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Old Walsall Road Hamstead 1890

Di.Poppitt

Di.Poppitt

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
This is a copy of a drawing I found in The Library. I love it. I was born in the third house down from the viaduct
 

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:angel: You are both very clever and lucky Di. Fancy being able to find the house you were born in and then create such a great pic' of it.
Kandy took a photo of where I was born and there's nothing there just an empty overgrown space.
Smashing really smashing.
 
Chris, I'm not clever at all. I didn't do this one. I actually found the drawing as you see it, with a box of papers relating to the mine disaster in 1908. But I was lucky to find it with my gran's house, where I was born.
 
If I have my bearings correct Di, I drive under the bridge every morning on my way to work.

I may just stop and turn back and take a pic of it now and add it to the thread
 
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John you beat me to it.....its not overly disimilar to the drawing is it?

I wondered who that strange man was today taking photos ;)
 
the disgiise worked then dodgy place to stop off at if you know what I mean :police: could have done with one of these
I thought I would help you out Sue as I know you are a busy soul and people don't like waiting for thier bed baths mine's three o clock ok :2funny:
 
Oh the memories........... thank you John so muchfor the photo's. :smitten:

The outdoor stood there in my grandparents days,  and the two houses attached are the only two miners cottages left in the village.  They were boarded up for years, until the council did a makeover. I went with my sister to Hamstead when workmen were in there. One tall balck guy said 'Are you two sisters?' I said yes we were, he pointed to a very small white chap,winked, and said, 'Es me brother' I had been close to tears. as we had walked round the back of the building and seen the line on the wall where the brewhouse had once stood. We all had a good laugh and we told them why we were there.

David, the terrace houses where I was born were originally called Police Row. The hole behind them was called the Marlhole in the village, but always pronounced Marl'ole. It took me years to realise why, Marl was the clay used in making porcelain. Evey thing not needed was thrown nto it, from pots and pans to furniture. I know my gran's whatnot and Staffordshire pottery flatback figures went in there when she died. There was always water in the bottom, it really was a thick yellow clay.

The chippy in my day belonged to Mr & Mrs Parish, but if you really wanted the real macoy you went to Polly Ash in Back Row, she cooked them in dripping in an old tin bath. :)
 
A very nice piece of history, with the addition of pics, for the mainsite has been 'born' I think?
 
talking of the canals what was your favourite canal walk I have walked from Salford Bridge up to Galton Bridge Smethwick (now thats a high bridge) needless to say it was when I was much younger, our starting point used to be Perry Barr Park Kingstanding end you could go either way, we had an old R A F rubber dinghy bought from a shop in Saltley one glorious sail and it then sank much to our dismay, we spent many happy hours walking the towpaths.
what's your story perhaps we can tie it in with Sues idea regarding Hamstead Road
 
Can I see Rod knicking the lead off that Building in the left far corner?
 
Cheers for pointing that out Les, I needed a new source of income and I think maybe nicking lead could be profitable. Ive developed a taste for fine wines, so I have what might be called a habit?
 
Thanks for the photo's David. I have looked at the site, but I'll go baack and spend some time on it.

The names of roads have changed a bit. They were 88 row, Back Row, Canal Row, The Lane............
 
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Thanks for the photo's David. I have looked at the site, but I'll go baack and spend some time on it.

The names of roads have changed a bit. They were 88 row, Back Row, Canal Row, The Lane............
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Only just discovered this site - my mom lived in Back Row....she's 77 this year. Family name was Vinal
 
the drawing that has been referred to was done by a child i taught when we covered the history of the mine and gave the work to the library in the 80's. (Ihave a copy of that too ...it may be the original one..)also photos of the place as i used to teach in the school that is now built at the back of the house on the site of the old brickworks...researching the history of that area was the best school topic i have ever done...much of it now is in book form , written by a member of the Hamstead mine society. There is an actual photo of those houses on their website i think...i know i have one...hope this of some interest. I always wanted the 2 remaining miners cottages by the wine shop that was to be made into a museum for the mine, brick works and the history of hamstead.
 
I came across this picture a few days ago,it is Hamstead estate in 1950 with colliery slag heap in the background.
Moss.
 
Moss your photo looks like the houses of the Durham estate most of the miners came down from the north i have a memory of the coal buckets traveling across the road on a high wire system in the early 60s i have seen photos of this. Dek
 
I was baptised and married at St Pauls, and went to the cubs there. Does anyone remember just below the church on the old walsall rd, in '50s there was a derelict house which we kids cetermined was Haunted. We were forbidden to go there cos it was dangerous.........which of course made it more attractive. I see that they have closed the passage from Walsall Rd to Old Walsall Rd through the church grounds.
 
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