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Betty Hopper
master brummie
Re: A few pictures of Selly Oak from an old Sunday Mercury nostalgia page from a book
Hello bernview , Thanks for posting these photos. I definitely remember the café on the bridge which I always thought looked awful and
wondered how people could go in there to eat??
The photos of the park puzzled me though, where was the park?? I remember one called The Dell somewhere up Dawlish Road I think?
I solve one mystery and find another on this memory game.
Betty
Hello bernview , Thanks for posting these photos. I definitely remember the café on the bridge which I always thought looked awful and
wondered how people could go in there to eat??
The photos of the park puzzled me though, where was the park?? I remember one called The Dell somewhere up Dawlish Road I think?
I solve one mystery and find another on this memory game.
Betty
Betty Hopper
master brummie
Re: A few pictures of Selly Oak from an old Sunday Mercury nostalgia page from a book
Hello Fella's
I can place Harborne Lane, I used to go to the Labour Exchange { in the good old days } So I can remember Gibbins road and there was a Dance Studio in Reservoir road but I can't picture a park anywhere around there.
Was it just the park gates on Harborne lane or could you see it was a park ??
The older I get the more I realise what a fantastic piece of equipment is our brain.
{ Had to have a head scan the other week and I was really pleased to know I have still got one !!!!! }
Betty.
Hello Fella's
I can place Harborne Lane, I used to go to the Labour Exchange { in the good old days } So I can remember Gibbins road and there was a Dance Studio in Reservoir road but I can't picture a park anywhere around there.
Was it just the park gates on Harborne lane or could you see it was a park ??
The older I get the more I realise what a fantastic piece of equipment is our brain.
{ Had to have a head scan the other week and I was really pleased to know I have still got one !!!!! }
Betty.
Re: A few pictures of Selly Oak from an old Sunday Mercury nostalgia page from a book
Hi Selly oak residents of tested years. Do any of you recall the big house building called the peoples hall oak tree lane Shelly oak
It also doubled as. The Shelly oak picture drone in 1911 I do have a picture of it Alan. Astonian
Hi Selly oak residents of tested years. Do any of you recall the big house building called the peoples hall oak tree lane Shelly oak
It also doubled as. The Shelly oak picture drone in 1911 I do have a picture of it Alan. Astonian
anvil man
master brummie
Re: A few pictures of Selly Oak from an old Sunday Mercury nostalgia page from a book
Berniew..................Your post #7 , the photograph looks to me like a water feature situated on the central road reservation in Weoley Hill, just off Witherford Way. This was removed just after WW2. Perhaps someone may confirm.
Post #4 was next to the canal bridge as you state and adjoining was a coal merchant's office.
Berniew..................Your post #7 , the photograph looks to me like a water feature situated on the central road reservation in Weoley Hill, just off Witherford Way. This was removed just after WW2. Perhaps someone may confirm.
Post #4 was next to the canal bridge as you state and adjoining was a coal merchant's office.
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Re: A few pictures of Selly Oak from an old Sunday Mercury nostalgia page from a book
Hi Anvil Man the photo's had no captions I just assumed the water feature and the maypole were in Selly Oak park because someone confirmed the maypole was , so you are very probably right
Hi Anvil Man the photo's had no captions I just assumed the water feature and the maypole were in Selly Oak park because someone confirmed the maypole was , so you are very probably right
John M Weoley Castle
knowlegable brummie
Re: A few pictures of Selly Oak from an old Sunday Mercury nostalgia page from a book
The fountain was in Weoley Hill, on the central reservation.
The fountain was in Weoley Hill, on the central reservation.
paul stacey
master brummie
Re: A few pictures of Selly Oak from an old Sunday Mercury nostalgia page from a book
Great photo's Bernie Thanks for posting I recognized a few of the places from my time in the 50's.
Great photo's Bernie Thanks for posting I recognized a few of the places from my time in the 50's.
john knight
signman
Re: A few pictures of Selly Oak from an old Sunday Mercury nostalgia page from a book
Good pictures, I used to eat in that cafe most days when it was Jills cafe, I did the sign for her,it was before this photo was taken, round about early 70's.
Good pictures, I used to eat in that cafe most days when it was Jills cafe, I did the sign for her,it was before this photo was taken, round about early 70's.
brummie nick
master brummie
Re: A few pictures of Selly Oak from an old Sunday Mercury nostalgia page from a book
We had our wedding reception at the 'Peoples Hall' in 1959.
We had our wedding reception at the 'Peoples Hall' in 1959.