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hi berniew
yes i also recal the drovers bringing around the cattle of cows and sheep and piggs in the forties and fifties
through out those arches there was little walk wys [ alleys ] and they would come through on to new cannal street as well
and every sunday they would drive them up and around onto new cannal street to the hide and skinyard wich was next to my grand parents house
and ajoining transport bed and breakfast and coffee shop for these drivers and drovers ; it was always packed house it was a veryu large peice of land
every sunday morning i would go to my grand parents shop and climb up o the back rest and wipe the steam off those coffee shop windows
nd peer through the windows at the men and the cattle they would be running all over the place and some would stop on the shop steps and the windows
and look in right up with there noses at the windows i was only a little kid but i was scared of these cows some time they would brin pigs down on the after noon; many years ago in the early 1900s they would occasionionaly se rats running around there yard and the owners because they knew my grand parents and because there yard openend up to grand fathers as it did the typhoo yard where grand dad kept his three wheeler van and his comerial van there
and they would say ernie can we borrow old jacko we have seen a rat and he would take him in and he would get it ;but for years they kept the cattle peenned in there every day and bring them around to or the ones that was also kept on new cannal street
when i visit them every sunday i would hear the barking dogs next door and the smelling of the hide and skin ;
more often than not some would escape and they would chase hiom one sunday a pig ran ito the spotted dogg across the oppersite corner
yes i also recal the drovers bringing around the cattle of cows and sheep and piggs in the forties and fifties
through out those arches there was little walk wys [ alleys ] and they would come through on to new cannal street as well
and every sunday they would drive them up and around onto new cannal street to the hide and skinyard wich was next to my grand parents house
and ajoining transport bed and breakfast and coffee shop for these drivers and drovers ; it was always packed house it was a veryu large peice of land
every sunday morning i would go to my grand parents shop and climb up o the back rest and wipe the steam off those coffee shop windows
nd peer through the windows at the men and the cattle they would be running all over the place and some would stop on the shop steps and the windows
and look in right up with there noses at the windows i was only a little kid but i was scared of these cows some time they would brin pigs down on the after noon; many years ago in the early 1900s they would occasionionaly se rats running around there yard and the owners because they knew my grand parents and because there yard openend up to grand fathers as it did the typhoo yard where grand dad kept his three wheeler van and his comerial van there
and they would say ernie can we borrow old jacko we have seen a rat and he would take him in and he would get it ;but for years they kept the cattle peenned in there every day and bring them around to or the ones that was also kept on new cannal street
when i visit them every sunday i would hear the barking dogs next door and the smelling of the hide and skin ;
more often than not some would escape and they would chase hiom one sunday a pig ran ito the spotted dogg across the oppersite corner
dek carr
gone but not forgotten
I do it wasn,t a skin and hide place (that was in New Canal St it was a button making factory which brought it bones that had to be steam cleaned and the waste was removed on a good day it stunk to high heaven I had to good fortune to have to go there as an electrical apprentice in the late 50s The main entrance was in River St and the back entrance was in Barn St.DEk
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Continuing on now to Digbeth past the Rea Street junction (1) and the Civic Hall on the right (2) once a function hall and wrestling and boxing venue, now a night club. Passing on the other side of the road the new Midland Red depot under construction (3) Now looking back from where we have just come from at Mill Lane (4). Now we are passing Smithfield with Morgans Sausages and the Police Station opposite (5)
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Pete Ex Pat
master brummie
Great Photos PHil, I can just about remember Digbeth like that I was about 10 and i seem to remember there was still a lot of horse and carts around at the time like BRS co-op milk coal mechants.. ETC
Regards Pete
Regards Pete
In an almost identical image to item no.4, yet taken some 3 years earlier in 1954, GettyImages (photo reproduced for educational purposes) captures the day-to-day bustle of the area. Photographer: Haywood Magee.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Still heading up through Digbeth just past the police station now (1) Now at St Martins Lane at the back of the church (2) We are now entering the Bull Ring (3) Bomb damage all around us in 1940 (4) Now having passed through the Bull ring we are now on the High Street. (5)
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Really enjoying these Phil. In the first photo in post 1182, on the left going towards St Martin's was a National Westminster Bank where I opened my very first bank account to pay in all(?) that hard earned cash when I worked in Bradford Street. Viv.
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Stitcher
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Phil, I can only imagine the time and effort you have had to put into sorting all these pics into the correct order and then posting them. Having never been without either a car or a m/cycle since 1957, plus being a driver for a living since the late fifties, I have obviously got some experience of most of the scenes you have shown. That however does not detract in any way from the interest generated by them all.
S
Stitcher
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I can't argue with that Phil.
Radiorails
master brummie
Still enjoying your pics Phil. Sadly we are getting near the point where we will alight for a break in our journey..
I remember some of the Bull Ring bomb damage and recall some of the temporary shopping units in the city centre which replaced the original structures.
For me the junction of Digbeth with Rea Street, in the early nineteen fifties, was a fascinating place to observe. So much traffic and of such variety. Principal memories - mostly buses of course - are the Midland Reds arriving and leaving the open parking space in front of their depot, the variety of buses arriving in the city and leaving the city for the suburbs and surrounding towns but most fascinating of all was the trolley bus conductor changing the overhead wiring switch to allow the trolleys to enter Rea Street (for the Station Street terminus) from Digbeth. Then came his dash to re-board his bus as it was now moving along Rea Street. Usually he made it: not always however. :star:
I remember some of the Bull Ring bomb damage and recall some of the temporary shopping units in the city centre which replaced the original structures.
For me the junction of Digbeth with Rea Street, in the early nineteen fifties, was a fascinating place to observe. So much traffic and of such variety. Principal memories - mostly buses of course - are the Midland Reds arriving and leaving the open parking space in front of their depot, the variety of buses arriving in the city and leaving the city for the suburbs and surrounding towns but most fascinating of all was the trolley bus conductor changing the overhead wiring switch to allow the trolleys to enter Rea Street (for the Station Street terminus) from Digbeth. Then came his dash to re-board his bus as it was now moving along Rea Street. Usually he made it: not always however. :star:
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Turning left now at the Big Top(1) into New Street (2) passing the Odeon Cinema on the left (3) and also C & A Modes (4) next door and opposite Marshall and Snelgrove (5) by the time of this photo The Warwick Hotel.
Once again the photos seem to have sorted out their own order of appearance, please run your mouse pointer over each photo for the number of the photo
Once again the photos seem to have sorted out their own order of appearance, please run your mouse pointer over each photo for the number of the photo
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
We now make a right turn into Corporation Street (6) stopping shortly at the bus stop under the jewellers clock (7) taking a look back at where we have just came from (8) Now we are outside the ite of rge future Rackhams department store(9) Now we make a left turn into Bull Street(10).
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Here's a more detailed view of Timpson's and its neighbours noting the fine brickwork. The exact date of this RIBA photo is stated as 1955. In my opinion the 'modern' 1930's design fitted in well with the Victorian style. Not so for the 1960's and even worse today-nothing seems to match!
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
I have been asked via PM to post some photos of the shops around the Sladefield Rd junction of Washwood Heath Rd, which of course I am more than willing to do so. I see that the new member "Hyde" has yet to make a post can I just suggest he or she do so, we are not a bad lot who are always eager to greet new members.
Phil
Phil
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Two features you don't see nowdays in Phil's photos #1192; weighing scales and milk machines. Loved both of those items. Viv.
