Lottie, if this gentleman always had a speech difficulty he could have worked at a specalist factory, could he be saying 'Garretts green lane' where there is/was (not sure) a Remploy factory for people with difficulties.
I don't know about wheelchairs but they, amongst other things, made small pieces of furniture.
I have no idea what was there before Remploy.
The main Remploy office in Birmingham may be able to help you.
Lottie, just thought it could be Garretts Green Lane as it sort of sounds right, also thought of Remploy and wonder what it was known as prior to becoming Remploy, maybe some knew it by its previous name although it may have been purpose built.
Just wondered if the Newton Bullocks bit could be a name of part of the factory site as I think it was a large site in its day?
The Richmond Pub has been replaced by a NHS centre, there are newish apartments opposite the police station. The Manor House was left empty for a while and was then set on fire, it has now been demolished and it's just empty ground at the moment, there was someone selling christmas trees from there at Christmas. A Lidl store was built on the Mackadwown and also the Pelham, though that one has closed and been taken over by someone else.
I'm a bit too yong to remember the Beaufort, wish I did and I like the pictures of Sation Road, there are still a row of old houses (or at least they look old) on the hill of Sation Road opposite the new retail park. And the snooker club is still there on the island of land made by Sation Rd, Iron Lane and Flaxley Rd - and that should be knocked down.
Hi Bernie. My parents owned the grocery shop from 1972 until 1980 when it was knocked down for "road widening". Was called youngs store and we never changed the name. I remember spending my early years playing snooker in Parkinson Cowan club. And went to work there from 1980 to 1987. I wonder if any of my work colleagues are reading this Tony Harris now living in New Zealand...View attachment 85424Another Station road 1950s by Parkinson Cowan I think
Hi Dave, i used to go into the cafe on station rd opp albert rd with my mates and play the pinball machines. I remember leviss . I'd forgotten they existed. Another shop I. Remember by iron lane was the shoe shop. I'm surprised I. Forgot that one because my mother bought me a pair of shoes there and they nearly crippled me. My mother didn't realise my feet had grown a size and a halve in six months. Regards rick
I remember that gulleyway very well - I lived in harrowfield road as a schoolboy, and my best friend at the time lived in stud lane, so it was my daily walk to meet up with him and then on to school in gressel lane.At the top of flaxley rd there was a dirt pathway that went between two sports fields all the way to audley rd and there on the left were arow of prefabs. Does anyone remember them?
before the post office and laundry.loverly pics...thankyouThe Village
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The Green 1925
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Opposite the Station
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porterparts that is a old pic of the gleeb.https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Au...noid=OBp9iZT5E4_nT1F38Jgc-A&cbp=12,270,,0,0.1
Note the boundary sign on the corner of Church Lane and Audley Road.
the richmond pub.was the border.past that was east bham.... alcombe grove past that was yardley..Hi
I rented a garage from an old chap in Albert Road back in the early 60s. He had had
a Levis Motorbike in WW1, and he told me how hard it was to get petrol. He used to
start the bike on gas and when it was warmed up, switch to paraffin. You could still
see how the gas pipe was routed down his garden.
Levis apparently used the circle formed by Northcote Road and Albert Road as a test track.
I seem to remember that the border between Stechford and Yardley was between Bordesley
Green East and Vicarage Road.
Kind regards
Dave
were i put the red crossHi Viv,
What date would the picture of Albert Rd post office have been? It would appear
to be a sub post office, and I guess would have been replaced by the main PO
about 50 yards further down Albert Road.
Where was the Green, Stechford? I cant for the life of me place it!
Kind regards
Dave
i remember that shopHi Bernie. My parents owned the grocery shop from 1972 until 1980 when it was knocked down for "road widening". Was called youngs store and we never changed the name. I remember spending my early years playing snooker in Parkinson Cowan club. And went to work there from 1980 to 1987. I wonder if any of my work colleagues are reading this Tony Harris now living in New Zealand...