mabz..looks like we followed the brook around..id forgotton it also touched paddington st where i was born....you would know this better but dosnt it go though defford road....looks pretty close...
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It rises in Smethwick, Its also known in parts of Aston, as Aston BrookI was born in Heaton St, a few minutes walk from Hockley Brook, and lived there until I was 10 (1959); the other day I set myself the task of finding out where Hockley Brook rises and outfalls and used Astoness Lyn's mapsite:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=52.4959&lon=-1.9081&layers=176&b=6
Sadly I ran out of fried egg sandwiches (a delicacy I had a particular taste for as a pupil at Harry Lucas School, partly because they were cheap (1/-, 5p in new money) usually procured from a cafe in Farm St) before completing the task.
I'm guessing the Brook must rise very near Hockley, somewhere (otherwise it would not be called Hockley Brook), as for the outfall I'm guessing the Tame.
Can anyone throw light on this important topic?
Peg.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/peg-monkey-cartoons.48101/page-4#post-618593
Thanks, Bill. Welcome to the forum. Seems like Smethwick Brook would have been more appropriate.It rises in Smethwick, Its also known in parts of Aston, as Aston Brook
Interesting that on another thread there has been discussion about m/cycle sidecars and there are two in this postcardA new one on me.View attachment 128520
Agree, the Palladium would be on the left hand side just back a bitIt looks circa 1920s and the view is towards the city.
I maybe wrong here, but if the photographer is facing town whilst standing on Hockley Brook, then surely The Palladium would have been quite a way behind him ?Agree, the Palladium would be on the left hand side just back a bit
I maybe wrong here, but if the photographer is facing town whilst standing on Hockley Brook, then surely The Palladium would have been quite a way behind him ?