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Old street pics..

oldMohawk said:
A postcard view of Gladys Road, Hay Mills.
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There seems to be an incline on Gladys Rd towards the Coventry Road, so the picture looks to be taken from just up from the junction with Deakins Rd. The trees still survive and the large roof to the left may be around number 41. Can only see one example of the old castellated walls that were adjoining the pavement other than a the junction with Coventry Road.
 
josephine taylor said:
Hi Lynn thankyou for the Clifton road pic, I used to live in Clifton road, between the printers and the shop we moved there from Defford road, we moved from there to Kingstanding. wish there were more pics of Clifton road, bye jose
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Hi Josephine

I used to live in Clifton Road from 1956 until we moved to Kingstanding in 1969. We lived at 1/161 Clifton Road. Whereabouts did you live? Mike
 
Astoness said:
st peters place and st martins place off broad st dated 1969

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monument road/ledsam st ladywood dated 1960

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clifton road aston dated 1969..i love this one its so busy..

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heathfield road dated 1965

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Wow my nan and granddad lived 145 Heathfield road and later they were vergers of Holy Trinity church where my brother and I were christened. They lived right opposite the church in Trinity house Birchfield road. Think this is Trinity Church.
 
Two derelict properties in Willis Street with a notice over the entry warning trespassers will be prosecuted. I can't read a possible court number on a plate over the entry but the houses are next to a shop apparently owned by Tom Smith and looks like loaves of bread on the shelves in the window.
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There is a Tom Smith, baker listed in Kellys. In 1888,1890 he is in Ellen st, in 1895 -1913 at 55 Darwin St. Cannot find him in Willis St. In fact, other than a Tom Smith, builder. he is the only Tom Smith (as opposed to Thomas) listed around that time
 
Well, looked at 55 Darwin St, on the os maps, and it is definitely not that. the ellen St address in Kellys does not give a number and it is not clear exactly where it is, so cannot determine whether building might be this
 
OM's (Phil) photo has an advert for shoes above one doorway, which might suggest a cobblers shop. It would be interesting to read the larger sign over the arch to the side entrance.
This could become another No.8 bus in Icknield Street search! :D
 
Shoothill have the image below from the library collection tagged as Willis Street and I have lightened the right side of the image to show the 'Tea & Coffee' shop. On the right side of the shop window I can see written vertically what appears to be '69-71 Barr St'. Under the full image I have put an enlargement of the writing.
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Barr Street was and is in the Hockley area
 
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The pattern of entrances and the apparent end of the row of buildings at the corner with Hockley St fits the photo being Barr St.. Also around 1900 no 65 is lsited as a shopkeeper, which usually means general provisions and this would fit with tea and coffee sign. No 63 on the edge of the photo wasa pearl button works
Sorry my choice of colour for numbers hasn't shown up too well

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Shoothill have the image below from the library collection tagged as Willis Street.
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In view of the doubts about the location of the image in post #5456 I've enlarged some wall notices in this pic for possible location clues. Ashted Row has a 'White Lie' show on somewhere, there is an annual meeting at a local school but the corner of the bay window blocks the name and the left notice names a 'Karl Eddie' and A.G.Spry, but no apparent clues !
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An aerial view dated 1939 showing Barr St running across the centre left to right and Hockley St top to bottom across the centre. Just to the right of the junction is a building (marked) with a higher roof level which appears to match the street level pics of Barr St.
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EPW062659 England 1939 ref 'britainfromabove'
 
A.G. Spry was an Australian comedian who specialised in monologues and producing revues. He appeared in Birmingham in 1906, 1911 and 1918, so the photograph is at any rate pre-1920.

EDIT:Karl Eddie, described as an entertainer, seemed have had his heyday about 1913.

Maurice
 
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Mike,

They seem to have appeared at several Birmingham theatres including the Grand and the Alexandra. Spry did most of his work in London, but did several round the world tours as well.

Maurice
 
I have the image at #5464 in my collection as Willis Street Nechells and as the street with the mystery shop in Lozells is Wills Street it seems that Willis Street is not the location being sought. Besides there was no gradient on Willis Street that I can remember save for the part that was on the other side of Ashted Row and Great Brook Street that was behind the photographer on the photo I am posting here.

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