jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
On my office wall I have a painting (print) of Aston Cross depicting a l948 street scene. It is in colour and has the perspective facing Aston Cross from approximately where the Library was and is looking up Park Road. Ansells Brewery is being rebuilt with it's brick fascia which has scaffolding on it. The red electric sign saying - Ansells --the Better Beer, is in place. The clock tower is prominent. Just coasting up to the tower is a No. 2 tram sporting a Littlewoods advertising banner along it's side and an ad for Roadley's of Corporation St, who sold prams. This would have come directly from the terminus at Chester Road, Erdington,
along Sutton New Road down Gravelly Hill, across Salford Bridge and along Lichfield Road on its way to Steelhouse Lane. A few yards in front of the No. 2 tram, is a No. 78 tram, which is sporting a C-W-S banner on it's side and an ad for Dutch Tinned Meats on the front. This tram would have started it's journey at the Streetly Road Tram Terminus travelled along Streetly Road past the Plaza Cinema to Stockland Green, down Slade Road to Salford Bridge and along
Lichfield Road to Aston Cross and then into town at Steelhouse Lane. In the gap between the two trams is a view up Park Road and there is a tram coming down the the hill. I am not sure what the number is on this tram but I remember catching it at Witton Circle going along Witton Lane and up Park Road and down to Aston Cross. With this perspective the background to the picture is the Co-operative Store and next door part of George Mason's grocery store. There is so much going on in this picture since there are at least ten shoppers on the pavement in front of the stores, the tram driver and some passengers in the two trams in the forefront plus to motor vehicles of the day. I have had this picture for years and there is no name on it. Has anyone else got the same picture? I bought this in Brum several years ago and I believe this artist has painted other pictures of Brum street subjects.
along Sutton New Road down Gravelly Hill, across Salford Bridge and along Lichfield Road on its way to Steelhouse Lane. A few yards in front of the No. 2 tram, is a No. 78 tram, which is sporting a C-W-S banner on it's side and an ad for Dutch Tinned Meats on the front. This tram would have started it's journey at the Streetly Road Tram Terminus travelled along Streetly Road past the Plaza Cinema to Stockland Green, down Slade Road to Salford Bridge and along
Lichfield Road to Aston Cross and then into town at Steelhouse Lane. In the gap between the two trams is a view up Park Road and there is a tram coming down the the hill. I am not sure what the number is on this tram but I remember catching it at Witton Circle going along Witton Lane and up Park Road and down to Aston Cross. With this perspective the background to the picture is the Co-operative Store and next door part of George Mason's grocery store. There is so much going on in this picture since there are at least ten shoppers on the pavement in front of the stores, the tram driver and some passengers in the two trams in the forefront plus to motor vehicles of the day. I have had this picture for years and there is no name on it. Has anyone else got the same picture? I bought this in Brum several years ago and I believe this artist has painted other pictures of Brum street subjects.
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