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Old street pics..

Viv,

It was called primrose even in 1960. Our old cottage in Kings Heath had walls that were dark brown boards up to about 4 feet high. A friend of my mother decided it needed a makeover and said that it we stripped the boards off, he would make good any holes with some plaster and then paint the woodwork for us. A couple of days later he brought over a large can of Pinchin Johnson Primrose gloss paint for the woodwork and later some wallpaper. It made the room look so airy and modern for a place that was built in the 1860s. It still stands today.

Maurice :cool:
 
Five Ways as I remember it
oldMohawk said:
The lady in the white coat looks bemused by the scene....
FiveWays-HagleyRd1966.jpg
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The picture of #5,899 brought back memories. You can just make out the pub 'Hole in the Wall' under the ramp. 2/3 years after that picture was taken would have shown me scurrying up that ramp on my way to the 'Cabin' for a few pints. if you were lucky you could have seen me running (staggering) down again on my way to catch the no. 44 bus back home that was normally sat at its terminus in High Street just behind where the photograph was taken from. Dave
 
Holly Lane Erdington 1890.......
This view is just inside the 2nd half of Holly Lane, just down from Orphanage Road looking towards Grange Rd which you can just make out in the distance on the left
The houses are STILL there..........click for larger view.

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Astoness said:
cracking photo of bsw...wonder what the name of the ansells pub is on the left corner

lyn
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After some research on another site I came up with "The Star Inn"...........
The Star Inn was opened as a beer house and located on north side of Bridge Street West, on the corner of Well Street. Indeed, the address of the tavern has been featured in both streets. Historically, the house was known as the Star Tavern on Well Street, though after some enlargement became the Star Inn and generally listed at No.306 Bridge Street West.
If you look at the street sign top right you can JUST make out the beginning of the name Well Street.
 
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