farmerdave
master brummie
Thanks Phil for post #117, a jaunt around Hall Green. It brings back a lot of memories. Dave
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paul stacey
master brummie
Looks like you are quite right Mike, apologies Rowan, I had only ever seen the "Del Boy Robin", although I do remember the motorised disabled car from the same period. Paul
Probably not that simple. Just about everything in archive has to be found by someone before you can look at it and to do that you have to put in a request at least 2 days earlier.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
How about a little look around Stechford, not an area I knew or even visited in my childhood and if I am honest I only know a little better now. In this collection we have Albert Rd, Flaxley Rd, Fredrick Rd, Glebe Farm Rd, and Iron Lane.
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Here we have from various locations around Birmingham
1. Bournville Green Bournville
2. Warwick Rd Greet
3. Charles Rd Small Heath
4. Vauxhall Rd Vauxhall
5. Woeley Castle Rd Weoley Castle
1. Bournville Green Bournville
2. Warwick Rd Greet
3. Charles Rd Small Heath
4. Vauxhall Rd Vauxhall
5. Woeley Castle Rd Weoley Castle
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
These photos may not all be within the Birmingham City boundary but I'm sure most of us have visited these locations at one time or another. I know I have got Droitwich Lido on my places to visit as it looks well since it's re-opening and I have promised my great grandson that I would take him if he learnt to swim, well he's swimming like a fish now at five year old and wants to know when he is going.
We Have here
Barr Beacon
Lickey Hills
Clent Hills
Sutton Park
Droitwich Lido
We Have here
Barr Beacon
Lickey Hills
Clent Hills
Sutton Park
Droitwich Lido
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Jayel
I believe they still use saltwater from the underground springs to fill the lido as the saltwater is strong enough the keep the lido aseptic and there is no need for chemicals.
sidwho,
The last time I used the Lido I was about 18, we did attempt to go this year bit when we got there was a big queue (it was a glorious sunny day) so we continued on to Stourbridge where the great grandson was happy enough in the paddling pool. We plan to give it another try next year.
I believe they still use saltwater from the underground springs to fill the lido as the saltwater is strong enough the keep the lido aseptic and there is no need for chemicals.
sidwho,
The last time I used the Lido I was about 18, we did attempt to go this year bit when we got there was a big queue (it was a glorious sunny day) so we continued on to Stourbridge where the great grandson was happy enough in the paddling pool. We plan to give it another try next year.
paul stacey
master brummie
I remember all those places, and have swum in Droitwich LIDO, and horse rode up the Clent, I am sure those gates at Sutton Park were still had thatch in the 50's, and did many things up Barr Beacon, and the Lickys, which shall remain private, though never sledged down either. Paul
paul stacey
master brummie
Thanks Alan, and the same to you mate. Paul
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
norfolk brummie
gone but not forgotten
Phil,
Your photos in posting #135, brought back many old memories. In the 1940's & 50's I visited all of them. I seem to remember the scene as in the first photo of each location!
Earlswood: In the 1940's I cycled out to spend a day by the lakes, fishing. The I fell into one of them, complete with bike. Having been pulled out, with bike, by a couple of passers by, I sat on the side of the lake for the rest of the day, drying out. It was a nice warm day, so to a young boy it was no problem.
Only thing was, I was hungry. My sandwiches, in the saddle bad, were a soggy mess.
My mother was sent to a maternity home in Bewdley for the birth of my brother, in May 1941. I was staying in Kidderminster, and I vividly recall, one night, looking out of the window, and the distant sky was glowing red from the bombing. Thanks for the excellent photos.
Eddie
Your photos in posting #135, brought back many old memories. In the 1940's & 50's I visited all of them. I seem to remember the scene as in the first photo of each location!
Earlswood: In the 1940's I cycled out to spend a day by the lakes, fishing. The I fell into one of them, complete with bike. Having been pulled out, with bike, by a couple of passers by, I sat on the side of the lake for the rest of the day, drying out. It was a nice warm day, so to a young boy it was no problem.
