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Is this salford bridge..erdington
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HI Lynn
i think it is debatleable any idea what year that was if i am right it was on the right hand of the lichfield rd
possiblealy just on the edge of the brigdge comig from the city as i recll it from my boy hood
just as i was old enough to wear wee short trousers only
and i mst had that the psalm on the coach i have neve forgotten from my born days
psalm ; john 3.16 in the bible i some time still qoute this every once in a blue moon
best wishes alan ;
i think it is debatleable any idea what year that was if i am right it was on the right hand of the lichfield rd
possiblealy just on the edge of the brigdge comig from the city as i recll it from my boy hood
just as i was old enough to wear wee short trousers only
and i mst had that the psalm on the coach i have neve forgotten from my born days
psalm ; john 3.16 in the bible i some time still qoute this every once in a blue moon
best wishes alan ;
Lynda Harvey
Brummie Born and Bred
To hazard a guess. It could be Cookoo Oak on the left going away from Salford Bridge..
Any other offers?
Lynda
Any other offers?
Lynda
Ian FOFB
Brummie yes ! Novice no !
Looking at the building roof, it is very different fron the existing ( terraced ) cottages that still stand by Salford Bridge - that isn't to say there weren't other building nearby that no longer exist. I have several pictures of Salford Bridge and the surrounding area from 1910 - 1930 and none of the buildings have roofs like the one in the picture . Not saying it isn't Salford Bridge though as the picture could be earlier than ones I have.
HI LYN AND IAN
Thats was most definately salford bridge no question about it
if you was walking down lichfield rd towards tyburn rd passing the resser
on the operside of the rd to the resser pasing the old reservoir pub still continue along the lichfield rd
and the tram lines was in operation you would walk passed the old banning petrol garage
which at the time was only three early days of petrol pumps i would not like to say what year they was
there because i do not know what year the banning family was first founded there
but they must have been in thje 1800s if not before i would image
as i recall from my boy hood days as they was there then
but continue along passing them there was more house ; like ian said about the houses
there was two kinds of old house in the centry
passing them there was some kind of a shop or two tiny building
then as you would approach the bridge the was the big turn around table
and on the pavement there was a stand of abig handle where the the tram driver
had to wind to turn the track around to head back to the city
and as you walked afew steps thats where the big wall of the salford bridge started
then it became lwered into the white stone part of the brige as you see it today
but in those days it was old and grey as i remember it
but yards past that turn around handle was the sally army wagon as i remember it
and wht you see in your pic ,
yes there was two style build of house the one behind the wall was a little slip rd or should i say a very little walk way behind that wall to get to those even older houses
best wishes alan ;;
Thats was most definately salford bridge no question about it
if you was walking down lichfield rd towards tyburn rd passing the resser
on the operside of the rd to the resser pasing the old reservoir pub still continue along the lichfield rd
and the tram lines was in operation you would walk passed the old banning petrol garage
which at the time was only three early days of petrol pumps i would not like to say what year they was
there because i do not know what year the banning family was first founded there
but they must have been in thje 1800s if not before i would image
as i recall from my boy hood days as they was there then
but continue along passing them there was more house ; like ian said about the houses
there was two kinds of old house in the centry
passing them there was some kind of a shop or two tiny building
then as you would approach the bridge the was the big turn around table
and on the pavement there was a stand of abig handle where the the tram driver
had to wind to turn the track around to head back to the city
and as you walked afew steps thats where the big wall of the salford bridge started
then it became lwered into the white stone part of the brige as you see it today
but in those days it was old and grey as i remember it
but yards past that turn around handle was the sally army wagon as i remember it
and wht you see in your pic ,
yes there was two style build of house the one behind the wall was a little slip rd or should i say a very little walk way behind that wall to get to those even older houses
best wishes alan ;;
hi ian
thats correct they did stand betwen the bridge and as the bridge is running over the river
and i think that back in time they was probaly us by cannal people whom lived in them at some time during the 18th centurie, as i said walking along the lichfield rd towards te bridge it veered of was a narrow little cobbled walk way
to approach that small batch of cottages
the bannings garage today was only a little house come shop with two old fashioned dinky petrol pumps
which only sold torches and batterys and oil in those days do you ever remember the really old fashioned car batterys before todays advance batterys
there used to be a couple of tiny shops on the bridge as well on the oppersite side
one was a little tiny news agents and sweets as i recall and i remember tem rebuilding and strenghing the bridge around the 1949-50 mark for the first time
thats when they started to change the tramsand ripp up the tram lines and started to introduce trolley buses
useing the over head cables and slowly done away with them and slwley one by one the midland red brought the single decker on route then the occasionionel double decker would come down on route from the city
did you know or remember our curbs at he road side was made of steel ; the gutter edges
and was replaced with our todays brick gutters [ curb stones ] my uncle bil smart was a council worker
whom helped to ripp out those steel curbs and started to replace todays brick curbs
and whilst i am on the topic of lichfield rd some-one metion last week about a building have a bike out side
there was one up the lichfield rd no far from the bridge and it was a big penny farthing bike
whichstood out side the shop by the traffic lights which sold bikes
have a nice day ian , best wishes. alan ;
thats correct they did stand betwen the bridge and as the bridge is running over the river
and i think that back in time they was probaly us by cannal people whom lived in them at some time during the 18th centurie, as i said walking along the lichfield rd towards te bridge it veered of was a narrow little cobbled walk way
to approach that small batch of cottages
the bannings garage today was only a little house come shop with two old fashioned dinky petrol pumps
which only sold torches and batterys and oil in those days do you ever remember the really old fashioned car batterys before todays advance batterys
there used to be a couple of tiny shops on the bridge as well on the oppersite side
one was a little tiny news agents and sweets as i recall and i remember tem rebuilding and strenghing the bridge around the 1949-50 mark for the first time
thats when they started to change the tramsand ripp up the tram lines and started to introduce trolley buses
useing the over head cables and slowly done away with them and slwley one by one the midland red brought the single decker on route then the occasionionel double decker would come down on route from the city
did you know or remember our curbs at he road side was made of steel ; the gutter edges
and was replaced with our todays brick gutters [ curb stones ] my uncle bil smart was a council worker
whom helped to ripp out those steel curbs and started to replace todays brick curbs
and whilst i am on the topic of lichfield rd some-one metion last week about a building have a bike out side
there was one up the lichfield rd no far from the bridge and it was a big penny farthing bike
whichstood out side the shop by the traffic lights which sold bikes
have a nice day ian , best wishes. alan ;
S
Stitcher
Guest
I could not find a thread for Salford Bridge other that this one so I will post the picture here.
This is looking towards Gravelly Hill in 1924.
cookie273uk
master brummie
Yes Stitcher, that is Salford Bridge with the No. 2 tram coming from Erdington via Gravelly Hill. Turn first left puts you in Slade Road, 2nd left down Slade Road is Hill side Road where we lived fron 1962 to 1987, happy days. Eric