Kingstanding

[Pedrocut]

1937 OS Map.

 

[Astoness]

thanks pedro i can see the pool on the map..how lovely it must have been back then

lyn

 

[Vivienne14]

There's a photo of the pool in post #1316 Lyn. The houses around the perimeter must have just been built in that photo.

 

[Astoness]

yes thanks viv ive seen it...its what prompted me to ask the question...how lovely to walk out of your back garden into your own pool

lyn

 

[Eric Gibson]

From Peckham Road school we used to be marched down Finchley Road and through to the lower half of the recreation ground by our PT teacher.

 

[Richard Dye]

Oscott College Estate, Kingstanding, Birmingham.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections, 2 Aug 1940)

Is this correct ?


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We’re all of these council houses?

 

[Cliff gebhard]

Does anyone remember "The rooftop singer" during the 1960s..He was often seen around Kingstanding repairing chimneys. A big, stout chap, wore brown overalls and a flat cap and glasses.
Us lads aged about 12 would see him on our way to King's Rise school. We would egg him on to sing..He had a wonderful loud voice, operatic in style. He usually obliged. I often wonder what happened to him. I hope he didn't fall off a roof.

Remember him very well the opera singer .His roofing mate was a small guy who lived on college road with a lot of gnomes in his front garden