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OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

mikejee said:
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In kelly's
1912 William Churchill (boot mfr.)
1921 William Lees (boot mfr.)
1932 Blount Allen (clog & patternmaker) EDIT: Should be Patten maker
PATTEN: a shoe or clog with a raised sole or set on an iron ring, worn to raise one's feet above wet or muddy ground when walking outdoors.
I can't find 'Clog and Malting' though.
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Next we have a picture of the destruction of the city centre - way before my time but I think I can recognise the council house extension on the middle left and is that the council house clock tower peeping over the top of the building looking rather sorry for itself.
A wide selection of cars to view and an old caravan at the back on the right, with, to me, some obscure types as well.


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This is 1976, 79 Woodland Road back to the shops this is a bit unusual with a shop seemingly in the middle of a row of house, Corona litter bin in the front. Nice selection of bay windows, ornamental eaves and arched windows upstairs, and note the entry to the back of the houses with its arched top.

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SteveBhx said:
All I have for this picture is Glebe 1969, I have heard of it so I am sure you will have although I have no idea where it is!

Main feature is the Radio and Television shop, featuring products from , Murphy, Bush and Ferguson - where are they now, and a washing machine with a mangle(?) on the top ( sorry not up on these modern attachments!). Judging by the children, mom must be in the butchers, and further along is hardware store with incinerators, brushes and mops outside. Finally on the extreme right it looks like there is a little old lady just leaving the Ansells pub. Sorry just noticed all the pigeons on the roof at the end .


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Hi Steve..
Replying to your pic of the Radio/TV shop....
The shop is in Gebe Farm , Stechford. The pub was also named the Glebe ( demolished 20+ years ago ) .
My brother in law used to work at the shop delivering rented TV s and also having to empty the slot machines at back of the TVs... ( do you remember them ! ).
All the shops still remain , however they have changed their wares....
 
SteveBhx said:
Another view of the development of the roads in the city centre this time a view of the flyover legs. Note the building on the right with BEEHIVE on it. Is that Marks and Spencer's with a bit of church in front of it. A few nice lampposts survive, but the future marches on.

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I think the more modern building with the church spire just visable above could possibly be St Martin's House in Digbeth, side on to the Ship Ashore (now no longer there) I worked in there for a while, it was opposite the church?
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SteveBhx said:
Evening bit warm isn't it !!

As we are all awake here is an aerial view with a mix of Residential and Industrial premises. A distinctive red brick building in the top middle and a selection of low rise flats at the front - as usual no year or location so over to you all

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The building bottom left is Bristol Street Motor's Part Department, Adelaide Street, I was there from about mid 1971 till September 1976 when they moved to Electric Avenue in 1975, the building in the photo was burnt down in November 1974, we thought it was the action of the IRA, due to us sending parts to the army stationed there, but the cause of the fire is that , one of the office cleaners ( very old women) left a tea towel to dry out on a gas wall heater which was still switched, that place was like a maze, the were 5 floors all made of handy angle and chipboard, we kept every part possible for the Ford range of cars and transit vans, from a bodyshell, to the smallest of washers..Rowton was known to us as The Highgate Hotel, were most of the down and outs stayed during the night, as soon as the were kicked out in the mornings they would be around asking for the price of a cup of tea, different from the beggars of today, every lunch time or dinner time depending what you want to call it a dozen of us would go to the park for a game of football..I enjoy working at BSM, all the lads there were almost of the same age we had lots of fun ...
 
mikejee said:
That building is Rowton House in Alcester St
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Looking on Google maps Rowton House appears to be a hotel now. Highgate Park next to it was was one of the parks in the area that I used to play in the late 50's, early 60's. The ornate design & turrets on that building used to fascinate me. I thought they looked like the old 'Scotland Yard' in London, that was shown on 'No Hiding Place' on tv. So thought it was Birminghams 'Scotland Yard'
 
SteveBhx said:
I forgot this folder so we have a garage Warwick Road Tyseley in 1980, not much to see apart from a nice selection of terrace backs which I believe is on top of the railway embankment. Ford Escort on the forecourt and the old Players advert.

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Asking a favour! Someone with a "Kelly's" please. 837, Warwick Rd. or thereabouts, 1947/8 a warehouse was erected in the field that had been on the corner of Tyseley Lane, more or less opposite to the above garage. Who occupied it, what did they do, a picture. Thanks in anticipation. Memory says J.D. Flavours, maybe biscuits, but that is a recall from 60 years or so ago!
 
