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  • Morturn
    Morturn replied to the thread Erdington Tramway Terminus.
    That’s interesting Lyn, on the map it is labelled as a waiting room on the map. I wonder when it was originally built? Maybe it was for...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Erdington Tramway Terminus with Appreciate Appreciate.
    oh sorry mort i must have miss understood lloyds post 32 and vivs post 34...i thought that that building used to be the tram waiting...
  • mikejee
    mikejee reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Lower Hurst Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    looking at your map mike showing the roebuck inn pub i think no 31 would have been just about opposite the pub which is now called the...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Lower Hurst Street.
    Yes Lyn. I saw that and therefore went back to the 1880s map and below 31 Lower Hurst St is shown in red
    • map 1880s showing 31 Lower Hurst St.jpg
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Lower Hurst Street.
    I get it by comparing directories shortly before and after the changes and looking for occupants that were the same in both. Only there...
  • R
    Rhian replied to the thread Lower Hurst Street.
    I'm not sure what magic you've used to work this out but do you have any idea where 31 Lower Hurst Street might have been? Or perhaps...
  • R
    Rhian reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Lower Hurst Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I have gone back through the directories and am pretty sure that no 20 Lower Hurst St East was later 194 Hurst St
  • R
    Rhian reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread Lower Hurst Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    An aerial view (1935) of the former Lower Hurst Street East.
  • Morturn
    Morturn replied to the thread Erdington Tramway Terminus.
    I think that building is a gas regulator building that had public loos either side of it.
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Erdington Tramway Terminus with Appreciate Appreciate.
    terminus waiting room today nice to know its still there...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Erdington Tramway Terminus with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Looking at this B&W photo, the tram terminus waiting room building shown in post #32 used to have a portico attached to its front (see...
  • R
    robe3960 reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Davies William George with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Wikipedia… “One of the major transatlantic Irish ports, the town was the departure point for 2.5 million of the 6 million Irish people...
  • R
    robe3960 reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Davies William George with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Cobh is a seaport in County Cork, Ireland. It was known as Queenstown until 1920. The info comes from Shipping Intelligence in the...
  • R
    robe3960 reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Davies William George with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Celtic sailed from Liverpool on the 4th of May 1906, reaching Queenstown (now Cobh) at 8.20 am and picked up mail and passengers...
  • R
    robe3960 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Davies William George with Appreciate Appreciate.
    think that must be them jan as the first 4 children listed are on the 1901..quite a journey for a woman to take alone with 7 children...
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