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Lawley Street
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paul stacey
master brummie
I remember that name, but the exact location eludes me Lyn, where was it. Paul
john knight
signman
Lyn, surely you mean Vaughan street.
thanks for the correction john we rely on them.. not being my area i wouldnt have known that..its what was on the caption of a shed load of photos i have been given...
will go and edit the post
lyn
paul stacey
master brummie
#6 what a cracking photo of its time, late 20's early 30's, every man jack in a flat cap, priceless. Paul
If you look at the bottom of the object in the enlarged part of the photo above it looks like it says 109 Park .... Have just found that in the 1932 Kellys 109 Park Lane was Richard M Wright, motor coach proprietor, so maybe it was a charabanc parked partly on the pavement for some pub trip.
crikey mike your eyes are good but yes i see it now...you could very well be right
lyn
paul stacey
master brummie
Was there a Birmingham CC, refuse dump in Lawley Street, was it in situated in Winston Green or Ladywood. Paul
Brookfields Lad
master brummie
I don't know of a refuse depot in Lawley st.
There is a refuse depot in Montague st which is off Lawley street.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Montague Street used to be Birmingham City Salvage Department the place where bin rubbish was sorted and salvaged some of the residue was incinerated and some taken on to a landfill site. They also parked the bin wagons there and years later when salvaging the bin rubbish became unprofitable they continued to use the offices and parking facilities.
There was never a tipping facility (rubbish transfer station) but there was one at the rear of the salvage department premises. It was a commercial enterprise that I can't recall the name of at the moment, it may have been "Biffa"
There was never a tipping facility (rubbish transfer station) but there was one at the rear of the salvage department premises. It was a commercial enterprise that I can't recall the name of at the moment, it may have been "Biffa"
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Hi paul
Yes it was Montague street just behind Lawley street I know the area very well and I worked at the British ropes
Which was wrights ropes on Lawley street
And the one in Ladywood was in rotten park street off ickneild port road and facing Johnsons paints,
Also that was my neck of the woods along with Winston Green , and yes again when I was sixteen hearts old
I worked for the Birmingham Alluminuim casting facing rotten park street and our kid ran the stores for them at Johnsons paints for years he did work at Halfords main building until there big fire and he started at Johnsons
Best wishes paul,,, Alan,,, Astonian,,,,
Yes it was Montague street just behind Lawley street I know the area very well and I worked at the British ropes
Which was wrights ropes on Lawley street
And the one in Ladywood was in rotten park street off ickneild port road and facing Johnsons paints,
Also that was my neck of the woods along with Winston Green , and yes again when I was sixteen hearts old
I worked for the Birmingham Alluminuim casting facing rotten park street and our kid ran the stores for them at Johnsons paints for years he did work at Halfords main building until there big fire and he started at Johnsons
Best wishes paul,,, Alan,,, Astonian,,,,
Think this is the spot Lyn. Viv.
Two more of Lawley Street. And an old drawing showing the viaduct passing over Lawley Street. Viv.
Worked for Tommy Baumber in Belmont passage, fortunately only for two weeks as then moved to Esso Bromford where I was a mechanic working for Tommy.
This might ring some bells - John Kyte's ginger beer. Made in Lawley Street, formerly Clifford Street. Love ginger beer. Viv.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
adap2it
master brummie
When my dad was a lorry driver, he would go down Lawley St on his way to the Coventry Rd and on to London. He did this trip many times...however, one time he got stuck under a bridge there. He was delivering Standard cars that were in packing cases. Unfortunately, they had been loaded the wrong way and were too high. The solution was to let the air out of his tires and tow him out.
Dave A
Dave A
Radiorails
master brummie
Indeed letting air out of tyres has often been a less damaging solution than brute force. 
Welshnwobbly
proper brummie kid
I have traced my ancestor Joseph Gibbs to 162 Lawley Street, Aston, Birmingham, in the 1851 Census.
He married Maria Freeth in 1836 in Birmingham, St Philip and they had more than five boys, one of whom was my great great grandfather, William. They were both born in 1817 in Birmingham.
I came across details while researching on the fourth floor of Birmingham library today that Joseph, who was a "plater" by profession, a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold), was imprisoned for six months in 1847 for "larceny by servant" at Birmingham Boro Sessions. I wonder which prison he was sent to?
I noted that both the witnesses of their marriage signed with an X so were unable to read or write and I have no reason to think that Jospeh and his wife were able to, either.
My suspicion is that they lived in back-to-back houses in dire poverty all their lives and were probably buried in pauper graves in Brum of one kind or another.
Does anyone know what the properties in Lawley Street were like at that time in history and what kind of circumstances people lived in?
He married Maria Freeth in 1836 in Birmingham, St Philip and they had more than five boys, one of whom was my great great grandfather, William. They were both born in 1817 in Birmingham.
I came across details while researching on the fourth floor of Birmingham library today that Joseph, who was a "plater" by profession, a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold), was imprisoned for six months in 1847 for "larceny by servant" at Birmingham Boro Sessions. I wonder which prison he was sent to?
I noted that both the witnesses of their marriage signed with an X so were unable to read or write and I have no reason to think that Jospeh and his wife were able to, either.
My suspicion is that they lived in back-to-back houses in dire poverty all their lives and were probably buried in pauper graves in Brum of one kind or another.
Does anyone know what the properties in Lawley Street were like at that time in history and what kind of circumstances people lived in?
Radiorails
master brummie
Not many photos of those times, but there are a couple in this thread. Posts 21 and 25.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Welshnwobbly
Looking at the OS maps of the 1880, I would assume that the houses from that period were the ones that were standing in that period were the same ones as in the 1830's so once again assuming that there was no renumbering in between these dates I think the house I have indicated here would have been number 162.
As you can see the houses in the area were a mixture of back to backs and back courts, though it looks like your ancestor was one of the lucky ones who had a normal type house that fronted court number 34.
Looking at the OS maps of the 1880, I would assume that the houses from that period were the ones that were standing in that period were the same ones as in the 1830's so once again assuming that there was no renumbering in between these dates I think the house I have indicated here would have been number 162.
As you can see the houses in the area were a mixture of back to backs and back courts, though it looks like your ancestor was one of the lucky ones who had a normal type house that fronted court number 34.