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Post by malcolm on Jun 25, 2015 14:03:52 GMT
Hi, my father's family lived in a back to back house 1/19 Green Lane until about 1938. The houses were virtually opposite the Public Baths at the Coventry Road end of Green Lane.
In the 'front' house (19 Green Lane) lived Rose and Arthur Tulk, in the 'back' houses (1 back of 19 Green Lane) lived my grandparents Albert and Clarice Robinson with their children Edwin, Wilfred, Norman and Joyce and in the other 'back' house (2 back of 19 Green Lane) lived Arthur and Florence Jelf.
I know at least the front house was still standing into the 1970's and possibly later. What I have searched everywhere for is a photograph of the houses. I have bought several books on the area and of course searched the internet but so far have had no luck. I thought I might get lucky because of the proximity of the old Public Library and Baths, the photo on the top of this site of the front of the Library may just show the front edges of the houses on the right hand side of the photo but I am not sure how far down the houses shown are and if they do in fact include the front of number 19.
My father is now 87 and I would love to be able to get a photo of the houses for him. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Malcolm Robinson (ex-patriate Brummie) living in Portsmouth
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Post by annels on May 17, 2019 8:39:37 GMT
Hi We used to live at 64Green lane just down from the baths (fishing tackle shop)My dad was Fred Banks We had back to backs behind us There is a photo somewhere on here of the shop.
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Post by annels on May 17, 2019 8:39:50 GMT
Hi We used to live at 64Green lane just down from the baths (fishing tackle shop)My dad was Fred Banks We had back to backs behind us There is a photo somewhere on here of the shop.
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Post by jenmary on Aug 25, 2019 12:34:49 GMT
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I have been researching some of my Birmingham roots and found this great Forum about Small Heath. I am dumbfounded by your post about 64 Green Lane! My Great Grandparents lived in this house around 1913 to 1921 and possibly later. My great-grandfather, Clement Wainwright was a great fisherman all his life and latterly had a fishing tackle business. My Great Grandmother, Harriet Eliza used to make some of the tackle. It seems from what you say that the house remained a fishing tackle shop long after they died (Clement in 1922 and Harriet in 1930). I know this is the same house as I have spent some time researching exactly where it was with the help of old maps. I am absolutely thrilled to find a photograph of it on the website - thank you to whoever posted it.
Jenny
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