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devonjim said:
Asking a favour! Someone with a "Kelly's" please. 837, Warwick Rd. or thereabouts, 1947/8 a warehouse was erected in the field that had been on the corner of Tyseley Lane, more or less opposite to the above garage. Who occupied it, what did they do, a picture. Thanks in anticipation. Memory says J.D. Flavours, maybe biscuits, but that is a recall from 60 years or so ago!
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This is from 1955 Kelly's i.e. done in 1954, might help

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RobT said:
This is from 1955 Kelly's i.e. done in 1954, might help

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Thanks Rob, I lived nearby in early 1940's. I remember Fishers hairdresser, my grand dad took me there, had to sit on a plank across the arms of the chair, he always singed the back of the neck after cutting the hair of his customers. Seems the blacksmith shop that was beyond the "Brit" had gone by 1954. Strangely I had a Saturday job for Scribbans in early 1950's but that was from Hockley.
 
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SteveBhx said:
So this is Great Bridge Street, but no year but I am sure someone will work it out.
There is interest all over the picture, working from the left, the blind over the shop window - are those pull down blinds upstairs? and the attic windows. The sign in the alleyway, the two children, bricked up windows. Lovely brickwork - the wraparound shop front. The blocked out wall sign, the row of houses, a lamp and two lorries with milk churns(?)

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Hi all, I lived a short distance away from Great Brook Street and knew it very well. Could any of our members tell me if the corner shop was ever a greengrocery shop, the late fifties, early sixties My memory is telling me it was owned by a lovely elderly lady, named Mrs Clarke. Her hand used to shake when she served us. Thank you Steve for the photo. Wonderful. Regards, Sue
 
Susan shaw said:
Hi all, I lived a short distance away from Great Brook Street and knew it very well. Could any of our members tell me if the corner shop was ever a greengrocery shop, the late fifties, early sixties My memory is telling me it was owned by a lovely elderly lady, named Mrs Clarke. Her hand used to shake when she served us. Thank you Steve for the photo. Wonderful. Regards, Sue
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Susan, 1955 Kelly's says there was a Mrs Mary Clarke, Greengrocer, at 37 & 38 Great Brook Street,
on the corner near Windsor st, Moorcroft place & Barrack st

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RobT said:
Susan, 1955 Kelly's says there was a Mrs Mary Clarke, Greengrocer, at 37 & 38 Great Brook Street,
on the corner near Windsor st, Moorcroft place & Barrack st

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Thank you Rob for confirmation. More happy memories from a photograph. I did a paper round when I was a fourteen in the surrounding streets and my primary school was Windsor Street. Thank you BHF. Kind regards, Sue.
 
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Here is another picture of carefree youth, as usual no location or year although there is a street name in the distance. Cobbled streets and a lamppost. I also love the brickwork on these houses the variety of colours and shades of brick.

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Could anyone help me with this pic please. Over the last few weeks, I have gone back to it. I am convinced it is by my old house in Gopsal street ....... but the angle seems wrong to how I remember it. I appreciate that could be down to how many years ago it was and my memory. Is the young boy walking away from Coleshill street, or has he just walked over the hill from Nova Scotia street by the Wacaden dairy, or even called into Iomis for one of their lovely ice creams. I am thinking this is Princes' Row and at the bottom of the street would have been the Kings Arms pub and Arthur Connells the grocers on the corner of Howe Street. Steve does say there is a street name in the distance. This is the vital clue for me.
I love this photo, it is exactly how I remember my childhood. From the houses, to the children and the street itself. I feel as if I am there with them. Kind regards, Sue
 
Susan shaw said:
Could anyone help me with this pic please. Over the last few weeks, I have gone back to it. I am convinced it is by my old house in Gopsal street ....... but the angle seems wrong to how I remember it. I appreciate that could be down to how many years ago it was and my memory. Is the young boy walking away from Coleshill street, or has he just walked over the hill from Nova Scotia street by the Wacaden dairy, or even called into Iomis for one of their lovely ice creams. I am thinking this is Princes' Row and at the bottom of the street would have been the Kings Arms pub and Arthur Connells the grocers on the corner of Howe Street. Steve does say there is a street name in the distance. This is the vital clue for me.
I love this photo, it is exactly how I remember my childhood. From the houses, to the children and the street itself. I feel as if I am there with them. Kind regards, Sue
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Could it be a slide that’s been scanned back to front?
 
that could be possible mort...i had one that baffled me for months until we realised it was back to front...i note that the photo in question is one of steves so maybe he can advise

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SteveBhx said:
I was going to say " how dare you!" Then realised it was not my scan!! I'll let you off. Its funny how your mind tries to get an image to fit even when you know its wrong.
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lol. Yes it is. It took me three weeks to ask the question! I would really like to know the name of the street though. One day perhaps. Many thanks to Steve for all the photographs. The recent aerial ones of the fire station and Lancaster Circus are stunning. I am, like so many other members eternally grateful. Sue
 
Another street scene which I know is the right way round !
Enamel adverts grocers with wares on the pavement Moms chatting and children playing and one of those years where the sun always shone. Plenty more to see with a variety in heights of the buildings and a couple of attics at the end, and a lamp on the pavement.

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