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Worlds End Road Handsworth

Vivienne14

Vivienne14

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Wasn't aware of a Worlds End in Handsworth, but here's the Road. Seemed to be a pretty rural place at the time of the photo. The road looks to have been significantly developed in the 1930s, although there are pre-1930s houses on Hamstead Road at the junction with Worlds End Road. I was wondering if this hut was connected to a farm or even connected to the 1930s development of the road.

I've tried to locate the spot on Streetview. Not 100% sure I've got it right in the image attached. But you can just make out a telegraph pole on the modern view. Viv.

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If I had to guess I'd say it was either near where World's End Road joins Inverclyde Road and Inchcape Avenue or even further down Worlds End Road which is now closed off behind a gate (when I was young it was a footpath to Perry Hall Park, and before that it was part of Worlds End Road). The level line of ground behind the hut could then possibly be the railway line.
Rob
 
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