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Watery Lane
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mizzyjo
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mizzyjo
master brummie
I worked at the High Stool in the 60's! I got the sack from there as I told 2 old ladies, who asked if we used 'real' butter on the toast, that it was in fact Stork margarine. If you had margarine on toast, it was Echo!! I was so disgusted by this state of affairs, I couldn't go along with it!! My boss overheard and I was out of there as soon as the old ladies disappeared!!!
mizzyjo
master brummie
This is right opposite 200 Watery Lane!
just thought you would be interested but we must have moved into 4/211 watery lane just after your family moved out my name is Tony Malloy and me and my family lived there for 10 years or so
What a super image, it certainly looks like a Nicklin photo. The Brer Rabbit became “The High Stool Café” The building in the centre of the picture is East Lodge, used by the Housing Department to provide accommodation for people who had been evicted. Very basic accommodation, painted brick walls, asphalt floors with shared bathrooms on the landings.
mizzyjo
master brummie
Further down was the White Hart, number 215 Watery Lane. My granddad had a bicycle hire shop across the road, that was number 216!! I think they were demolished after 1930's because I found them in Glover street on the next census
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mizzyjo
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Hi everyone. Not been on here for a while. I've just downloaded some photo's of Watery Lane. I'm interested because my granddad had a bicycle hire shop there and in the 1960's I was given 200 Watery Lane, where I lived for a few years!!
When I looked on the 1911 census I think it was, 7 people were living there, including 2 chimney sweeps!! Heaven knows how they managed!
When I looked on the 1911 census I think it was, 7 people were living there, including 2 chimney sweeps!! Heaven knows how they managed!
mizzyjo
master brummie
I loved the Peaky Blinders, but looking at the mock-up of the street, if you wanted the loo, you would have to run to the end of the road, turn right and find your loo between all the others!! Imagine!!! there wasn't an entry in sight!
mizzyjo
master brummie
Yes, I lived at no 200. Quite happy there till we were infested by bed bugs from new neighbours! haaha But they were all friendly people, you could leave your door unlocked at all times!
No 200 was opposite a little grocery shop, run by a young couple, they had a new baby there, but I can't remember their names!!
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That is interesting, I have a wedding certificate for my Great Grandparents, Thomas James Jones and Eliza Bramley in 1885. Their residence on the certificate shows 87 Watery Lane. Assuming the numbers were odds and evens as today, it is probable that they lived in the house next door.
mizzyjo
master brummie
No, the house numbers weren't odds and evens Mike. My next door neighbours were 199 and 201. My granddads shop was 216 and the White Hart pub was 215, both on the same side as me.
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mizzyjo
master brummie
This shop is directly opposite no 200 where I lived. At the time I was there it was owned by a young couple who had a baby whilst I was there!
That is a bit of a disappointment, I have no idea why my great grandparents lived in Watery Lane it is sort of out of context with where they lived before and after, but attached is the wedding cert. I also downloaded the attached photo and was hoping it was one of the houses at the far end, it may still be if they were numbers sequentially or could be just out of shot.
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Hi you did post the first map for me some time back, thank you but the second I don't have. It looks like the photo does show the house but only just, it is all very interesting.
Not sure but assume you are asking me about the photos from my previous post. They should show up as an attachment or thumbnails, are you saying they don't? I have trouble downloading any images of here these days, when I try photo viewer tells me there is an error with them. Very strange but I can see the photos I posted in my post.
any idea where No. 219 would have been? Thnx
Thank you so much - gt grandad Curly Knight lived there
Just wondering if we are related, my Grandad was also Curly (Thomas) Knight, lived next door to the Anchor Pub (had shares in the place) He was the local Rag & Bone man. My late mother was Violet Rose (formally Knight)
What a small world, your Grandad lived next door to his sister and my mother's sister my aunt Lil who sadly passed away at the young age of 101,
According to my mother your great Grandad lived next door to the Anchor, and next door to the Anchor was the Canal, and he quite often took a wrong turn at closing time, you can guess the rest. Your parents must be my cousins, but sadly we never kept in touch. I have very fond memories of Watery Lane, went to St Andrews primary school about 1952/53 even remember having our sports day (egg & spoon race on the Blues football pitch) true about all the comments about Watery Lane, you could leave your doors unlocked, even though everyone was poor just after WW2, everyone looked after one another. Will see if I still have some Photos to share with everyone... Bye the way, if you're wondering I am LES son of the late Violet and Harry Rose (Uncle Chubb to most family members) I now reside in Sunny Brisbane Australia....keep in touch
I believe the building on the left of the Brer Rabbit to the back was a Metal Press Factory called CANNINGS where my mother worked, during WW2 they produced Munitions for the Forces during the war, and was a regular target for the German Bombers
Hi Les - sorry about the delayed response - yes, my Dad Ken would have been your cousin. I used to go and see Auntie Lil a couple of times a year when I was in Brum for a training course and also kept in touch by phone. Fantastic memory and a real help in research in the family tree. She introduced me to her daughters Pat & Marlene. Some interesting stories to be sure! Apparently, they were bombed out and moved next door to my Grandad and Nan without telling them. Grandad took some milk round to be neighbourly and got the shock of his life when his sister opened the door! It would be great to keep in touch by email. I am at knight.tony@btinternet.com and currently live in Southampton.
