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thanks for the photos carolina...the one on post 54 is delightful and a new one to me...was the mission also in heaton st ?

cheers

lyn
 
Astoness said:
hello jezza i had rellies in heaton st but long before you were there...i have these 2 photos of the street

lyn

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Hi Lynn

That's really kind of you with the photos especially as it shows my house 2 down from the factory .

My family must have known yr relatives as I was youngest of 6 born 1960 and my father was born in 1927 same house as where his parents ( my grandparents ) lived from early twenties . So well established family on the street .
Don't remember much other than going up the flat watching cattle being unloaded into the butchers and going with my brother to meet his then girlfriend now wife of forty years from work at Samuals at the bottom of the road .
What was the name of yr relatives I could ask my siblings if they remember them ?
 
hi jezza well how wonderful that one of the pics shows your old house...that is good news...i well remember our mom taking me shopping with her from where we lived in villa st to the flat..think my lasting memory of that is seeing rows of rabbits hanging outside one of the shops...my rellies in heaton st were the froggatts but they were there in 1891 so well before your family...

lyn
 
Astonian said:
Hi Jessa2
Are you related to the spencers whom was the fruit and veg people on the flat
I think they may had sold to the groom bridges years later
My cousins was the Phelps whom lived down the. Bottom end by the garage
Bryan, and Barry Phelps and aunty winning and uncle harry Phelps
Best wishes Astonian,,,, Alan,,,,,
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Hi Alan

I don't believe so but in early stages of doing my family tree , however after talking to my brothers/sisters they think it's coincidence only . Reds jezza
 
Astoness said:
hi jezza well how wonderful that one of the pics shows your old house...that is good news...i well remember our mom taking me shopping with her from where we lived in villa st to the flat..think my lasting memory of that is seeing rows of rabbits hanging outside one of the shops...my rellies in heaton st were the froggatts but they were there in 1891 so well before your family...

lyn
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Yeah I picked up on it straight away Lyn , only wish I could remember more . The rabbits I would suggest are likely to be the same butchers where the livestock was unloaded every Saturday I watched .
Not sure where villa street was but did have uncle in Park rd and family friends in Ford street I went to All saints school my sisters to a school further on by the prison
 
carolina said:
Ford Street 1950. There was always a lamp post when I was there in the late 40s/50s just to the left handside of the picture where we lived and used to swing on, its almost opposite the lamp post on the right side. So I dont know why its not on this picture.

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What a great pic Carolina. My first job on leaving school in 1951 was at John Rabones, the large building at the bottom right of Ford St, very happy memories, thank you.
 
Hi Folks, my home during the 50s was in Heaton St, the Palladium, of course being my local cinema - if you, like me, went to many a Saturday Matinee there you will probably remember the small factory opposite (on the junction, I thought, with South Road but on checking an old map it appears to be Claremont Road) and how tempting it was to run across its roof - so easily accessed by going up the hill towards Handsworth a little, it was then an easy step onto the roof. Anyway the factory was occupied by a company called Messer Bros. - 3 bothers who were skilled toolmakers for the motor and other trades, my mother was employed as a general workshop assistant there and she remained with them for many years including the relocation of the enterprise to an industrial estate on the College Road, Gt Barr, opposite the Lucas Sports Fields in the 60s.
I remember asking my mother if she could get a dovetail gauge made for my woodwork class, the teacher at Harry Lucas School, Mr Flemming, had one made of wood, when I showed him my Rolls-Royce version made by a skilled toolmaker in steel he was green with envy!
(Did it help me to get a good CSE Woodwork Grade? - The less said about that the better!)

Peg.
 
A view a long Hockley Hill towards Soho Hill? Soho Hill Chapel in the distance, front of the Grand Turk on the left in the foreground? Map from 1850, photo from green dot, pink dot is Hockley House...

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The charred ruins of a second floor workshop at Norton Brothers cabinet making works at 146 1/2 Hockley Hill, Birmingham, which was burned out in a midnight fire. Extensive damage was also done in a workshop on the ground floor. As the picture shows, the roof of the building was completely destroyed.
(Evening Despatch January 1940)


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looking for any information and photos if possible on H.A.Lobb and was located at 41-42 Tenby Street before the buildings was converted into apartments. many thanks in advance.
 
stars said:
Here is a Photo of workers at The Birmingham Box Company in
Hampton St, Hockley in 1951, perhaps you may know someone, let us know





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Stars
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Just a quick story anout Birmingham Box , somevody from there sent in a request dor some electrical item or other .Due to a lack of informatiom I had to ring them , the person who answered my questions showed
stars said:
Here is a Photo of workers at The Birmingham Box Company in
Hampton St, Hockley in 1951, perhaps you may know someone, let us know





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Stars
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Stars I doubt you could get to know anyone at this company after mt so called dealings with them , they don't give any personal information at al,l I mean no names or stuff like that. I found that out when I had to ring them for more information on a quotation they wanted from us on some electrical items. Successive enquiries received were all numbered so you quoted the number if you had a problem
 
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