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St Thomas Church Balsall Heath

fellowkev

fellowkev

master brummie
Hi,
Does anyone know if St Thomas's church still exists? (My google earth image shows nothing distinctive). On my 1890 survey map the church was on the eastern edge of Calthorpe park, on Court road in Balsall Heath. I am curious, because my great grandparents William and Phoebe Fellows lived in nearby Mary street in the 1890's. I am trying to get an idea of which church may have been within walking distance
 
Hi Kev,
St Thomas in the Moors,Cox Street West disappears sometime between 1949 and 1969,sorry to be a bit vague but thats the only two Kelly's I've got.I'm sure John will be able to narrow the gap.


Colin
 
St Thomas's

Hello fellowkey,

A friend of mine who let me have this photo, lived within 100 yards of St Thomas's. He said the bells used to wake him every Sunday Morning. He says it was demolished in the mid sixties.

pmc1947

BalsallHeathStThomass-1.jpg
 
Thanks guys, for your help
What a shame to knock the place down. What's there now? Looks like some sort of row houses, on google.
 
I now live in New Zealand, Where I have lived since 1966, but lived in Balsall Heath and went to st Thomas,s when a small boy up until the time it was closed. I spent 19 years at 153 Balsall Heath road where my father owned a bicycle shop under the name of A.E walker cycles. I went to Mary st school and then Hope st SMM school until I was 17 There was the bomb sight over the road where we used to play as kids and it was still there when I moved to Kings Heath in 1964.
So much as change I get lost just just trying to find things by google saterlite.:dft005:
 
Hi Walker33.
I remember your Dad's bike shop well and I still have a 'dumbell spanner' I bought there for 9d. They also used to charge the accumulators, lead-acid batteries that many powered their 'wirelesses' from.
Back on thread - St. Thomas in the Moors was built at the time of the major development of the area and before the culverting of the River Rea enabled Cheddar Road to be built.
Ted
 
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