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st georges place..

Astoness

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didnt think i would ever see any pics of st georges place ...just in case anyone is not sure where it was here is a map showing it..was just next to st georges church more or less...there is a pic of the entrance to st georges place on the gt hampton row thread...these pics are dated 1961..

lyn
 
A more detailed map below from c 1913

map_c_1913_st_georges_placeA.jpg
 
brilliant mike..thank you as that map has also answered a question i had about the exact layout of the church yard...

lyn..
 
Lyn,If you look at your first picture,the doorway on the extreme right was the rear entrance to St Georges C of E infant and junior school.
 
mossg said:
Lyn,If you look at your first picture,the doorway on the extreme right was the rear entrance to St Georges C of E infant and junior school.
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oh heck moss..im lost now they all look like houses to me..can you point it out for me lol......this is great info
 
Lyn
Have marked on modified map in colour. Blue line is area covered by picture 1, and buildings are marked on photo and map in same colour (I think, hope Moss agrees with me)

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map_c_1913_st_georges_placeA.jpg
 
so its where its marked in red that was the back entrance to the school..brill mike thank you..its also great that moss has such a good memory..

lyn
 
Spot on Mike,in fact the last building was part of the school and housed the headmasters office.Moss.
 
Here you are Lyn the front entrance to St Georges school to go with the other two I gave you, the school entrance is just after the van on the right of the photograph.
My mate Kenny Cox went to St Georges school prior to coming to Burlington street, he said there used to be a round water tank in St Georges place during the war is was a circular tank unlike the oblong one in Park lane, Ken was out of New John Street born 1939
 
oh thanks john...a nice pic of gt russell st...think in can just see the school on the right and the trees just past would be in st georges church i think...john there seems to be a church in the distance do you know what church it is...

thanks ever so for these pics its amazing how they can get folks memories going and provide a good talking point..will go and post this one on the gt russell street...


lyn
 
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here is a larger photograph of the school entrance as for the church I would think it was St Paul's in St Paul's Square
 
thanks john..i couldnt be sure what church that was...great close up pic hope you dont mind if i also put this one on the gt russell st thread im sure some members will love it...

thanks again john...ps ..keep looking for paddington st for me please....

lyn
 
Not St Georges place but a better view of the school entrance in Great Russell street hope you like it Moss and Lyn
 
John,thank you for posting latest picture.The memories came flooding back.I can see a classroom and remember painting a picture of a winter scene in that very room almost 60 years ago.Moss
 
hello i was born in st georges place in 1945 and left in 1958. i lived at no 41 which was next door but one to st georges school. i remember irene rudge, brenda bates, phillip smith and liam clarke.i loved st georges church and old jack the park keeper who lived in the hut in the grounds.its hard to find a picture of the church. old jack buried my budgie in the park for me. my family moved to rubery and shortly afterwards everyone was scattered all over birmingham.janet lane
 
hello janet and welcome to the forum...there is only one photo of st georges place on this thread but if you click on the link below it will take you to the other st georges place thread where there are more photos


https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=12109&page=13&highlight=st+georges+place


if you go to the st georges church thread there are lots of photos of the church...start at post 188 as we lost all previous photos prior to that...i have posted the link below for that one..

all the best

lyn

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=12109&page=13&highlight=st+georges+place
 
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