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Thanks.....have you any idea what photo she was referring to...I've tried to find it on the thread but cant find it
 
Kraithby
Sorry, I should have explained. some years ago the site was hacked, and as a result all the photos on it were lost. Many have been replaced , but unfortunately, that was not possible with all of them as some people have left the forum and they are not available. The photo referred to seems to
have been one of those
 
Kraithby
Sorry, I should have explained. some years ago the site was hacked, and as a result all the photos on it were lost. Many have been replaced , but unfortunately, that was not possible with all of them as some people have left the forum and they are not available. The photo referred to seems to
have been one of those
Oh what a shame... I have a feeling the Pat Cattermole may have been my aunty as it is such an unusual name....never mind...thanks for replying
 
hi kraithby do you have any idea what year this missing photo would have been taken

lyn
 
hi kraithby do you have any idea what year this missing photo would have been taken

lyn
Hi she posted the comment on May 3rd 2009 but I dont know what year the photo would've been.....this is the comment she made

The person in the front of the picture looking at the meat counter which i presume is Erdington Market is Pat Cattermole. I can name her because she is no longer with us...Cat
 
i have one photo taken in erdington market the date is 1929 would that be about the right year to have maybe had your aunty in the photo

lyn
 
Yes I think you’re right it’s the Cross Keys. Thought that was on Sutton Road, but maybe it’s still High Street at the Cross Keys. Thanks. Viv.
 
The Acorn Hotel was at 196 High St
Roebuck was at 132 High st
Cross Keys was at 15 High st, next to it was Station Road, then a Congregational Church
9, 11 & 13 High st was Pickfords Ltd, Carriers. (building on right of Cross Keys in photo.)
 
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and a couple of the Church House .
The 'then' pictures are taken from old postcards, the 'now' pictures taken from Google Streetview.
The older of the pictures is thought to date from the 1920's.

Ian.

The Google Earth picture of Church House, High Street. I think it was built around 1911 and became quite popular for meetings and productions in the early part of the century.

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This has most probably been on BHF before. What a wonderful 1920s view of the High Street. People going about their business, not much in the way of traffic. A glimpse of the fresh fish shop to the left, the striking Picture House to the right, a lad pushing a pram and a young girl dreaming about whatever's in that window display.

The Picture House reminds me of my Nan who, at the time was living on Chester Road. It’s highly likely she visited the Picture House, and frequently. She was smitten with the stage and film. She had performed on stage herself before WW1, travelling around in this country and the US. Then she married, so by the 1920s she would have found any opportunity to go to see films. She lost her husband by 1929 and eventually in the early 1950s moved out to Hollywood with her daughters.

It’s quite incredible what impact film and media etc can have in influencing us today, but even a hundred years ago, it was influential enough to make a young woman pursue her dreams of moving across the Atlantic to live the life she’d imagined.

However, I think she decided it didn’t quite live up to her expectations as she returned to the UK, but still often travelling back and forth to visit her daughters who remained there.

Viv.

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