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Witton and District Allotments Limited

Hi Pedrocut - do you know from where this photograph was taken, looks like from the back bedroom of a house on Brookvale Road?
 
Radiorails said:
Post 61 shows new uses for earlier buildings. A converted air raid shelter and next door seems to have a prefab?
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Yes, imported from elsewhere.

In this picture it shows that some allotment holders had large areas and in reality it was a market garden. Probably on the “Committee.”
 
Pedrocut said:
Quite right.
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I used to live at 213 opposite the refuse destructor, the house was demolished along with the stonemasons to make way for the M6. My father had an allotment and I remember him taking me to see the pigs on one of the plots. I also gained a life long fear of dogs after being bitten by one in the right of way which stretched along the back of the houses from the Barn.
 
Martyn said:
I used to live at 213 opposite the refuse destructor, the house was demolished along with the stonemasons to make way for the M6. My father had an allotment and I remember him taking me to see the pigs on one of the plots. I also gained a life long fear of dogs after being bitten by one in the right of way which stretched along the back of the houses from the Barn.
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You may be able to see your house in this picture taken from near the distructor, and showing Roddis and Norse the stonemasons...
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Brookvale Road in the 1960s - Old Birmingham

By Pedrocut. The scene before the construction of the M6 motorway and Spaghetti Junction.
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Pedrocut said:
You may be able to see your house in this picture taken from near the distructor, and showing Roddis and Norse the stonemasons...
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Brookvale Road in the 1960s - Old Birmingham

By Pedrocut. The scene before the construction of the M6 motorway and Spaghetti Junction.
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Yes, our house was the second one from the stonemasons with the white front. I would say that was early 60s but there is little to go on and my brother reckons it could be 50s. Surprisingly enough for a girl from Birmingham, the next door neighbour's daughter married a lighthouse keeper.
 
Wow! That cutting brings back memories. Every Sunday morning, before and during the war, my brother and I used to go up to those allotments to an old couple who sold their produce. We used to return home with cabbage and potatoes, mint and rhubarb. Still remember chomping on the rhubarb as we walked back home. The old couple were lovely to us.
 
I still have a couple of my grandmother's shares too. She had cousins who lived in George Road and worked at Kynoch, who had allotment's and won gold medals in the 30's for their vegetables.
 
John L said:
I still have a couple of my grandmother's shares too. She had cousins who lived in George Road and worked at Kynoch, who had allotment's and won gold medals in the 30's for their vegetables.
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I dont think they are worth anything to be honest ,My Grandad worked at GEC Witton and had a Gents outfitters shop on Lichfield Road Aston ,They lived in Frances Road off Slade Road
 
The original shares must have been worth quite a bit. The limited company was formed in 1919 to purchase land that would be used for permanent allotments. Over the years pieces of land were sold off for housing and the M6 motorway.

Witton and District Allotment Ltd went into liquidation in 1969. The shareholders were sent formal notices, but many had changed address and were not notified. Notice was given in the local papers for any shareholders to write as soon as possible
 
Pedrocut said:
The original shares must have been worth quite a bit. The limited company was formed in 1919 to purchase land that would be used for permanent allotments. Over the years pieces of land were sold off for housing and the M6 motorway.

Witton and District Allotment Ltd went into liquidation in 1969. The shareholders were sent formal notices, but many had changed address and were not notified. Notice was given in the local papers for any shareholders to write as soon as possible
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I can remember my Nan having a small payout back in the seventies but I have contacted the shareholders association and had the share transferred over to me since my father died in 2015 (took quite a bit of doing as all done by phone and through post) ,they say they will only be worth anything if the remaining land is ever sold
 
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