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Prescott Street All Saints

 
Nick Phillips said:
Hi Lyn, you are correct we lived at 26 Coralie St which was on the corner of Prescott St with one side of shop/house in Prescott St with back door up the entry, shop door and house door in Coralie St. Your photos shows the shop in five photos and in one photo shows the two shop windows that were in Prescott St.

Lyn, once again many thanks

Nick S Phillips
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Astoness said:
does anyone have an interest in prescott street as i have about 20 photos

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I have to thank Lyn for the great Photos regarding Prescott St.
I've spent a long time looking for photos of the area.

Nick S Phillips
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Photo #8 (in post #23) appears on the Winson Green to Brookfields site here http://www.winsongreentobrookfields.co.uk/prescott-street Someone posted on there that they have an undated postcard which suggests could have been called the ‘Prize Medal’ pub. They also speculate as to whether ‘Prize Medal’ was in fact a brand name for an M&B beer.

Two(possibly) unusual names for a pub. Maybe we should have a thread about this one as we don’t seem to have anything covering the Mona Stores ? Viv.
 
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hi dan i have posted all the photos on this thread that i have of prescott st...its best to start reading the thread from post 1

lyn
 
Nick Phillips said:
Dan, if you know where to look. you can see where Prescott St was
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Dan, if you know where to look you can see where Prescott St was.
All the old houses have all gone but where Prescott was its is now Knighstone Av and Capstone Av.

I have shown a number people where Prescott St was. If you look up "Reel street, Cathy come home" you will find some then and now photos.

Hope this is helpful.

Nick S Phillips
 
Nick Phillips said:
Dan, if you know where to look you can see where Prescott St was.
All the old houses have all gone but where Prescott was its is now Knighstone Av and Capstone Av.

I have shown a number people where Prescott St was. If you look up "Reel street, Cathy come home" you will find some then and now photos.

Hope this is helpful.

Nick S Phillips
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Thanks Nick. My relatives on my mother’s side The Jauncey’s lived on Prescott street around no. 91 in the late 1800s.
 
My Nan Doris May Owen lived on Prescott Street. At the time of her marriage to Joseph Harris her residence was stated as 3, Back 117, Prescott Street, Brookfields, Birmingham. They got married in 1935. I remember visiting the house before they were knocked down and Nan moved to Great Barr.
 
Boatwoman said:
My Nan Doris May Owen lived on Prescott Street. At the time of her marriage to Joseph Harris her residence was stated as 3, Back 117, Prescott Street, Brookfields, Birmingham. They got married in 1935. I remember visiting the house before they were knocked down and Nan moved to Great Barr.
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hi boatwoman have you looked at the photos i have posted on this thread closely as many contain people in them..who knows maybe you nan could be in one of them...

lyn
 
Boatwoman said:
My Nan Doris May Owen lived on Prescott Street. At the time of her marriage to Joseph Harris her residence was stated as 3, Back 117, Prescott Street, Brookfields, Birmingham. They got married in 1935. I remember visiting the house before they were knocked down and Nan moved to Great Barr.
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If you go to page one (1) you will find a few photos and a map of Prescott St, Part of Prescott still there but its now called Knightstone Ave and Capstone Ave.
If you look up "Reel Street" - Cathy come home, you can find a shot of Prescott St.

Nick S Phillips ‍♂️ .
 
Nick Phillips said:
If you go to page one (1) you will find a few photos and a map of Prescott St, Part of Prescott still there but its now called Knightstone Ave and Capstone Ave.
If you look up "Reel Street" - Cathy come home, you can find a shot of Prescott St.

Nick S Phillips ‍♂️ .
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Hi Nick. The photos are amazing and it bought back memories of visiting my Nan and going up the entry to the back of her house. I remember the house, it was basically a two up to down, with the toilet at the bottom of the yard. Nan painted stones to line the path to the toilet, so we could see in the dark the line of the path. The old tin bath used to hang on the wall outside of the back door. It was a dark and damp old house, but she loved it there. They moved her to Richmond Croft, Great Barr, Birmingham, into a new house and she hated it there.
 
Boatwoman said:
Hi Nick. The photos are amazing and it bought back memories of visiting my Nan and going up the entry to the back of her house. I remember the house, it was basically a two up to down, with the toilet at the bottom of the yard. Nan painted stones to line the path to the toilet, so we could see in the dark the line of the path. The old tin bath used to hang on the wall outside of the back door. It was a dark and damp old house, but she loved it there. They moved her to Richmond Croft, Great Barr, Birmingham, into a new house and she hated it there.
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Hi ____, pleased the photos brought back some memories, I still occasionally go and check on the area. I think it was a great pity they knocked down all the old houses, with some modification they could have made some great accommodation.

Nick S Phillips ‍♂️.
 
Nick Phillips said:
Hi ____, pleased the photos brought back some memories, I still occasionally go and check on the area. I think it was a great pity they knocked down all the old houses, with some modification they could have made some great accommodation.

Nick S Phillips ‍♂️.
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Hi Nick. Now I maybe remembering it wrong, but was the old Aston Villa Football ground nearby?
 
Boatwoman said:
Hi Nick. Now I maybe remembering it wrong, but was the old Aston Villa Football ground nearby?
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Hi_____, back then if you went to a football game you would pay cash at the gate, my brother ( five years older then I ) on Saturdays we would often go to a game, we did not mind if it was :- Aston Villa, West Brom or B'ham City, we were back street kids so walked using a bus was to expensive and you would never ever think of using a bus.
Aston Villa was around three (3) mile walk.

We went to Handsworth new road school, walking home after school with one Old penny in our pockets.

Nick S Phillips ‍♂️.
 
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Nick Phillips said:
Hi_____, back then if you went to a football game you would pay cash at the gate, my brother ( five years older then I ) on Saturdays we would often go to a game, we did not mind if it was :- Aston Villa, West Brom or B'ham City, we were back street kids so walked using a bus was to expensive and you would never even think of using a bus.
Aston Villa was around three (3) mile walk.

We went to Handsworth new road school, walking home after schoolwas a Old penny in our pockets.

Nick S Phillips ‍♂️.
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For some reason I got it into my head their ground was at the bottom of my Nan's road :-). My mum went to Handsworth New Road Girls School.
 
Boatwoman said:
For some reason I got it into my head their ground was at the bottom of my Nan's road :). My mum went to Handsworth New Road Girls School.
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Aston Villa, have been at present area since 1874, they moved, (not sure where from) but a very short distance

Nick S Phillips ‍♂️ .
 
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My grandparents had a house on Prescott Street, Fred and Edith Stokes. My nan got TB so my mum had to go and live with her cousin on Irving Street. My nan eventually spent time in the sanitorium at Romsley. Apparently my granddad fought hard to get a house 'in the country' which at that time was Shard End.
 
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