Malc Toy
The Baggie Man
I have often wondered who built and owned the houses in which my grandparents lived in the late 19th century up until the Great War.
Paternally, my grandfather was born in a back-to-back one up one down terrace home, Prospect Terrace, Louise Road, Handsworth (now demolished) and my maternal grandparents in Benton Road, Sparkhill before moving to Sarehole Road, Springfield.
Anyone got any info on the housing at that time - I suspect it was pre-council housing as one set of GP’s didn’t move into a council property until the 1920’s.
Paternally, my grandfather was born in a back-to-back one up one down terrace home, Prospect Terrace, Louise Road, Handsworth (now demolished) and my maternal grandparents in Benton Road, Sparkhill before moving to Sarehole Road, Springfield.
Anyone got any info on the housing at that time - I suspect it was pre-council housing as one set of GP’s didn’t move into a council property until the 1920’s.