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Summer Lane

#377 is a cropped version of #373. It's a good crop though and makes for a more interesting picture I think.
 
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This may seem out of place on the Summer Lane thread but all these women were from Summer Lane and the surrounding side roads. They are on a Summer Lane Women's Settlement outing to Tewksbury in 1913.
 
not seen this one before..the barrel pub is on the left..

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Loved reading this thread...
I am trying to find information about my Nan - Nellie Wills who ran a Florist's in Summer Lane late 50's ealy 60's.
From what I can remember it was close to Milton Street(maybe close to where Balwin House is standing now)
Many thanks...
 
One cannot look at these pictures of Summer Lane without feeling how sad it was that so much B'ham character was lost by the 'redevelopment'. I travelled along Summer Lane daily from the Ambulance Stn in Henrietta St, and the area now doesn't hold a candle to how it was.
 
GazSutton said:
Loved reading this thread...
I am trying to find information about my Nan - Nellie Wills who ran a Florist's in Summer Lane late 50's ealy 60's.
From what I can remember it was close to Milton Street(maybe close to where Balwin House is standing now)
Many thanks...
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hi gary if mikejee our map expert sees your post im sure he will be happy to look in the kellys directory to find out the exact number where your nans shop was on the lane and maybe post a map for you marking it out...considering the length of summer lane pics are quite hard to come by but im always on the lookout...i was born just off summer lane in paddington st so that whole area is of great interest to me...

lyn
 
hello pam

if i remember the bike shop was across the road from the geach pub.when i was a kid i was always in there getting parts for the bike. happy days . we lived in geach street
 
hello members
any one remember the youth club in brearley st . it was called havegal house .in the earley sixties.
 
Mrs Ellen Wills is listed in Kellys as a florist at 125 Summer Lane 1946-64. Map below shows it in red

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GazSutton said:
Mrs Ellen Wills, florist at 125 Summer Lane 1946-64 - I think finding a photo of this Florist's shop is very slim?
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well gary my motto has always been never say never...they are out there somewhere...will keep my eyes open for you..

lyn
 
Astoness said:
well gary my motto has always been never say never...they are out there somewhere...will keep my eyes open for you..

lyn
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Thank you Lyn, the hard part is I can see it in my mind..I spent many an happy hour there...but would love to see a photo of her little shop..
 
Hi regan,i have replied to your recent post re Havergale house in the brearley street newtown thread.moss
 
hello pam
i am sure the shop was a cross the road from the geach pub' when we were kids in geach st we used to go in the shop for parts for a bike we were trying to put together.. happy days
 
one of my favourites..our nans watering hole the geach arms with a good shot looking up summer lane..

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gary i think it was on the corner of moorsom st...ive got a collection of all the pubs on the lane but i cant find them at the min..they could be saved on the hard drive..i did post them all ages back but when the forum was hacked last year we lost all of our images...will do my best to find them and repost them all again..any how here is a map showing where the pubs were..the only one i dont have a pic of is the red lion that was on the corner of bridge st west and the lane...demolished in the 1920s to make way for the police station..
lyn

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Hi Regan
If it was was Grandmothers and uncles shop that you bought your cycles spares from the shop was mostly fruit and veg and a small space on the right for the cycle spares,I can't remember what was on the otherside of the road,I remember the chemist shop was on the corner of Cowper Street the next door was either the ice cream/sweet shop or the butchers that shop is pictured on post #381, granny was a bit further down at 179.
Pam
 
I spoke to a lady last week who lived on the corner of Cowper Street and Newtown Row. She told me about the bombings during the war and the devastation especially the school. She said her father would never go down the shelter. It must have been awful. She said how lucky they were as their house was never hit. The family name was Pursehouse.
 
Pamela Y said:
Hi Regan
If it was was Grandmothers and uncles shop that you bought your cycles spares from the shop was mostly fruit and veg and a small space on the right for the cycle spares,I can't remember what was on the otherside of the road,I remember the chemist shop was on the corner of Cowper Street the next door was either the ice cream/sweet shop or the butchers that shop is pictured on post #381, granny was a bit further down at 179.
Pam
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pam and wendy its lovely to see this thread come alive again just wished there were more pics of summer lane around...pam i have a rellie living at number 14 in 1954 in my notes ive got that its a chemist shop...just wondering if its the one on the corner of cowper st that you mentioned...

mike when you have time could you highlight no 14 on a map for me please..many thanks mike

lyn
 
I must ask mom if she remembers the pub, her best friend lived on Theobald (?) Street and in Asylum Road I think, she has some great stories, really must jot them down to post on here!!
Sue
 
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