Hi Bushbaby, sorry to say Patrick died some time ago. he had two sisters, Pearl and Tina. He married a Marion Bannister who is also sadly gone. I used to stay with the Slaneys at weekends and I remember the Harrisons quite well and knew of the Flemings. Patrick was living in Northfield but was staying with his sister Pearl when he died.
Hi if you did ever get further details to the question you presented please let me know the exact location of this previous mortuary .
Hi was wondering if someone could please clarify, where the new apartments are built , the first ones coming off browning street. Can someone please tell me the history of what was there before the new development
They are known as King Edwards wharf apartments . There is a car park,but I need to know the area just before the car park starts.
Morning Maurice, those are great photos! Do you have contact details of Mac Joesph? Would love to use the photos on our social media (We are Sign & Screenprint Supplies at Unit 1, 55 )First of all Nichola, I think that all the Great Tindal Street pics are on this thread. You could also try Mac Joseph's Old Ladywood site here:- http://www.oldladywood.co.uk/gttindalstreet.htm
Meem, my father lived at 120, but that was in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Much of Ladywood has now been erased and some streets don't even exist.
Maurice
hi Mikejee, thanks for your valuable contribution to information posted , it has been of most interest on some history of the area i live in. I was wondering if you would be kind enough to share information , that is if you have any including maps of the now Browning Street off Gr.Tindle Street, particular to the new development king Edwards wharf. This is the first development where the public phone box is located, basically the crossroads. If your able to, you may PM on shahnaz.malik@btinternet.com i do have further questions to ask, and can only gain the information of who has perhaps resided in the area, and knows it thoroughly. Thanks
Hi nimrod 1947..
Oh my goodness Nimrod 1947... I have not been on here for ages..and saw your original post again..and because I never heard from you well I have just about 20mins ago sent near enough the same message again.. then carried on reading other things..and then I saw your reply from last year.. and it saddened me to know Patrick had passed away..and now that I have seen the girls names I remembered it was Pearl that I know..i think the other sister was older.. but again I'm so sad to hear about Patrick.. and annoyed with myself that I never went to the pub to see if by chance I met him...and worse still my sister's had the breaches pub and I was often there..not far at all... many many thanks for letting me know... and the last time I saw Patrick Fleming was at my brothers funeral (Patrick Sheridan)1987..he was only 33yrs old... bye for.now nimrod
Hi Bushbaby, Sad to say Patrick is gone but so are his parents Arthur Slaney and Patricia Slaney. The younger sister to Pearl was Tina, born Millicent, and there were two brothers apart from Patrick. They were Arthur (Archie) and Paul and all are still going strong as far as I know. The family moved up to Longnuke Road because of the clearance around Ladywood. Patty and Arthur moved to Frankley after that.
Lyn,
It is just possible, and I am far from sure, that the buildings on the right of your second photo in post #29 might include part of Victoria Buildings. I think that the pub in the first picture must be further down the street.
There's also a possibility with this pic, which is the top one in Astonian's group in post #11 that I have tarted up a bit. But what is puzzling me is the demolished building on the right. Nothing on BARRA for this street but a bomb dropped on 425 Monument Road. Not a very clear picture, but the other houses appear to be inhabited, which would suggest bomb damage rather than 1960s demolition. I don't know whether the Forum car experts can date the picture from the first car.
Maurice
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Hi people..PLEASE let me put this straight as regards this picture.. and that is IT WAS NOT BOMBED.. IT WAS DEMOLISHED... that is the top end of Great Tindal St and Monument rd...I lived in Gt tindal st..and where that building before demolished a family called Slaney lived and beside them was a little shop/house then we meet WRENSONS on the corner where it joins Monument rd next to wrensons onto Monument rd was a lovely cake shop with glass doors then a few more shops.. now all that was demolished as you see in the picture..across the road from wrensons was the pub THE STOUR VALLEY HOTEL..but just known as the pub.. and Maurice scipio if you see this picture your 120 Victoria building was just about the end of the second car going down next to the Advance factory your family house 120was about 3or 4 doors away from the Advance.. I lived in the opening across the road 121..Lyn,
It is just possible, and I am far from sure, that the buildings on the right of your second photo in post #29 might include part of Victoria Buildings. I think that the pub in the first picture must be further down the street.
