i wondered that mike
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Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
Great Hampton Row junction.
“This is the junction on the Soho Road tram services, with Constitution Hill to the left of the large advertising hoarding and Livery Street to the right. The tram tracks to the left in front of the Rover 14 Sports Saloon are those in to Great Hampton Row. This line was built by the Birmingham & Aston Company but, because CBT would not agree to steam trams running over the cable tracks from the town centre and along Constitution Hill, CBT leased the line and only operated from inside Great Hampton Row: although there was a junction. it was onlv used for access.” (H. B. Priestley)
Birmingham before the electric tram by Harvey, D. R. (David R.), author. Publication date 2013.
“This is the junction on the Soho Road tram services, with Constitution Hill to the left of the large advertising hoarding and Livery Street to the right. The tram tracks to the left in front of the Rover 14 Sports Saloon are those in to Great Hampton Row. This line was built by the Birmingham & Aston Company but, because CBT would not agree to steam trams running over the cable tracks from the town centre and along Constitution Hill, CBT leased the line and only operated from inside Great Hampton Row: although there was a junction. it was onlv used for access.” (H. B. Priestley)
Birmingham before the electric tram by Harvey, D. R. (David R.), author. Publication date 2013.
According to this article Great Hampton Row was once known as Hangman's Lane ! https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/hemms-of-handsworth.57869/
A Sparks
master brummie
I wonder if there was a reason for that name!
mark caine
proper brummie kid
Looking at this picture I would thinks it's a good guess it's dated around 1950 to 1960 the clue here is the image of a black child in the bottom right of the picture because around the time of the early 1900 the vast majority of people still never even seen a black person in in real life.
This was Great Hampton St. Remember Gaffneys very well and The Pelican Pub.
Four threads about Great Hampton Row have been merged into this one. There may be earlier unseen posts.
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