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Old street pics..

Phil said:
Along with these 3 final views of the Bristol Rd at Longbridge I'm adding this view of Longbrige Station from the platform side and this one of The Old Mill on West Heath Rd.
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Great pics Phil my old stomping ground as a kid the line ran at the back of my home when I was a kid and back then steam trains still ran Longbridge to Rubery I never saw the station at longbridge in operation by the time I went to school the line was no longer used but we would walk the old line from Colmers Farm School and come out at the bridge when we waged the afternoon off. the pic of the tram lines splitting must be at the Lickey Road Bristol Road junction on the south side of the bridge were now is the traffic island and back in the day gate K in to the Austin's the site of many a strike protest in the 70's
Phil said:
Before continuing on down Bristol Rd South toward Rubery I'm going to cheat a little and post these two sets of photos of the Lickey terminus, simply because for most of us it was the end of the long bus or tram ride that we took on Bank holidays or other special occasions.
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the first pic is at the top of the Lickey Road with Jim Fletcher's place the amusement arcade the bus is about to turn hard left in to the terminus.
the 3rd pic shows the candy floss store closed and boarded at the time of the pic in the shoping strip the newsagents was there Pickins
the 4th pic is the Old Hare and Hounds pub still there today
5th pic is the line waiting for the #62 bus to head back towards town, the white building are toilets and that the woman's end the Lickey's got to see so many people and the lines got so big waiting on trams that building could handle a lot looking to spend a penny, you can see the pub in the left corner and the arcade
 
lindyloo said:
Thanks from me too Phil,...for me it's been a trip down memory lane of going to my Nan and Grandads in Rubery on the bus once a fortnight for many years as a child, with my Mom and Brother...getting the 58 or 60 from Sheldon into town, going through the market to get fresh haddock (for when we got home) then to the smelly bus depot to catch the 144 ...along the Bristol Road to The Rose and Crown in the village, a journey that seemed to take forever..in fact we spent more time on the bus than we did visiting ! But although some of the scenes in the photos were a bit before my time, there are a lot of the landmarks which my Brother and I used to look for which told us how much longer we would be on the bus.. The Royal Orthopaedic, Kalamazoo, The Black Horse and the bridge to name a few, but the best sight of all was The Austin and the island were the bus turned towards Rubery :)
Occasionally our Uncle would take us up to the Lickeys as a treat or we would walk down the village and fetch "proper" Lardy Cake to have with a lovely cup of tea made from leaves and in a teapot..Nan's tea was the only tea I would drink, I've haven't touched the stuff since she sadly passed away.
Grandad used to work at The QE, two of my Uncles worked at the Austin and Moms first job was in The Chemist at the top of the village..her cousin worked in the one at the bottom end.
Here is a photo the Chemist in about 1915 and one of Mom at The Chemist, circa 1955
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The 144 midland red all the way to the Malvern Hills, the bus depot just up from the Silver Blades Ice Rink, Rose and Crown pub worked across the street from it parked my car in their car park worked at Owen's GarageAustin dealer later to become AMR Motors Datsun/Nissan dealer now long gone building got torn down my time there early 70's
 
aston lad said:
International Co-operative Day is an annual celebration of the co-operative movement observed on the first Saturday in July since 1923 by the International Co-operative Alliance. taken from Wikipedia .....The photo in question looks like it was taken in the 1920's just by looking at the head wear of some of the girls.....biggest question now , is where was it taken ?....
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Imteresting picture. Did Birmingham police have spikes on their helmets, if so, when?
 
The giveaway signs should be the 3 small windows on the pub and the ornate support (next to the M of Mitchells).
I have looked through all the pictures I can find of Aston pubs and the only 2 that come anywhere near being a match are:

The Royal Oak at Pritchett Street

and

The White Horse on Victoria Street

Insufficient detail on the photos to pick out the ornate support though. Very intriguing.

Is this going to be another 'where is this No. 8 bus' ?
 
brummy-lad said:
The giveaway signs should be the 3 small windows on the pub and the ornate support (next to the M of Mitchells).
I have looked through all the pictures I can find of Aston pubs and the only 2 that come anywhere near being a match are:

The Royal Oak at Pritchett Street

and

The White Horse on Victoria Street

Insufficient detail on the photos to pick out the ornate support though. Very intriguing.

Is this going to be another 'where is this No. 8 bus' ?
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The White Horse is an Atkinson House
 
Welcome, I hope you find something of interest here.
Dartmouth Auto Castings is mentioned in these two threads:

The Birmid

I hope no one will mind me posting this here as strictly speaking Im out of the Birmingham boundary by I guess, a few miles. Does anyone here have any connections with "The Birmid" it always seemed that local people always used the definite article when referring to it. I worked for...
birminghamhistory.co.uk birminghamhistory.co.uk

Belliss & Morcom

Interesting article about some war time employee records uncovered at their old factory https://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/...name_page.html
birminghamhistory.co.uk
 
Phil said:
Ray T

The pub on the corner of Montpelier Street was the Cottage of Content the shop on the other corner was a grocers shop the Bakery was on the corner of Long Street. The Railway a Davenports house was further up Kyrwicks Lane. The barber next to the old bakery premises was R Winnet (Ronnie) I think as I never used him, the chip shop was "Ickies" a W.Hickman who had the shop as long as I can remember he must have retired, packed it in or died in the early 70's because after then it had new owners.
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Phil said:
Ray T

The pub on the corner of Montpelier Street was the Cottage of Content the shop on the other corner was a grocers shop the Bakery was on the corner of Long Street. The Railway a Davenports house was further up Kyrwicks Lane. The barber next to the old bakery premises was R Winnet (Ronnie) I think as I never used him, the chip shop was "Ickies" a W.Hickman who had the shop as long as I can remember he must have retired, packed it in or died in the early 70's because after then it had new owners.
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Hi Lyn, Just gone through all the old Pic's again re visiting a lot of old memories of the old Days, I left in 1970 moved too
Devon then onto Cornwall in1977 still here but the old heart stings give me a pull now and then.... Still really proud to be borne and bred in BRUM PETE EXPAT
 
Pete Ex Pat said:
Hi Lyn, Just gone through all the old Pic's again re visiting a lot of old memories of the old Days, I left in 1970 moved too
Devon then onto Cornwall in1977 still here but the old heart stings give me a pull now and then.... Still really proud to be borne and bred in BRUM PETE EXPAT
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hi pete hope you are well..good to see you posting again and you know the old saying...you can take the lad out of brum but cant take brum out of the lad

lyn
 
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