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rubbish tip
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brummie nick
master brummie
I remember the 'Tip' it was an old worked out brickyard.
Yes Pete, It was the landfill site after the clay pits and brick works had shut down. View attachment 20528
The Baron. Check out bottom left had corner of the map. Sorry I'm with you now, the tip was one side of Garrison Lane and the Football ground was the other side. Nearer Cattel Road I think.
Pete. I remember some of the steel rails, and some of the old trucks they must have had to push about. Not sure of any overhead wires. The Dustcarts came in along one of those side Streets from Garrison Lane.
Pete. I remember some of the steel rails, and some of the old trucks they must have had to push about. Not sure of any overhead wires. The Dustcarts came in along one of those side Streets from Garrison Lane.
brummie nick
master brummie
I think the Baron is insinuating that St Andrews is the 'Tip' 
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
The tip in Garrison Lane was, where part of Wheels Go Cart Park is now. We used the tip quite a bit in the late sixties when it was reopened to be topped up. Tips sink after a while and have to be resurfaced. Plus I think the council wanted to hide what had been tipped there over the years.
You could get access from from off Garrison Lane at Venetia Rd, The tip was known as Venetia Rd tip. I think originally it was the old Adderley Park Brickworks and Quarry. You could also come on to the tip from Landor St opposite Adderley Rd.
Its no secret to the council what is buried there, so I think there is very little chance it will be built on in the near future
I think that the Birmingham City Grounds was also a quarry at one time, and like all holes in the ground was used as a tip at one time until it was filled, but that was before my time.
Phil
You could get access from from off Garrison Lane at Venetia Rd, The tip was known as Venetia Rd tip. I think originally it was the old Adderley Park Brickworks and Quarry. You could also come on to the tip from Landor St opposite Adderley Rd.
Its no secret to the council what is buried there, so I think there is very little chance it will be built on in the near future
I think that the Birmingham City Grounds was also a quarry at one time, and like all holes in the ground was used as a tip at one time until it was filled, but that was before my time.
Phil
anyone remember the big cliff that was there ? gradually with all the refuge that was dumped it became a small step. From Landor Street you would have to cross the railway lines by the signal box. It was horrible on a windy day when it blew through the wires on the poles. The kids around there used to swim starkers in the canal in the hot summers.
jerry
Jerry
There were two tips and we always knew them as
"The Small Tip", which was at the back of the snooker hall and Elite Pics on Bordesley Green and "The Big Tip" Which we used to get to via a fence at the back of the \small tip, you could also get onto it from Bordesley green Road, opposite Holden,s Paints.
Anyone remember Wrights Ropes? It was at the bottom of thTip by Adderley Park Road.
This is a poem I wrote on the forum a long time back, it might stir one or two memories
https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1286
"The Small Tip", which was at the back of the snooker hall and Elite Pics on Bordesley Green and "The Big Tip" Which we used to get to via a fence at the back of the \small tip, you could also get onto it from Bordesley green Road, opposite Holden,s Paints.
Anyone remember Wrights Ropes? It was at the bottom of thTip by Adderley Park Road.
This is a poem I wrote on the forum a long time back, it might stir one or two memories
https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1286
dereklcg
master brummie
i,m with you on that one ger22van,that,s the way we used to go onto it
off landor st,we used to call it the brickies,as it was called if it can be found now. the signal box was called brickyard crossing,i had a BSA gold flash,
and we used to borrow an old ford Thames van and take the bike there,the bike was converted into a scrambler,we had many a happy blast up hill and down dale so to speak.
when we had as much dust and yakie tasting whatever we would go to the cricketers in small heath off grn lane, between wimbushes and the library and have a couple of brown and mild's. happy days. regards dereklcg
Icarus
Ancient Brummie
As someone has said, this area holds the Birmingham Wheels racing tracks. Much of the area is used as Birmingham City's paid car parking on match days, the only exit being on Landor Street opposite Adderley Road. This is great as you miss all the match traffic!
The Blues board stated a couple of years ago that £500k was being spent on testing the area's pollution with a view to building a new stadium there.
The Blues board stated a couple of years ago that £500k was being spent on testing the area's pollution with a view to building a new stadium there.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
I don't think it will ever happen, I think development such as the Wheels Park will be fine, but if they start excavations for foundations they will stir up a hornets nest.
Phil
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colin walker
Guest
My first school was tilton road and i just about remember in the very early 60s a lot of travelers set up camp there. it was always a waste land whilst i was at the school and our road only went as far as the school but the tip was the only thing behind the school
There were two tips and we always knew them as
"The Small Tip", which was at the back of the snooker hall and Elite Pics on Bordesley Green and "The Big Tip" Which we used to get to via a fence at the back of the \small tip, you could also get onto it from Bordesley green Road, opposite Holden,s Paints.
Anyone remember Wrights Ropes? It was at the bottom of thTip by Adderley Park Road.
This is a poem I wrote on the forum a long time back, it might stir one or two memories
https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1286[/quo
Jerry. The only thing I remember about " Wrights Ropes " was big letters on a chimney stack that I think I seen from the bottom of Lawley Street near Garrison Lane.
jerry
Jerry
I don't know much about Wright's Ropes but they had a pretty big factory in Garrison Street and the back of the factory faced onto the big tip. They did what it says on the tin!, wire and hemp ropes and they were involved with the laying of the second transatlantic wireless cable between Britain and America. They owned the patent for the insulation used on the cable.I think they had a Canadian subsidiary with the same name so they were a pretty big company at the time.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
The old Wrights Ropes Factory ran from Lawley Street the whole length of Garrison street on one side and it was backed by the railway viaduct. It ran right up to Midland Street and the Queens Pub by the railway bridge. When Wrights closed it was taken over by the Land Rover Co and they used to make Land Rover seats and Land Rover canvas hoods there.
Phil
Phil