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Lees St & Leek St

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Terry Vincent

Brummie babby
I have relatives living in both of these streets but handwriting makes it difficult to work out which is which, can anyone help me figure out where each street is in Brum? [sorry I'm new to the forum so hope I'm doing this correctly]
 
Hope these are helpful. Maps of area surrounding the two streets with streets in red. Lees st is still there and visible on Google maps. Looking at Google maps, Leek st is approximately where Birmingham Metropolitan college is
 

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Pre-demolition problems with rehousing for this resident of Lees Street. Must have been frightening. She'd been trying to get rehoused for 11 years, and understandably wanted to be near her family.

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Source: British Newspaper Archive
 
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