Only thing was, I was hungry. My sandwiches, in the saddle bad, were a soggy mess.
My mother was sent to a maternity home in Bewdley for the birth of my brother, in May 1941. I was staying in Kidderminster, and I vividly recall, one night, looking out of the window, and the distant sky was glowing red from the bombing. Thanks for the excellent photos.
Eddie
norfolk brummie
gone but not forgotten
Phil,
Three photos taken with my Brownie box camera, at Dudley Zoo, in early 1954. Sorry, I appear to have seen TWO polar bears!! Eddie
paul stacey
master brummie
#135, Again I know and remember all these places from my childhood, it just shows how places change in reality, and from your memory,s recollections, they now look totally different.Paul
carlinwood
proper brummie kid
Hi,
This is my attempt at a then / now of the corner of Garrison lane and Cattell Lane, using a technique to overlay and underlay the two images. Not sure if this works but comments would be appreciated. Cheers, Carl.
This is my attempt at a then / now of the corner of Garrison lane and Cattell Lane, using a technique to overlay and underlay the two images. Not sure if this works but comments would be appreciated. Cheers, Carl.
carlinwood
proper brummie kid
One more - Broad Street:
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
I'm old enough to have ridden on the old Birmingham trams before they were phased out and I don't remember them being as tall and thin as the one in your pic .....
oldmohawk
carlinwood
proper brummie kid
Hi Oldmohawk,
Yes - perspective is difficult sometimes to get when you are matching two pictures using a different type of camera and lens. Its clearly not worked here, so I will try again. I shouldn't assume everything was much bigger back then
Yes - perspective is difficult sometimes to get when you are matching two pictures using a different type of camera and lens. Its clearly not worked here, so I will try again. I shouldn't assume everything was much bigger back then
norfolk brummie
gone but not forgotten
I think that tram was built for the Albert Street diversions down New Meeting Street!! Eddie
carlinwood
proper brummie kid
Hopefully this one can still get through the diversions being as its not so slim any more. Second attempt:
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Hi Carlinwood - Perspective and size look ok in your latest pic, maybe a slight sharpening needed. I'm just a 'point and shoot' photographer so don't know much about photography but seeing some good efforts of photo tidy-ups on the forum I was tempted to have a couple of attempts in the Just Trying - Something thread Here, but sitting with my laptop in an armchair with the mouse on a cushion is not the best way to do it.
oldmohawk
oldmohawk
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Eddie
As there were two bears in the pit, you obviously snapped both of them. They just look very alike. It's been many a year since I visited the Zoo and I believe that the Polar Bear enclosure along with other of Lubetkin's Tecton design buildings that are now listed are out of use and this is one of the reasons why a re-design of the Zoo grounds with a more modernistic approach is being held back.
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Another little tour around the suburbs back then and now.
1. Belle Walk Moseley
2. Fox Hollies Rd Acocks Green
3. Stratford Rd Sparkbrook
4. Station Rd Harborne
5. Nechells Park Rd Nechells
1. Belle Walk Moseley
2. Fox Hollies Rd Acocks Green
3. Stratford Rd Sparkbrook
4. Station Rd Harborne
5. Nechells Park Rd Nechells
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Going back to the 'new' design in the 1930's, here's a couple of our bear friends interacting a bit more freely in those days
https://ribapix.com/index.php?a=wordsearch&s=item&key=Wczo2OiJEdWRsZXkiOw==&pg=40
The Ribapix website has a number of images relating to the original construction (if in doubt go to the Home Page
www.ribapix.com
and type in "Dudley" in the search box provided. Other photos refer to a reappraisal of the construction about ten years ago to today's date. A few strange indexings have gotten in with the 'Dudley' section,though!
farmerdave
master brummie
Hi Phil, I was wondering, in #147, which part of Fox Hollies Road had been photographed? Thought originally it might have been at the Robin Hood end but that is situated in Hall Green not Acocks Green. Thanks. Dave.