I was born at Little Park Road, Hockley and would like to know more about the history of the Road, it's housing and how it has developed (flattened).
I lived in a back to back in the first run of houses towards the Lodge Road end, it backed on the Flat. These house were in a row and not a Court, so we had a tiny front garden with low walls dividing the 5 or 6 homes in the row. Thanks to help on this site I now know it was 3/45 Wellington Terrace with 4/45 being the brew-house building.
Our house was at the end of the row and next (over the top of) the "brew house", where each nominated day each home could use the boiler and mangle for washing. Once there was a fire in the brew house, requiring the fire brigade, and burnt right through the stairs in our house and we needed to use a rope for mom and dad to swing across the gapping hole down to the boiler room.
Adjacent to our row of back to back houses was a shop, like a general stores with a small entrance and counter.
I went to Ellen a street school in 1957 for 18 -24 months before moving to Kingshurst as part of the overspill and still remember the huge difference from city living to that of Yorks Wood and bluebell fields.
if you have stories or photos from this Road please share, especially an old map showing the position of the houses.
I still often visit the area and walk the streets I would have walked as a child.
I lived in a back to back in the first run of houses towards the Lodge Road end, it backed on the Flat. These house were in a row and not a Court, so we had a tiny front garden with low walls dividing the 5 or 6 homes in the row. Thanks to help on this site I now know it was 3/45 Wellington Terrace with 4/45 being the brew-house building.
Our house was at the end of the row and next (over the top of) the "brew house", where each nominated day each home could use the boiler and mangle for washing. Once there was a fire in the brew house, requiring the fire brigade, and burnt right through the stairs in our house and we needed to use a rope for mom and dad to swing across the gapping hole down to the boiler room.
Adjacent to our row of back to back houses was a shop, like a general stores with a small entrance and counter.
I went to Ellen a street school in 1957 for 18 -24 months before moving to Kingshurst as part of the overspill and still remember the huge difference from city living to that of Yorks Wood and bluebell fields.
if you have stories or photos from this Road please share, especially an old map showing the position of the houses.
I still often visit the area and walk the streets I would have walked as a child.