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Moseley Road Deritend

Here is a Phyllis Nicklin picture of Moseley Rd is better times, but I am still hoping for older pictures or news on the current state of the listed buildings in the immediate vicinity. Can anyone help, please?
 
How sad. No 90 Moseley Road was the family home of my Gt Gt Grandmother Mary Ann Millward. She came from Coventry, the daughter of a Farmer. Widowed in 1874 in Meriden Street when her husband Robert, a drayman, was killed when a large barrel rolled on him, and with 7 kids to support, she took in sewing to make ends meet. After he died, she moved to 94 High Street, Deritend for a while, then to 90 Moseley Road circa 1900, where she set up her Tailoring Business with all her family participating (except my Gran who ran off with a n'er do well Scrap Metal dealer, Granddad Reuben). She was very resourceful and went up to London and won a contract to provide new red trousers for the Cavalry. After she died in 1902, the business was merged with Goodmans, a well known tailoring firm in the town at that time, and it became Millwards & Goodmans. Her granddaughter Jacqui Millward (Cotterell) is the current Secretary of the Bham & Midland Society for Geneology and Heraldry and guests on this Forum occasionally.

The Busines was very successful and she made a lot of money, but left it to the wrong son, Frederick Owen Millward (the guy in the middle of the group) who by then had left tailoring and moved into Pubs. He was landlord of a few local Moseley and Sparkhill Pubs, and then the Black Bear, Tewkesbury and the White Hart, Charlbury in the Cotswolds.

The photos are of Mary Ann, The House, and the family and staff taken behind the House.
 
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hi bordesly
nice picture it also reminds me that by that bus stop there used to be a kind of ophanage for litle kids it could have been barnardos home for little disowened kids
there was two old friends of mine whom i have not seen in donkeys years whom used to live in heathfieldrd kings heath whom used to work at that house where they was
and i do not mean the one further down and around on tthe bend towards kings heath
as if you go that way around the bend you had a entrance to t6he main park on mosely rd and next to it was the big mosely rd school and directly facing that school was what they
salled atherstone house which many years back in time was called mosely rd remand centre for the young kids up to 13 years old
then in the seventys it became a commutity home run by doped up students whom was letting them run amoke and toddle off on there own so they closed it down
and it still stands there empty for the last thirty years but getting back on track i remember that barna very well
have a nice day best wishes astonion
 
Thank you so much for reminding us that Moseley Rd was home & not just an area of wonderfull listed buildings, Dennis. That story is such a mix of adversity & triumph. I loved the pictures.
 
Here are a couple of photo showing some of the Georgian houses on Moseley Rd what beautiful places they were, I remember them well. Two of them show more or less the same area but I have included both because the one shows the one time church that was turned over to industrial use and then used later as the Golden Gloves night club.

The other one gives a view along Moseley Rd from Bradford St before they build Bradford St police station.

Phil

HighgateMoseleyRd-StratfordPlace.jpg
HighgateMoseleyrdOppositeHighgatePark.jpg


HighgateMoseleyRdc1937NrBradfordSt.jpg
 
Fascinating pictures, Phil. Thank you. Is the first picture looking toward or away from Bradford St? Perhaps someone can help. The second photo seems to include the school to the right of the former Baptist Church - I had wondered what those buildings looked like. The delightfiull curves on the house in the third picture allow us to place the houses at the southern end, even though the church is out of shot.
 
Bordesley Exile,

Sorry I thought you would have realised that the view is along Moseley Rd looking toward Highgate Park, if it were the other way you would be looking down Warner St. As for the curved frontages of the Georgian houses at the point next to the Church, I was always a great admirer of those houses and others nearby. I understand that they are still there now, at least I hope they are.

Phil
 
Thank you for clarifying, Phil. I do not think I ever visited Moseley Rd. If the photographer was standing at the Bradford St junction that would mean that the house that my gg grandfather died in was on the right, so the photo means a lot to me. Again, thank you.
 
Yes they are Phil. Great shots of them. They were always my favourites from when I went to school round the corner. Every Friday we had to walk to Moseley Road Baths and I always caught a glimpse of them and wondered which Royal lived there. Bit different to our council house... God, I hope they can be saved. An elegant row of Georgian and Victorian Town Houses overlooking the Park that if they were anywhere in London would, when renovated a bit, fetch a million or more each. Here we seem to lack insight. Wish I was a wealthy property developer....
 
Bordesley Exile,

This is the only other photo I have of that section of Moseley Rd that lies between Bradford St and Cheapside/Ravenhurst St. Unfortunately it was taken after a visit by some German lads one night in October 1940.

Phil

CampHillMoseleyRd161040.jpg
 
great pics phil i am on the war path for some more now....shirl..if i do win the lottey i would love to save one of the many georgian properties that have been forgotton...finger crossed...

lyn
 
ive found these three shirl...during war time again and 2 pics of the st martins and deritend jazz band on the steps of the alhambra cinema c 1938

lyn
 
I'll start packing, Lyn. Thank you for the photos. I read somewhere that Moseley Rd was known as Bomb Alley. The attacks look dreadfull. I had not realised that there was an Alhambra in Moseley Rd Deritend.
 
glad the pics are ok shirl....no luck on the lottery so its back to the drawing board..oh it may be an idea to do a kellys check up just to make sure the caption i have is correct and there was an alambra in moseley road...

lyn
 
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No, but I did walk along a bit of it before going into Highgate Park last year.

This was my only shot from Moseley Road (of the park). At the time I was looking for the statue of Edward VII (not realising it had been removed for restoration, before later ending up in Centenary Square)


Highgate Park from Moseley Road by ell brown, on Flickr

Not Georgian (dates from 1601) but Stratford House on Stratford Place is near Moseley Road. Is this area part of Highgate? Isn't Deritend where the Old Crown pub is?


Stratford House, Stratford Place, Highgate by ell brown, on Flickr
 
If you look at the centre photo of the Alhambra Cinema with the St Martins & Deritend Girls Band you will see their sponsor Percy Shurmer MP on the left of the photo.

Phil
 
There are these photos of the houses on Moseley Road on Images of England / Heritage Gateway.

Not sure when these photos were taken though.


90 Moseley Road


City Day Nursery, 94 Moseley Road


Gate Piers And Gates To Number 94


98 Moseley Road


102 Moseley Road


106 Moseley Road



110, 112 and 114 Moseley Road
 
There was another entry on Images of England for Moseley Road, but it didn't have a photo with it.

Note: I have yet to take photos of these houses.
 
Fingers crossed Ell that these buildings are still there. Look forward to seeing your photos. Viv.
 
This is a real treat. Its so good to see these houses in all their glory. Thank you, Ell. I'll look at the Heritage Gateway site too.
 
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