sylviasayers
master brummie
Re the picture of a boy on a bike just posted on the main site. I am fairly sure the boy is Reg Upson (Upton)? and the shop behind him on the corner of Upper Webster/Parliament Street was run by Cissie McHugh.
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Upper Webster Street
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Do you mind me titleing the picture and using the information youve placed here John?
aston lad
master brummie
Patsi...have you visited www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk , I am sure that the photo in question is on that website somewhere, I do have it on my friends reunited page, but since they have changed the layout, I am now unable to find it....
I can recall helping a mate of mine work in one of the back of houses in Upper Webster Street, around 1967/68, and what sticks out in my memory was that the boxroom, was covered in Beatles photo's or wallpaper, I lived in Clarendon St from 1953 till 1969 and was the local paper boy and I didn't know that these house where there until then.....
I can recall helping a mate of mine work in one of the back of houses in Upper Webster Street, around 1967/68, and what sticks out in my memory was that the boxroom, was covered in Beatles photo's or wallpaper, I lived in Clarendon St from 1953 till 1969 and was the local paper boy and I didn't know that these house where there until then.....
Aston Lad.
Your post gave me goosebumps.
We left Upper Webster Street in 1967 ......I remember now it was no.4 back of 43 Upper Webster Street.
It was just one room downstairs (no kitchen or toilet or bathroom) with one bedroom and an attic.
We papered the stairway with wallpaper squares from wallpaper sample books and the attic room where our daughters slept was covered in posters of the Beatles whom our eldest daughter was crazy about.
We moved to Erdington from there into a 'proper house'
Can you tell me when the clearance of those houses took place.
Thank you so much for that link I will take a look at it......
aston lad
master brummie
Hi....sorry to have given you the "goosebumps"......being a Beatle fan myself I stayed in that room for ages looking at the posters, my mate worked for the council and was I think repairing the windows, not to sure if anyone moved in after you had left, it has got to be early 1968, I was wagging it from school at that time, we moved out of Clarendon Street in 1969 October, they were still standing then, but by 1971 they were gone.....
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aston lad
master brummie
Hi Debbie....what a small world we live in and the internet is making it smaller, like I told your mom, your old bedroom is stuck in my memory due the Beatle posters on your wall, I am still also a Beatle fan......Now I am wondering if I know you or not......I was born and bred in Clarendon Street lived there from 1953 when I was born until 1969, so are you within my age group......the people I knew on Upper Webster Street.....Alan Price, Graham Wainwright, Kevin Stokes all just a year or two older than me....David Jenkins and his sister Sally, a family I think who were called Weston (Susan) lived by the shop on your side of the road, futher down the hill on the other side was the Upsons, George. Mirian and Reg who is on the photo I posted earlier, and the Whithouse family, there might be a few who I have missed, which I think I can be forgiven after a 43 year gap........anyhow enjoy this forum and don't forget to visit www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk brilliant site for us ex-Aston people
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Hello,
Was talking to my dad Bob Kidd about this site, he is Connie's son so your cousin, he definitely remembered You! He asked me to say hello from him (he's not very good with technology!).
my name is Sam. dad and sarah (my sister) both live in north devon now, I live in Sheffield.
hope you're well and happy,
Sam
Sam, I just saw your message. So pleased you took the time to reply. I wish I'd seen it sooner. I have photos of Connie and Robert when we were all very young. I wish I knew more about our family. Someone did a family tree at one stage but I never saw it. Connie was very funny with a great sense of humor. I was in Cornwall in 2015. Robert is older than me. (I'm 67.) I hope he's still with us. We all still live in South Australia.
Hello Wendy,
I'm so pleased to hear from you, thank you. I've just spoken to dad and he says hello, he was also really pleased to hear you'd got in touch. He also said he'd found photos of you all when your family left for Australia. Dad is not great with computers but Elly (Sarah's oldest) will set him up on Facebook if you use that so he can send photos to you if you would like? I'm on Facebook name - Sam Kidd (Sheffield). We hope you are all well, love Sam
I'm so pleased to hear from you, thank you. I've just spoken to dad and he says hello, he was also really pleased to hear you'd got in touch. He also said he'd found photos of you all when your family left for Australia. Dad is not great with computers but Elly (Sarah's oldest) will set him up on Facebook if you use that so he can send photos to you if you would like? I'm on Facebook name - Sam Kidd (Sheffield). We hope you are all well, love Sam
Yes I'm on Facebook. Married name Wendy Burman. I live in Ardrossan, SA. I'll see if I can find you on Facebook. Keep in mind the time difference. I'm usually going to bed when you're getting up.
Haven't been able to find you on Facebook. Hopefully you can find me. I'll keep trying. Maybe you've set up privacy which doesn't allow me to discover details. There are a lot of Sam Kidds out there. I've changed my privacy setting to make it easier for you to find me.
Hi Folks, Just registered here for the first time.
I've been researching our family tree on Ancestry and come up with something I had forgotten being told by my mom years ago when she was still alive...
According to the UK Trade Directory from 1770-1941, my great-grandfather owned a shop at 53 Upper Webster Road from around 1912 to at least 1940 (then in his 70's). He died at 100.
I recall being shown a photo of the shop that had appeared in a local newspaper, but would have to do some digging through boxes of old B&Ws to find it again.
His name was James, his wife was Eliza (or Lizzie).
She died months before I was born and he passed one year later.
Just wanted to share that with you.
If I can dig out the photo, I'll post it here
I've been researching our family tree on Ancestry and come up with something I had forgotten being told by my mom years ago when she was still alive...
According to the UK Trade Directory from 1770-1941, my great-grandfather owned a shop at 53 Upper Webster Road from around 1912 to at least 1940 (then in his 70's). He died at 100.
I recall being shown a photo of the shop that had appeared in a local newspaper, but would have to do some digging through boxes of old B&Ws to find it again.
His name was James, his wife was Eliza (or Lizzie).
She died months before I was born and he passed one year later.
Just wanted to share that with you.
If I can dig out the photo, I'll post it here
brummy-lad
master brummie
Hi Treen and welcome to the forum, there are lots of members that lived in this area and I have a vague recollection of a shop at the top of Upper Webster Street. If you look at this website we have a picture of the pub which was opposite the shop. I would love to see any images you have and add them to the website.
www.leroux.co.uk/aston