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Witton Lane, Aston

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florence butler

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Can anyone help me find a photo of 40, Witton Lane, Aston - long since demolished. My mother was born there 97 years ago, and I would love to present her with a photo of the place she has very fond memories of.

Her much loved Grandma lived in the same road. When Mom's family moved to Sparkhill, Mom, as a young girl, used to visit her on the tram, and stay with her in the school holidays. She taught Mom to make jam along with her many other cooking skills.

Many thanks, Florence
 
Witton and District Allotments Limited

Hello Florence:

By chance, has the Witton and District Allotments anything to do with Witton Lane, Aston?

My late step-grandfather, Victor Thomas Crawford, was the Company General Secretary of Witton and District Allotments Limited in the 1930s.

Witton and District Allotments Limited was the main grocery product growers and suppliers to the Birmingham city markets.

Best regards.

- Barry :)
 
Witton & Districts Allotments Ltd

Hi Barry,

Wrote a post to you yesterday but I must have made a mistake somewhere along the line as it has'nt shown up here. So this is the second one, in case you find the first somewhere else in the system.

I have no connections myself to Witton Lane as my G/Grandma was the last family member to live there - opposite the Aston Villa Football Ground. She died in 1931.

I guess however, that Witton Lane possibly did come under Witton & District Allotments. Checked the net and it was located in Brookvale Road in 1990 which is just a few roads away.

Interesting to know that the fruit and veg travelled such a short distance to the market in those days. How times have changed!

I can remember going with Mom to the Bull Ring. She would wander up and down the barrows looking for the 'best buys'. Happy days eh?

Hope this one works!

Regards, Florence.
 
Florence they both worked so everything is fine.:)

Keep asking the questions :D

Looking at your name you wasn't married to that Andy Capp in the Mirror was you.:D
 
Hello there Alf, and thank you for your support.

I'm curious to know where the first post turned up.

I have lots of questions to ask the members re various family history mysteries, plus a couple of photo's I'd like to put on. But they will come later after I've managed to master the site.

Oh, you've guessed!

Andy sends his regards. Flo
 
Witton Lane.

:D tat used to be my paper round when I wa 13. I bet I delivered your moms papers. I lived at 57 Holte Road. Bye for now. Jean.:D
 
Flo, if you click on your name on the left of your letters and then click all Post or more Post you will get all the letters that you have posted:)
 
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Hi Jean,

Seems like we both have links to Witton Lane. Of course, all those houses were demolished long ago, before I became interested in family history, so I wasn't able to photograph.

Best regards, Florence
 
Lost Posts

Alf,

I tried it, but no luck. The first post still didn't turn up. Not that it matters though. I'm sure I'll become a whizz kid in no time.

Flo
 
Re Witton Lane.

:DHi Florence. Do you remember Lillian Diglitt who lived in one of those big houses by the chip shop?. She lives in Great Barr and we still keep in touch. Bye for now. Jean.:D
 
Hello there Jean,

My family moved away from the area many years ago before I was born, so I won't know any of your old mates or the locals.

You seem to be having lots of fun contacting everyone. It sounds that it was, and hopefully still is, a lovely community. Great photo's.

All the best, Florence
 
An old thread, but I was looking for somewhere to put this photo of the end of Witton Lane, which I don't think has been on before, showing the tram depot and British Electrical repairs, with the Aston Hotel frontage just visible on the right.

witton_tram_shed2modred.jpg
 
The tram lines go up Witton Road, I remember the day they took the tracks up. I thought the trams also turned right round and went back into town up past Villa Park. Memory often proves to be wrong.

It is a cracking photo Mike, Just as I remember it apart from the tram lines. The Aston was my father's watering hole and I went in there with my sister Jenn a few years ago, it was a hot day and we were happy to have a shandy. We drank it quickly, we weren't sorry to leave.
 
hi mike
its a very intresting picture i myself have sen this one many years ago when i first joined the forum and i know some one also had another picture
inside the car park of the pub that was operational years ago its as a great history and nice inside and it was alway a very busy pub
in those days always packed out and the music enterainment was good we have had may a good nights in there
and late nights i may say i was wonder di how many years are you gong back i know in the sixty and seventy upwards it did take a dive
and the punters took a dive disapeared but may be that was due to the fact that the older generation startd to move out of aston
and the next and coming up generation was trouble some
many years ago in the seventys a gather from the witton arms ran it tempere and the silly man gav credit to the certain locals whom was of low life
and not working not through fault of there own mined you but they never payed him for there beers an some was huge amounts
and may i say there was one group of boxers whom lived local they never payed either but never or less it caused trouble for him at head office and he lost his pub through it and the aston was then sold off to another well knowpub owner whom i know alot of us on here do know the name of this family but i will not disclose it and they built it back up with customers they own alot of pubs today i may add i have dealt with these people and the family whom are friends of ours but any way mike i will stopp rabbling on i hope you do not mind me down loading a copy of the picture many thanks Alan ;;Astonian;;
 
that picture of witton island brings back memories, i waited for the 39 bus there many times, my grandmother ran an outdoor in Holt Rd. Any idea what year it was please?
 
sheldontony, I believe the trams ceased running on that route (3X) in 1953 to be replaced by the 39 'bus, I would put that pic about 1950. On match days there would be a whole line of 3X's waiting to take the fans home. I lived in Queens Road so would catch the tram corner of Park Rd/Queens Rd, 2nd stop, 1st stop was Aston church, the terminus was in Martineau Street. Happy days !!. Eric
 
Hi Alan you never ramble on but post a lot of interesting information for us to digest. Pete lived at the top of Witton road and when they took the tracks up his brothers and himself went outside collection the blocks to put on their fire.
 
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i understand it, according to David Harvey, the trams did a circular route pas the garage till Sept.1939 , but from then reversed there back down past Aston Villa ground
 
An interesting photo. I wonder if my grandfather, Sydney Stephen Page, born in the Wolverhampton area in 1876, died in West Bromwich, March 23rd, 1923, was involved as an electrical engineer with the corporation tram authority or British Electrical Repairs? Any source information is gratefully appreciated. Thanks.
 
thanks eric. I remember rows of 39 buses lining up after match days and a portable newspaper printing press near witton island printing the Argus.
 
sheldontony, I was born in Queens Rd next door to Atkinson's Brewery in 1930, went to my 1st Villa match with my Dad in coronation year 1937, so remember the trams rather than the buses, incidently we moved to Sheldon in 1937 (Goldthorne Avenue) my Dad worked for Bryants in the construction of what was then Birmingham Airport. Eric
 
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