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The Grove/Bordesley Park Road

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mhemery

master brummie
1903 map ofthe grove by 1960 houses within yellow border had gone 1.jpgbordesley park road 1.jpgnewly cut bolton rd extention, mt pleasant on right.jpgmick draisey and brother francis abt1965 over the grove.jpgBordesleyParkRd.jpgDoes any one remember the grove as we kids called it late 50s early 60s you could access it up the retreat, or further up BPR the grove ,or even further up opposite the Prince Arthur public house,this access had no name, all the houses with in the yellow border had gone by the mid 50s, and the whole area was one giant adventure playground for us kids,it overlooked the railway and the otherside was mount pleasant,many a hot summers day spent over the grove,I only have one photo of the grove its of two of my mates,and the photo is looking towards Arthur street.
 
My great, great, great uncle lived at number 41 Bordesley Park Road in 1920. I went to the area on Saturday just gone (and the surrounding area) to take pictures as I am researching my family tree and was disappointed to find that the houses are all gone and in their place a drive thru McDonalds and an Inis hotel.

Out of all the sites I visited there were only 3 out of 8 houses still standing :-(
 
Thanks for your reply, Beckajt. There's a couple of good threads on bordesley park road,just type it into the search box top right of home page. Michael.
 
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