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Old street pics..
- Thread starter Astoness
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thanks judy glad you like them...what i am doing is going through my old pics in the hopes i post some that were lost due to the hacking of the site...will find a few more later on..think ive posted a couple of london prentice st under that thread..mind you you have probably seen them i would think..
lyn
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I Am Nico
master brummie
Is that a pigeon loft or a shed?rear of gee st newtown..dated 1967
Of course with picture No.3 (Upper Thomas Street), the irony has not gone un-noticed with Midlands Counties ice cream proudly sticking up out of an ice flow..steelhouse lane..dated 1961
keeley st bordesley...dated 1966
upper thomas st..dated 1968
DavidGrain
master brummie
I know that the printed caption says 1969 but the cars did not look right for that date. The tram along that road closed in 1947 so a date not later than 1949 is more likely.
david you are so right..i really must look closer at the pic i am posting..i agree that 1949 is far more likely
cheers
lyn
birchfield road...aston lane to the right..wellington road to the left..i believe that there has been 3 crown and cushion pubs over the years on that corner...no 2 which is the one ive been in a few times showing on the left of the pic
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hi maurice i will try and post a few each day....i dont look very often but just looking at how many views this thread has had (nearly a quarter of a million) just goes to prove the power of the photograph...
lyn
brenda barr
master brummie
Astoness,...what ever happened to all those horse troughs????..were'nt they made of some kind of..renda granite??....considering the price of granite and marble today they would be worth a small fortune...Brenda
hello brenda...no idea what happened to all the troughs but i would love one as a planter in my back garden...i guess they were broken up...such a shame..
lyn
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Lyn
I doubt very much if any of the horse troughs that were disposed of from all over Brum were broken up to dispose of them. I'd would think that the ones that didn't end up in some Council Employee's back garden were certainly sold on by an enterprising Council Employee or perhaps even a contractor. Have you seen the prices that they can fetch, £1000 upwards depending on the size and condition.
crikey phil...did not think they would fetch that much...mind you they are a thing of the past and we will never see the likes of them again...be great to think that at least some of them were saved..
lyn