There's also a possibility with this pic, which is the top one in Astonian's group in post #11 that I have tarted up a bit. But what is puzzling me is the demolished building on the right. Nothing on BARRA for this street but a bomb dropped on 425 Monument Road. Not a very clear picture, but the other houses appear to be inhabited, which would suggest bomb damage rather than 1960s demolition. I don't know whether the Forum car experts can date the picture from the first car.
Maurice
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Hi blackmagic alias bushbaby, lovely to see mention of the Slaneys again. I spent many weekends at their house and the car in the picture belonged to my Uncle Arthur. Very old car but he had it in the late 50s if that is any use to you. He always left it unlocked, he was very trusting.Hi people..PLEASE let me put this straight as regards this picture.. and that is IT WAS NOT BOMBED.. IT WAS DEMOLISHED... that is the top end of Great Tindal St and Monument rd...I lived in Gt tindal st..and where that building before demolished a family called Slaney lived and beside them was a little shop/house then we meet WRENSONS on the corner where it joins Monument rd next to wrensons onto Monument rd was a lovely cake shop with glass doors then a few more shops.. now all that was demolished as you see in the picture..across the road from wrensons was the pub THE STOUR VALLEY HOTEL..but just known as the pub.. and Maurice scipio if you see this picture your 120 Victoria building was just about the end of the second car going down next to the Advance factory your family house 120was about 3or 4 doors away from the Advance.. I lived in the opening across the road 121..
Then at the other end of Gt tindal st were it met LEDSAM ST, on the corner was the pub The Mount Pleasant... and let me say when all those houses were demolished we still lived in ours and could see everything across Monument rd..we called it The Ponderosa.. then we left 62.. so yes I know Gt tindal st.. OK everyone hope you understood all what I was on about.. by for now..I was BUSHBABY but could not get back on so I put blackmagic Margaret.. xxx stay well everyone
Thanks for picture Phil..only just saw this as I have not been on here few years.. yes you are correct.. I lived in Great Tindal St over the road from the Advance factory.. but still on the same side as the pub.. The Stour Valley pub(Hotel)and was better known by the nickname "The Horsefalls".. Hope you had a good Christmas and New Year.. blessing's from Bushbaby..xx
i am afraid phil passed away a couple of years ago...just a note to all members that if you see "gone but not forgotten "under a members user name it means they have sadly passed away
Hello Alan,
The first time I encountered the surname Furber was when I joined BCT Head Office (then in Congreve Street) as a junior cashier in September 1953. The third in command was a guy called Jack Furber, who'd had massive abdominal surgery, but must have been in his late 30s when I arrived. When I next encountered that name, it must have been over 35 years when I started on the family history and found the undertakers, Thomas Furber, in Ladywood. I often wondered if there was a connection between the two, but I've never got around to doing the research as they are not actually related to me.
Eventually, only an old sister of my father, Louisa SHEPPARD, was left at 12 Alston Street in 1959. That was the year that four tower blocks were built just off Morville Street, and she was moved into Kenchester Tower as her home was to be demolished so that they could build Ladywood Middleway. Kenchester Tower & Blakemere Tower were demolished themselves in 2002, so their lifespan was a mere 42 years before the Council realised their building was a mistake. I don't know whether the other two tower blocks are still standing or whether they have met the same fate.
Unfortunately, there are no family photos from my father's side and I think if any, they must have gone to a brother who was 16 years older. I was still a schoolboy when Dad died and only his other sister turned up at his funeral. We all assumed that his brother had died before the war, because no one knew whether he was still alive or where he'd moved to. In actual fact, he was still alive when Dad died but, I only found out that he died a few months after my father three years ago. It's a strange world, isn't it? Thanks for the info, Alan, I must away to my bed!
Maurice
