Just Outside Birmingham by Post Card.

[Stitcher]

Rupert, you have lost me. Who is/was W.G.Grace?

 

[Rupert]

He dominated cricket for almost a half century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._G._Grace#Style_and_technique

 

[motorman-mike]

A ride out on the Midland Red 148 in the 1960's would take you down to Evesham where a walk from the bus to the River Avon would take you past this ancient house.

 

[motorman-mike]

Rupert, you have lost me. Who is/was W.G.Grace?

Trevor, here is the man himself proving that sportsmen earning from advertising is nothing new. this was back in 1890!
Mike

 

[Stitcher]

Was Rupert joking or does he think it was this man in the picture?

 

[The Baron]

Post 144, just behind the guys, you can Wyndly Mill, I must addmit that looks just like W.G.G.

 

[Rupert]

Stitch, every British schoolboy in my generation revered the great WG. His name was legendary. I would have thought that in his day he would have been better known than...Muhamed Ali. Possibly Len Hutton was his equal in my day for his current, then, feats but not anecdotally. Anyway like the Baron I had a flash back when I saw the picture #144 and innings of the ancient past came to mind. Anyway although the face on the old photo is similar to that of WG, the height of the figure does not seem to match. WG was a sturdy 6' 2" tall...a very good height in that period of time...and unless the photo group is of unusually tall stature; the conection is ruled out. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Stitcher]

Rupert, I googled W.G.and realised I had heard of him, I definately know who Len Hutton was and I had a meal with Casius Clay (Muhamid Ali) at Lorenzo's Restaurant. Please keep commenting about the various pictures because I enjoy reading things that have been a mystery to me.

 

[Stitcher]

This is a picture of what was once a Pie Shop on the corner of Manor Road, Sutton.

 

[motorman-mike]

Was that another one you used to stand inside eating just the pie filling and not the pastry on that diet of yours Trev? LOL

 

[Stitcher]

Mike, you are giving people the wrong impression about me. I did not eat all the time, although I suppose it could have been. On second thoughts I am probably not old enough for tis particular Pie shop. Where was/is Manor Road.

 

[Stitcher]

Here is a picture of The Parade in the late 1860s. You will note that the west side was still undeveloped at the time this picture was taken/drawn.

 

[motorman-mike]

Trevor, you have to eat to live - I rest my case!
Manor Road in Sutton? Two to choose from. One on the Chester Road side of Sutton Park and the other at the Brum end of the Parade in the centre. No idea where the old pie shop was.
Mike

 

[Rupert]

Is that the Parade in Sutton Coldfield with Holy Trinity in the background. The GE view looks somewhat similar today and the church is still there.

 

[J S H]

Does anyone know anything about the camp for soldiers during the First World War below Malvern, possibly near Welland?
Janet

 

[Stitcher]

Hello Rupert, its another one from the pile of cuttings I purchased a long time ago. They were all in a bundle labled Sutton and Erdington.

 

[The Baron]

The old pie shop stood on the corner of Manor Road & The Parade. it was demolished in 1913.
Info form The Book SUTTON COLDFIELD By Marian Baxter.

 

[The Baron]

Any more of SUTTON COLDFIELD, Its the first time I have seen that one of the PARADE & LOWER PARADE. There are two in the book I ref; to in my last post, one dated 1869 which looks very like the one posted, & one dated 1870, which has the newly built Town School on it,still looks much the same today.

 

[motorman-mike]

In the1960's, with an early start, another nice day out by bus from Brum was to catch the 7-25am Midland Red 150 to Stratford and jump straight on to a connecting City of Oxford 44 to arive in Oxford - The City of the Dreaming Spires' for 11am. You then had until the 6pm departure back to explore the city. Changing again in Stratford would get you back into Brum at 9-43pm. (On a Sunday you couldn't get to Oxford before 1-28pm due to a later starting time). In the 1970's the 150 became the X20 and a new service, the X50 went right through to Oxford (replacing the 44 service from Stratford).

 

[motorman-mike]

Just outside Brum and a fine park that was only a tram ride away towards Dudley. It's the Victoria Park in Smethwick c.1939. This park is still there but the Post Office oposite is now an Asian shop.

 

[motorman-mike]

Here is sunny Stourbridge in the 1970's when the traffic lights looked smart and the Midland Bank was yet to become Chinese. To the right behind the clock tower it was still possible to buy an Ekco radio or television.

 

[john70]

Here is sunny Stourbridge in the 1970's when the traffic lights looked smart and the Midland Bank was yet to become Chinese. To the right behind the clock tower it was still possible to buy an Ekco radio or television.

Most unusual photo for you Mike, no bus in it, lol.

 

[motorman-mike]

That's right John, slipped up, but at least the 'Z Car' adds to this one eh.
Mike

 

[maggs]

Lovely pics, The shops were so nice then weren't they? I wonder how many of those tree's still stand. I went to Solihull about a year ago, and just didn't recognise it. Not an improvement in my eyes.

 

[chucka]

Does anyone know anything about the camp for soldiers during the First World War below Malvern, possibly near Welland?
Janet

Hi Janet, The 3rd Birmingham pals were camped at Malvern during April 1915.

Chucka

 

[motorman-mike]

Here is Wolverhampton c.1920's outside the imposing London City & Midland Bank. Note the tramcar has no overhead wires. Current is picked up by a magnetic metal skate underneath from the studs between the rails. The stud being on a spring was supposed to then retract after the tram had passed. Sometimes they didn't and stayed live which was a bit of a shock to any pedestrians and horses that walked on them!

 

[Lloyd]

Queen square, Wolverhampton, in the 1940s. The Light-coloured trolleybus? It's from Bournemouth - no, not a petrol-saving through service, but with fewer holidaymakers during the war, some Bournemouth's fleet of large six-wheel trolleybuses were sent to other cities by order of the Ministry of Supply. A rare wartime postcard.

Incidentally, re Mike's picture above, for the history of the London City and Midland Bank (which became the Midland Bank in 1923) see https://www.madeinbirmingham.org/midlandbank.htm

 

[Phil]

How many remember driving through Droitwich to get to Worcester before the event of the M5, and how many more remember those summer days spent at the Lido.

Phil

 

[The Baron]

pmc1947,Thanks for that! DROITWICH LIDO was my sunday day out for about 3 years,(AFTER SUTTON PARK KEEPERS LOST ITS STATUS AS A CLEAN POOL).We would get to Dritwich every sunday for 10am opening.Then sun tanned and relaxed, left just in time to meet up with the all the Brmingham ice rink crowd at which ever pre arranged movie house was showing the best film of the week.
MORE GREAT TIMES GONE BY.

 

[motorman-mike]

A little bit of history recorded on a post card at Kingswinford.