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Thread 'William Street-1851'

Good morning everyone.
I am researching a family member on ancestry and have found a street name on an 1851 census from Birmingham. I have attached a photo (marked with a red circle). It states Thomas Cardall and his wife were living at William Street, I believe (from looking at the family above them) that it says 'Hackers' or 'Hackels' building but I cannot find any more information on this, the census states it was in the Birmingham St Thomas area of Birmingham.

If anyone could shed any light on this I would appreciate the assistance. Thanks for your time
Nicky
 
pjmburns said:
There is a thread here with a link in post #6 which refers to White Horse
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Thread 'William Street-1851'

Good morning everyone.
I am researching a family member on ancestry and have found a street name on an 1851 census from Birmingham. I have attached a photo (marked with a red circle). It states Thomas Cardall and his wife were living at William Street, I believe (from looking at the family above them) that it says 'Hackers' or 'Hackels' building but I cannot find any more information on this, the census states it was in the Birmingham St Thomas area of Birmingham.

If anyone could shed any light on this I would appreciate the assistance. Thanks for your time
Nicky
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Thank you very much Janice
 
It's too low to be an air raid shelter. Might be a coal bunker. I suppose it could be an outside urinal, but it does look as if it has a roof, which would rule that out as not tall enough
 
mikejee said:
It's too low to be an air raid shelter. Might be a coal bunker. I suppose it could be an outside urinal, but it does lcount the ook as if it has a roof, which would rule that out as not tall enough
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Thanks for your response Mike my thoughts entirely ,I have a Birmingham Pubs book and they nominated that building as the outside gents , being a scratchbuild modeller one of the tricks of the trade is if you don't know the height of a building count the brick courses . I counted 23 and the common building brick is 2.5/16" so it's no way the WC , I think it's something to do with the houses . Thank's again
 
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