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Perry Barr postcards

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here a few postcards i bought from the hisory fair..one or two may have been posted before

this was taken of the pit rescuers just before they left for home after 8 gruelling days trying to save the workers after the hampstead colliery disaster of 1908


lyn...
 
one of many regrets is not going to see boothes farm..home of the famous forger as i only lived round the corner from it in the 70s....

and the scott arms....
 
Used to play "Over the Brook" which was around the quarry at Booths Farm in the 60's. best playground ever.!!!
 
The photo of the miners I haven't seen before. My Grandfather Horton was one of the Hamstead rescue team. I think the men photographed were part of the team sent from Tankersley Colliery, in Yorkshire. They had the first breathing apparatus issued to the mines, and some of the men are holding them. Some of the equipment was faluty and one of the men died wearing his mask; they couldn't risk losing any more men, which is why it took so long before any of the bodies of the dead miners were brought up. The fumes took that long to clear, and the mine was closed for some months afterwards.
Thanks Lyn for posting it.
 
hi di...how interesting to know that your grandfather was one of the mine rescuers....thats something to be proud of....it was such a tragedy...

lyn
 
I have the silver medal he was awarded, Lyn. Yes I am proud of him and other members of the family, they were so brave. It took them a long time to get over it, granddad took my gran and all their children to Yorkshire, he needed to work and was happy to leave Hamstead pit. They couldn't settle and missed family and friends and went back.
 
Di I bet you treasure it. They reckon the pits go almost as far as our house. I would love to know if they do. Is there any way of finding out do you know?. Jean.
 
Hi Jean, I know that the pit was the deepest in England and at one time was said to be the deepest in the world. I remember mom saying that her father walked miles underground, I might be dreaming but I thiink she said the workings went as far as Perry Barr. I tell you who will know, pop into the miners social club in Old Walsall Road. They will tell you. There is a security system in place, you cant walk straight in. They are lovely men, they love a joke and a laugh.
 
morning di...how lovely that you have your grandads medal....and how hard it must have been working to try and save those poor miners...there was no councilling in those days to help folk get over the trauma of such events so no wonder he felt he couldnt go back to the hampstead pit.....

lyn
 
Di.Poppitt said:
I know that the pit was the deepest in England
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I worked at a factory in Old Walsall Rd and lot of ex-miners came to work there when the pit closed. One of them told me that the workings reached as far as the Kingstanding Circle - might have been a miner's 'tall tale', but he did say, it took 20 minutes by train, to get to the coal face. Maybe someone's got a map of the workings. I seem to remember, the cable-way was still working across the Old Walsall Rd in 1965.
 
Old Mowhawk a woman who lives at the top of Dunedin road swears the mines are under our road. Oh well one day we might find out god forbid. Di I will look out for the club you spoke of but can't recollect passing it. Lyn what about that rain just???. TTFN. Jean.
 
Jean, it seems like he wasn't telling me a tale then. He became a vey militant shop steward and the Boss told him he was 'insane'. So he went to a 'shrink' and got a certificate to prove he was sane. He was the only person at the factory who had proof that he was sane. I think your house will be safe because Di said it was a very deep mine!
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Me 'nice' smilies walked off again.
Phil.
 
The bigger the hole the further to fall Oldmowhawk. No I'm not bothered but would be nice to know think it's the library again. Jean.
 
Jean the miners club is about 500 yards on the right hand side approaching it from the church. They've got a piece of stained glass commemorating the pit, and they love talking about their days underground.
 
I grew up in Foden rd Great Barr in the 40's My mother used to tell us the whole of Gt Barr was like a rabbit warren underneath. When you consider the time the mine was operating it quite likely very true. Marilyn
 
sharijam2 said:
I grew up in Foden rd Great Barr in the 40's My mother used to tell us the whole of Gt Barr was like a rabbit warren underneath. When you consider the time the mine was operating it quite likely very true. Marilyn
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Sharijam, I was Foden Rd 1950's no.98
 
We are so lucky to still have the Bartons Arms, it looks so forlorn in the first photo.
I love them old Bedford S types
 
my uncle was the manager of a shop on the other side of the road from the Barton Arms, i think it was opposite the House that Jack built, it was a shoe shop called Wilfred Cashmore's, i must of been about 6 then, Jackie Pallow the wrestler came in one day, he was fighting at the Aston Hipp
 
Hi Leonard, I didnt know anyone from that end of Foden Rd. Moved to Jayshaw Ave. 1957.Then to Adelaide 1964. I do remember the Brook catching frogspawn and playing at the Quarry. It was all corn fields in that area. Could see and walk from Foden Rd across to Booths Farm. Which we swore was haunted. Recently found Booth used the Farm for forgery for which he was hung.Other haunts were Red House Park. I have never seen a slide as big as that one anywhere since. Also Perry Hall and Perry Barr Park. St Margarets grounds picking bluebells. Even with the war. Couldnt have wished for happier carefree childhood. Yet we had no toys.
 
such a shame that the hippodrome was demolished..it went hand in hand with the bartons arms...
 
Thought I'd add this postcard I have onto this thread. Don't think it's been on before but difficult to tell. It's a view of the Perry Park entrance in the 1930s. Viv.
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I also have this postcard dated 1936. It's Aldridge Road, Perry Barr. Don't know the church. Viv.

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I Think i put these on the Aldridge Rd Thread some time back. Nice to see them again as i didn,t save them. My question was asking the name of the Church .It was Christ Church.
 
Thanks Topsyturvey, didn't realise that was Christ Church. These are both from original postcards I have. Viv.
 
Vivienne14 said:
Thought I'd add this postcard I have onto this thread. Don't think it's been on before but difficult to tell. It's a view of the Perry Park entrance in the 1930s. Viv.
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I was just testing a method of finding the 'new style' images that members have posted on the forum, and came across your very nice postcard pic of the entrance to Perry Barr Park. It is the only image of that postcard on the forum. The end house in the row looks almost the same on Google's street view but a lorry parked in front of it blocks the view. The other houses have been altered.
oldmohawk
 
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