Researching Gosta Green/University area

[mikejee]

The building looks very like Kyrle Hall in Sheep St

 

[pjmburns]

Difficult to tell but that "pointed part of the roof" doesn't seem to be on the original photo

 

[Astoness]

i agree jan i would say 2 totally different buildings

lyn

 

[Vhenn]

Thanks everyone. I wanted to also build up a library of buildings in the area so these together with the maps are a great help.

Have a great Friday

Belinda

 

[Vivienne14]

Belinda. As the building enquiry in post #1 has been resolved, I have now merged all that information with your thread researching Gosta Green and the University to retain all the information in one place for you.

 

[Vhenn]

Voices of the Past: Changing neighbourhoods

www.aston.ac.uk

Hi everyone

This is a link to an oral history of someone who grew up in Gem Street.

Kind regards

Belinda

 

[Vhenn]

Hi everyone

I have been walking around the campus at Aston University and found the fountain that used to be by the library. It is the side of the Delicia which is the current EBRI building next to the Sacks of Potatoes. We also saw a sign for Ryder Street which was on the corner of Corporation Street after crossing James Watt Queensway. My family lived in Ryder Street in 1939 so that was a nice experience. We popped into the Sacks of Potatoers and I would recommend that as a good old fashioned pub with alot of history.

Kind regards

Belinda

 

[Astoness]

hi belinda great photos..wonderful to know that the old fountain did not find its way to the skip..that pub is one i have never been in but keep saying one day i will

lyn

 

[pjmburns]

The corner building in Ryder Street (corner of James Watt) used to be the Guide Association shop.
My Brownie uniform, then my Guide uniform and eventually my Guider uniform all came from there.
When I was at college I used to nip in to buy badges if we needed them.

 

[Pedro42]

I found this information amongst my family history records. I don't know how relevent it is to this thread

Peter

 

[Vhenn]

Thanks Peter. I am making a booklet about Gem Street for my family for Christmas and one of the things I will be putting in it is places so this background is really useful as my family lived opposite the school.

Kind regards

Belinda

 

[Vhenn]

Aston Old Cross Stones -Aston University

Yesterday I tried to find the Aston Stones. They had been placed on the Gosta Green Campus and created at the same time as the streets were demolished. I wondered if anyone has any historical information from the 70's as there were 5 and I could only find three. I was told that they may have been placed at key locations but two were very close together and they may have been moved with construction work. I am trying to plot them on the campus map and then compare with the original one.