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Hi moss q
my old friend for many years and grew up with lived yards from the volcano cafe on the corner of hingegeston street
as you would recall; one of your old haunts from your youth days along with an old friend of yours and mine
of course was midnight ;from shakespear rd and heath street ; i say no more on him ;
but getting back to walter smiths my mate terry became the manager at walter smiths shop on spring hill
by stoddards if you remember them ; by the spring hioll libary ;
he later took over of the one in the old bull ring indoor market for them
must catch up with one of these days for a drink ;in weston ; best wishes astonian
 
hi lynn ;
how are you keeping fine i hope you are doing a great job on this site and it must be costing you alot of late night hours ; fantasic
keep it up ; yes i was aware of the shop stil going strong i have a no; 1 cousin living in hurlingam rd ; whom i see from time to time at her house
i also have aanother relie whom lived down that rd by the crossing that takes you down to he sutton park exit ; its called the greenway ; right on the corner facing the park gates by the traffic lights in the big house he been there for years he holds high office out on that neck of the woods
i cannot name him nor his postio for secrutity reasons ; have a nice day alan ; astonian;
 
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Wasn,t Beech Tree cottage on Aldridge Road?
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Hi Topsy that's funny you should say that, I have a very, very vague memory (or maybe I dreamt it) of seeing some Beech Tree Cottages somewhere else in the area. Think I saw it on a map somewhere, but can't be sure. I wondered if there might have been, say, a cluster on Kingstanding Road and another, as you say on Aldridge Road. Maybe for farmhands on the different parts of the Perry Barr Estate. All speculation though and probably complete twaddle on my part as the auction places them on Holly Lane (Kingstanding Road)! All the same Lyn's map doesn't seem to me to show 14 cottages, but maybe some had been demolished by the date of that map. Viv.
 
well done viv..your powers of deduction were spot on..i stopped an eldery couple walking nearby and asked them if they knew the history of the area and luckily they did...church goers themselves they were able to confirm that the fenced off ground that i saw was indeed the burial ground of the nuns from the convent or as they said anyone who had anything to do with the convent..its just to the right of maryvale house/institute and up until as late as the early 80s it was taking in orphan children...the lady i was talking to advised me to go round to the little sisters of assumption convent and they will be only to happy to let me have more info and she gave me the names of two of the nuns who i should ask for..i will do this another time as they may also have some old pics in their archives... i am just sorting out some pics to post...
 
As it says, Maryvale certainly is 'steeped in history'.

I've now found a photo on the Digital Handsworth site which shows some of Beech Tree Cottages, but I don't think all of them, possibly numbers 2 - 8 (well, based on the the old numbering system). This is looking up towards the Hare & Hounds pub. It's a quaint view of 'Kingstanding Village' in 1928. And look, an empty road! Viv.

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great find there viv....i often wondered what the demolished ones looked like as i would think the ones as far as the 2nd lampost were the ones no longer there..

thanks viv...
 
hi gibbo
my cousin lived in park street by the vine in fact ten doors away from it and my great grand parents lived behind them in sandy lane
and he had the coffee shop just along the rd from the vine pub ; and victoria rd and park street ;
she her self now lives in hurlinghm rd ; strange aint it ;
but they did say alot of people moved from aston to king standing ;in those days and of the king standing mob
of teddy boyswhom came and slashed the seats at the aston cross picture house when billy hayley movie ws played and the sunday mercury reported the next day and how they rocked up and down those isles the manager must have been frighend to see all that happening in his house
great days aye ; best wishes astonian
 
Stunning photo of the mound on Kingstanding Jean. This is another area with an interesting and long history. I've been trying to work out where 'Roman Field' is in relation to the mound but can't be sure. The Roman Field is marked just at the botton of the section of Icknield Street and above Oscott Cottage shown on this 1834 map. Be great if someone can advise how it relates to today's map. Viv.
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Our friend Paul Hillcox posted them to me on face book Viv and he is an expert on the history of Kingstanding and has a website that would be of interest to you. I will go and find the link. Jean.
 
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There really is too many posts and threads to trawl through to make sure I am not repeating a picture so here goes.
Perry Common Road in 1923.
 
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That's a very good photo Stitcher. I've not seen it before. I think photos like these give a good hint of how developments like roadways could bring such major change to a relatively quiet rural area. Viv.
 
Hello Viv, I have driven large lorries up and down there many times and it is hard to imagine it like the picture.
 
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Like the photo Trevor. Have been looking at the map with the Burial ground on and think we maybe close or on where it was. Will go see if I can find that other thread I was going to answer. It wouldn't come up when I typed in search.
 
I used to live in Streatham Grove off Harringay Rd in Kingstanding.
there was lots of shops in the circle i left there when i was six years old
and moved to Ward St Aston.
 
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There really is too many posts and threads to trawl through to make sure I am not repeating a picture so here goes.
Perry Common Road in 1923.
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Memories of Birmingham - Alton Douglas

Perry Common Rec to the left and Bleak Hill Rec to the right. Think that was some sort of pumping station on the right. Keep going on that road for a bit and the Golden Cross pub used to be on the left on the corner of Turfpits Lane. Bit further and you come to the junction of Streetly and Short Heath Rd (65 bus terminus). Lived on that corner for20 years.
 
Me and my mum waiting on Kingstanding Circle for the Midland Red to Sutton. It would have been round 1959/60. It was taken on a Sunday and we're dressed up to the nines. But boy, do we look miserable - I suspect I might have been throwing a wobbly about having to wear that hat ! Viv.

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