know this for sure as i had a friend in holland...hope you dont mind me mentioning it..
lyn
moss ive only just noticed the caption on your line of shops pic..its says they are opposite cadbury house when in fact it is holland house you can see...i know this for sure as i had a friend in holland...hope you dont mind me mentioning it..
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Pete Ex Pat
master brummie
Hi Astoness, I have been looking at this thread this afternoon ( Bored With Olympics ) and then it hit me I had a grt grandfather living in No13 Greathampton Row
His name was Thomas Mayo his wife Easter nee Ingram and ther chlldren Thomas & Ivy. would you or any other member have a street map that would show me where that is ???
as in Census april 1911
Regards Pete
His name was Thomas Mayo his wife Easter nee Ingram and ther chlldren Thomas & Ivy. would you or any other member have a street map that would show me where that is ???
as in Census april 1911
Regards Pete
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hi pete go to the pic of the albion works on post 2..that was no 37 gt hampton row so your no 13 will be near there..not far from the constitution hill end of the street...if mikejee spots your request im sure he will be happy to post you a map highlighting your rellies house...
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Pete Ex Pat
master brummie
Thanks Lyn, for the info ... Hope mikejee spots it that would be great !!!!
Once again lyn many thans Pete
Once again lyn many thans Pete
lindyloo
master brummie
Mike, Lyn, Stars and mossg, I can't thank you enough for helping me out with my query, I really am most grateful to you all. 
Lyn, I found the photo that you posted at #75 on another site, just before I went to bed last night and was well excited !! I really wished I could stretch it a bit more to see further up the Row !! as you said..getting closer
The overlays are great ..thanks again. Mike did give me instructions on how to do it, but I'm afraid I'm not very good at it.
mossg thanks for the great photo!! and also for your thoughts, everything has helped to build a bigger picture for me
Lyn, I found the photo that you posted at #75 on another site, just before I went to bed last night and was well excited !! I really wished I could stretch it a bit more to see further up the Row !! as you said..getting closer
The overlays are great ..thanks again. Mike did give me instructions on how to do it, but I'm afraid I'm not very good at it.
mossg thanks for the great photo!! and also for your thoughts, everything has helped to build a bigger picture for me
as you say lindy every little helps and places have changed so much over the years its not easy somtimes to get our bearings..i keep saying i need a sat nav just for the back garden lol..by the way i didnt do the overlays im not that technical..its thanks to john knight for those...
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lindyloo
master brummie
mossg, I agree and I'm sure Lyn will too. The van pretty much marks the spot
Here is a Now and Then picture
Just need an old photo of the same spot from before the time it was all changed ..says she with fingers crossed
Lyn...lol'ing at your sat nav comment and big thanks to John Knight.
Here is a Now and Then picture
Just need an old photo of the same spot from before the time it was all changed ..says she with fingers crossedLyn...lol'ing at your sat nav comment
and big thanks to John Knight.
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Pete Ex Pat
master brummie
Hi Mikejee, Many thanks for the map. You realy have made my day it's great to see were my Grt Grt grandfather lived..
Once again thank you Pete
PS whats the pub on the corner called ???? just being a bit cheeky !!!!
Once again thank you Pete
PS whats the pub on the corner called ???? just being a bit cheeky !!!!
Pete Ex Pat
master brummie
Many Thanks to the pair of you Mikejee and Lyn for the info that given me will be put in my Tree of the rellies !!!
Regards Pete
Regards Pete
Pete Ex Pat
master brummie
Just had a look on google earth and there is still a pub on the corner of greathamton row it's called the hampton would that be the old Minerva after having a revamp ????
Regards Pete
Regards Pete
hi folks just going through some very old old brum mags and ive come accross a pic of colmore terrace..gt hampton row... will scan an post it later on..mike if you see this post could we have a map if poss please showing where colmore terrace was...cheers mike...
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yes moss i agree with that...here is a pic to go with mikes map of colmore terrace on post 102..looks like snow on the ground and i noticed an unusually larger building on the left..wonder what that was...must go and study the map..sorry for the quality not being that good but it came from a 16 year old paper...looks like the way in was down the entry showing on gt hampton row on mikes map
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Lyn. If you look at the map of colmore place , the building does not seem to fit in well with the square. It also seems like an older style. the Pigot Smith map of c 1814 shows a building around there that was set alone on the edge of what is now Birmingham . At first it seems a different shape, but if you include the building (not in red) attached to it, and the one (not in red) attached to that, then it is about the right shape. I have superimposed the pigot smith map and the 1913 map on google earth and the building appears to be close to where the pigot smith building is. The road on th earlier map diverges to the west slightly, so although it is next to the road in 1824, it is off the road in 1913 . If this building was something to do with the Colmores, then this would explain the name of the terrace. On the second map below I have circled the house in blue. It would appear to be about where Geach tower is shown on google
