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Then & Now
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Radiorails
master brummie
Curiously the roads appear much quieter in the recent photos than they do in the older ones.
Doctor Mac Gregor was our family doctor and delivered me
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
When I look at the now pictures there are so many cars parked on what use to be a front garden, I understand why there is a great shortage of parking lamps to hook on to the side of the car.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
I remember the Newton Road when it was a single carriageway but never saw it when it looked like this. Some impressive trees in the front gardens and that mock tudor house on the left is still there today but much changed.
The road is now a dual carriageway and the house seen in the old view has been much extended but the front gable end looks the same.
The road is now a dual carriageway and the house seen in the old view has been much extended but the front gable end looks the same.
wendylee
master brummie
I much prefer the older photo ...
Richard Dye
master brummie
I prefer the older photos...……..
Richard Dye
master brummie
So many of the little shops have disappeared!
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
I tend to like all the views in the old pics but most of us went out and bought cars so the roads had to change.
A view of the Newton Road dated 1964 and on the right is an earth embankment which would soon be a dual carriageway section of the road bypassing a difficult tee-junction with Wigmore Lane.
I had to use the overhead electric power lines to fix the position of this view which is rather closed in by bushes. The present day Newton Road would be on the right and shown on an attached map. This part of the old road has been renamed Wigmore lane.
Then and now map. The red marking shows the realignment of the Newton Rd
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oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Apparently there was a Newton Road Station and some information about it below with small Then and Now pics. I not sure when it was closed.
Newton Railway Station, Newton Road, perry barr
Newton Railway station, Newton Village, Newton Road, perry Barr, birmingham,
www.perrybarr.info
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Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
They where used at night
They where a light that clipped on the window and from the rear the light was red and from the front it was clear and you would use it if you parked your car on the street overnight,. It was something you would buy from Halfords and was popular in the 50s & 60s, now if you where a rich bugger and had a Rolls Royce they had them fitted one on each side of the car on the Piller between the doors
Richard Dye
master brummie
Now I remember them and if you did not have a good battery your were out of luck in the morning!
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Talking about little shops disappearing this is the one time South Birmingham Furnishing Co that stood at 424 Coventry road in Small Heath on the corner of Watts Street until it was taken over by the Co-op and became a Chemist shop. It looks like it is now a car park.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Lyn
I'd hate to think how many times my uncles were gotten out of bed at night by the local bobby because they had failed to put a parking light on their cars. Most people used paraffin lights with a piece of red cellophane at the back end. Apparently it's still illegal to park at night without parking lights on roads with a speed limit of more that 30 mph.
I'd hate to think how many times my uncles were gotten out of bed at night by the local bobby because they had failed to put a parking light on their cars. Most people used paraffin lights with a piece of red cellophane at the back end. Apparently it's still illegal to park at night without parking lights on roads with a speed limit of more that 30 mph.
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
Then you just got out the starting handle, remember the hole in the front bumper ?, But that's for another thread,
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
Miss the trees !, It's not till you get older that you become aware of something's when looking at then and now pics I have to wonder if some places have improved,
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
That car park is one small step for man, but one gaint step backwards for mankind, we will never get a shop like the one that was there great loss.
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
Forgot about those we would move them along the street to someone else's car, another topic to explain about things we did as kids, thunder a lightning ?.
Radiorails
master brummie
I had a Simca Aronde in the early 1960's, it had parking lights fitted as standard. You could light just one side of the car - front and aft - when parked. However, it was not intended as a long time parking system, just a couple of hours or so. I believe some other cars had them as well, not necessarily the very expensive ones.
Eric Gibson
master brummie
The little Corsa I'm running as a temporary runabout also has parking lights on the indicator stalk but it does beep beep if you don't switch it off when you open the door.
Had me guessing for a while.
Had me guessing for a while.