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Great Russell Street

cracking pic of gt russell st here....angela according to the map mike has posted your rellies house at 218 must be in shot..as the shop on the corner in no 198

lyn..
 
close up pic which shows st georges school on the right....

when time permits could this thread be moved to the streets section please...thanks to john houghton for both of these pics...i am now getting a betting understanding of the lay out of this area

thanks...

lyn
 
john what an amazing collection of pics...if you look to the far right on pic 2 previous post you can just see the tip of geach tower where i lived for 6 most unfortunate years...

thanks so much for sharing these pics they will mean a lot to quite a few members...i shall study them properly later on...

lyn
 
just reposting this one on here john...cracking shot of the school entrance in gt russell st...
 
John that is my Nan's shop...Mrs Jones. I spent most of my pre school time there and with my aunt who lived over the shop for a time
 
The last ones of Great Russell street I have, the first photogarph in this selection as been on previous but just to point out the corner shop is a pawn shop extreme right.
 
marvelous john...now if you only had that many of paddington st......lol

thanks for sharing them im sure they will mean a great deal to lots of members..actually my aunt lived in gt russell i must ask her what number it was...
 
pic 2 on post 65 john...i can just see c v bulls the butchers on the corner of farm st...
 
hope you spot this post mike..i wonder could i have a map of the street showing where number 22 would have been please..trying to work out if pic 4 on post 66 is anywhere near but i think it may prove difficult...

thanks mike..
 
Thanks John for those fantastic photos. I have enjoyed looking at them so much. My family lived in this street although it was a lot earlier than your pictures - from about 1870 to 1925 - but I never knew this until I started doing my family history. I grew up in Handsworth just off Soho Hill, so I wasn't that far away. If only I had known about the connection I could have visited the street while it still existed. Your photos have given me a wonderful insight into Gt Russell Street.

Judy
 
Mikejee,could i ask a favour?While you are searching for Lyn's request.Could you let me know where 178 Gt Russell st is please.Moss
 
No 22 and 178 are at opposite ends of the street. Maps below give no 22 (no 17 was already on it from another query)
in blue and no 178 in red
Mike

no_17_and_22_gt_russell_st_c_1889.jpg



map_c_1889_top_gt_russell_st___no_178.jpg
 
Mike,thanks to John and yourself,i now know where my gt,gt,grandfather lived and also have a picture of his address in 1871.Moss
 
hospital Street which is still there I think ran parallel to Gt Russel St. Gt Russel St ceased to exist but Hospital Stree was not renamed and remains there . My Dad worked at Newmans in that Street.
 
I don't think Hospital St was ever Gt Russell St.
Hospital St was once broken up into Hospital St,Upper Hospital St and Lower Hospital St.I think in that order from Summer Lane end.I feel sure Mike has a map showing that.Moss
 
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hi moss
yes you are quite right it was never grt russell street
and the hospital st and lower hospital strret is correct and correctley commencing summer lane
and i my self know of it and i would be gob smacked if our mike map did not show it
by the way moss i am hoping to catch up with you next month i am coming up your neck of the woods next month
and staying down in unity farm at brean ;
astonian
 
Hi everyone and thank you for your posts. I have been to look today and you are all correct Gt Russel Street no longer exists. The area is all newer housing and where my husbands family lived is where the flats are on New John St West. Thanks again for your help.Angela.
 
myself and lynne webb was also down there last week for a look around in perticular visiting st georges churchyard....armed with a map it was easy to work out that what is now called st georges park (play area) was where the old st georges school and st georges place would have stood...it was hard to imagine all that life going on back in the day as it is quite open now...

lyn
 
Hi Everyone,i found 2 great photos of Great Russell Street in 1967 on Phillis Nicklin website. Search Great Russell Street and click on 50s and 60s Birmingham. I think the one with the boy is taken looking down towards New John Street and the other to the right,note the position of the red Mini and other cars. I wonder if anyone on the forum recognises the boy in the picture or does anyone know if the block of flats are still there. Angela.
 
My Nan and Grandad lived on Great Russell Street, Nan lived 186 and Grandad back of 186! i think most of my family lived on that road at some point (Martins, Harris's and Sargents), until they demolished it, so if anyones family lived by them 1920's - 1940's be good to hear from you
 
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