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  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Lawton ltd with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The firm are listed at 30 - 33 Harford Street
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad replied to the thread Lawton ltd.
    Here is a 1950s map and Kelly's directory
    • harford-street-map.jpg
    • harford-street-1921.jpg
  • M
    Martin Reed replied to the thread Lawton ltd.
    Great! Thank you very much. Can you tell me the source for this information?
  • M
    Martin Reed reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Lawton ltd with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The firm are listed at 30 - 33 Harford Street
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I can't remember what building was at this junction of Hill Street, Navigation Street, and John Bright Street before the current one...
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Did you mean this corner?
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I'm just not sure! The article has confused me. Another possibility, maybe it was where the Casino now stands. Or it's possible that...
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think you are right in saying it is where the Casino is. The maps surveyed 1954 have it as blank with a "ruin" at the tip, but the map...
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad reacted to MWS's post in the thread Small Heath Streets with Appreciate Appreciate.
    At the junction with Watery Lane perhaps from St Andrews Road. Map below (1950) seems to match the photo with the first building a...
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Small Heath Streets with Appreciate Appreciate.
    An interesting description : 'the mouth of St Andrews Road'. But where exactly ? Obviously a (key?) junction of St Andrews Road with...
  • M
    Martin Reed replied to the thread Lawton ltd.
    Good evening! Whilst researching the 1921 Census, I have found an ancestor who was a "Plater and Polisher" at a business called...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I'm just not sure! The article has confused me. Another possibility, maybe it was where the Casino now stands. Or it's possible that...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think you are right in saying it is where the Casino is. The maps surveyed 1954 have it as blank with a "ruin" at the tip, but the map...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Hill Street.
    I think you are right in saying it is where the Casino is. The maps surveyed 1954 have it as blank with a "ruin" at the tip, but the map...
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  • Green Genes
    Green Genes reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Erdington, Holyfast Farm. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    These may/may not help. All titled Old Farm buildings on Chester Road Erdington.
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