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jim1uk2001 said:
On which road did Betty Whitehouse live?
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I am not sure which Road, it could have been around Chapman Road just off Coventry Road but cant be sure its a long time ago. I know she had sisters Diane, Edna, Doreen, and a brother Sidney. The last time I saw Betty was when my mother died in 1980, Betty was then living in Kestrel Avenue Yardley.
 
Thomas and Alice (nee Marson) are living on Cooksey Road on the 1939 register.

Their daughter Betty appears to have passed away in 2001. Listed at Kestrel Avenue on 2002 ER with sister Diane and brother in law.
 
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mikejee said:
The one on the right shows Frazier Bros on the corner of Green lane & Coventry road (300 Coventry road), with the library in the background .
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Hi. Do you have any idea of the date of this photo, please. My ggrandfather William was one of the Frazier brothers and I have often wondered what their premises were like
 
My mum and dad came to Birmingham in 1953 from Ireland with nothing. They lived in a cold water room before managing to rent a small flat in a house with better facilities. Eventually they bought a house in Mansel Rd Small Heath. From then on they prospered. My Dad's dream was to live in Solihull. He and my mum managed it just before he retired, albeit on the Sheldon end of Solihull on Melton Avenue. By then he was driving a Rover, his dream car. For me growing up close to the A45/Coventry Rd corridor, Solihull seemed to be the ultimate goal of prosperous living . Kicking a ball around Small Heath Park in the 1960s, some of our mates would dissappear to Sheldon or Solihull, never to be seen again. It seemed like Brum was a patchwork of villages at that time. I left home before my parents made it to Solihull but despite living in many parts of the world since then, I always remember my Dad referring to Birmingham as "the golden place of opportunity". I wonder do any other members have similar stories?
 
What a lovely post John.
I was brought up in a small bungalow in the staffs moorlands , born 1942 when my dad who was only 18 was a miner who hated every minute of it,often not going to work because of how much he hated it.

He applied to Stoke police in 1947 but was not tall enough so came to Birmingham where the height was a bit less.
We came to join him a couple of years later.
We had a police house with such luxuries as Gas and Electric, an indoor toilet and a bath with hot running water.
My Dad loved his new job.

For a young child who ran wild in the Moorlands and whose school had about 50 pupils it was a big change but I am so glad we came and am proud to call myself a Brummie.
 
i remember jenkin st (smallheath girder bridge) over the tracks. when was the other bridge along side built pleasesmallheath.png
 
That's not Jenkins Street (Small Heath) Bridge. It's still a single bridge. The bridge in the photo is located on Bordesley Middleway.

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Michaela said:
Thanks Phil. These pictures are great. Do you know of a school called St Michael's Senior? I have also posted help for pictures of the following addresses: 2 the Retreat, Bordesely Park Road and 7/135 Irving Street and St Catherines Catholic Church Digbeth. My Grandparents married there in June 1946.

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Michaela
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Hi I have a photo of the Retreat, I'll bookmark this thread and get back to you
 
Michaela said:
Thanks Phil. These pictures are great. Do you know of a school called St Michael's Senior? I have also posted help for pictures of the following addresses: 2 the Retreat, Bordesely Park Road and 7/135 Irving Street and St Catherines Catholic Church Digbeth. My Grandparents married there in June 1946.

many thanks
Michaela
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I've just realised that the picture I have is of Dowell's Retreat in Warner Street, which isn't the same place, apologies.
 
I live in Small Heath, Kenelm Road, the dead end side by Somerville Primary School playground gates, if anyone can find me an old photo of Kenelm Road, that would be very much appreciated, thank you.
 
EesaSajid123 said:
Thanks man, this looks awesome, is this the corner of Kenelm Road, which is now a house? Do you know what year this is?
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looks like it to me with many alterations...its at the corner of kenelm road and mansel road...click on street view below


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Aw thanks Lyn. They were Albert & May Bates. I remember Aunty May having bright ginger hair! I’m not too sure about dates but I could guess about 1950s / early 60s
 
Mrs May Bates is listed at the shop at 239 Kenelm Road (corner Mansell road) in directories from 1946 till 1967. Not there in 1968 or 1944
 
Can anyone identify where this picture was taken, my guess is on Grange Rd, near Victoria St.

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