February 25, 2018, Robert Morris lived at 24avondale road spArkbrook with his wife Mary and 10 children he was married to a Mary Ann strong who at one time lived at warstock farm her father Jonas strong had a haulage company and she had a brother Charles big family secret never spoken about til quite recently Robert Morris was supposed to have killed a policeman in a fight over a horse he disappears off the face of the earth turning up in Ruthin his place of birth under the name of Robert parry known locally as parry the saddler his wife and children followed him and he died in 1940 and was buried as Robert Morris I have found a newspaper report of a court hearing at acocks green 8th March 1907 Robert Morris a horse breaker of Avondale road sparkhill had not responded to his bail on the dual charge of drunks was and assaulting the police his poor neighbour from 69 Avondale road a woodcarver stood bail for him for £10 also found some reports in Birmingham daily gazette Robert Morris probably his son of green lane small Heath incident after hall green races carcass of a horse supposed to be picked up for slaughtere he sold it to a farmer to feed his pigs Does anyone have any connections to any of these families and could any of them be of gypsy descent many thanks for reading this. Today: The area of Small Heath is vastly different from what would have been present early 1900s, largely due to a government initiative to clear ‘slums’ and later the building of major roads. People don’t know how good the 50s and 60s were such a nice place to live. Thomas Joseph Knight was married to Roseanna Selina Ross. Every Sunday wore the Sunday best. I forgot to mention that the family lived in Denbigh Street, Bordesley Green. My grandad hated him because he once saw him nearly beat a man to death for not paying his loan and rumour has it he was hung for murder. My Father Tom was in the RAF from 1941 in Air Sea Rescue. Keep in touch, Carole, Mary Standley /glastonbury Joan Hughes was a well known dart player. It’s my only claim to game. August 6, 2018. We lived on Heather Road in Small Heath 44years ago, I worked in Haymills for a good 25years for my Dads Haulage and construction company. August 29, 2017. Hi Sandra , just seen your blog brought back many memories of living in Sydney Road and going to Tilton Road and Add Road schools often wondered what happened to all the people we knew such has the Hitches family , Rocky Jennings and Bobby Vale . Mum is very keen to watch the series now to see if she knows any of the special characters in it lol. peter albert treen 19 Lawden Road . Has anyone got any old photos of venetia or tilton road.my father’s family lived in stilton road ,his dad was Fred B al l. . We all have our own images and ideas of how it should look, but I must admit the ‘Filmic ‘qualities has elevated it to an incredible high standard and puts Birminghams social History firmly on the map where it belongs to those on a local and dare I say national international basis. The grand kids reckon I “talk funny”. Mary, Hi Mary Thanks, Tina Austin He mended watches and clocks and could value silverware. I have 2 older brothers Paul and Ian and a younger sister called Gillian. I lived in Bolton Road, Small Heath as a kid in the early 60’s. Mary, Carole field September 23, 2013. Great times nice to know you still OK. What we love is when everyone adds their own slice local history in the comments. They had 5 children Terry, Shirley ( Shan ) Joan , Deborah and Jimmy. Phelps lived in Bolton Road number 350 I think, just opposite the Bolton Arms. They live in Devon. October 16, 2013. we lived in Grey Street, I was born there, Sportsmans was on the corner of the road, went to nursery at Garrson Lane nursery and first went to school at Tilton Road. they made money then went into other trades bsa trains enginers art work brass gun making doctors wifes of solicitrs and the first lord mayor of dudley first heard of in this area after the normans in london essex married into the joselyne family of bourne lincolnshire and hide family Gday Gail …. My dad Billy would hold the cap out for change. I have one which I will post. Pete John Paterson, I have something that may be of interest to you and your family. Today: The real Garrison sadly no longer plays host to anything as interesting or glamourous (or as criminal). When my uncle died last year, we found some intriguing photographs among his possessions, of an old man in a terraced house near a railway line. It sold at auction in 2014 for just £183,000 after it had closed its doors as a pub. The people were proud people never asked for hand outs worked hard in very hard jobs. I remember all the kids in the road playing together and there where lots of them. It was also littered with local references: BSA and the Austin, a walk down ‘the cut’ to Greet, the Italian colony around Park Street, St Andrews Football Ground. The site where it stood is now occupied by Halfords. The street I grew up the mothers watch us play till it went dark and we all played together. 02-05-14C-015 Issued on December 19, 2014 Section 116650 of the California Health and Safety Code (H & S Code) authorizes the May 27, 2014. March 14, 2014. September 23, 2014, I remember the shop next door to the Garrison Tavern,I also went to Garrison Lane School,Ada Road and Tilton Road.I was born in 1945.My Nan and Grandad lived in Artillery Street We used to spend hours in the summer holidays playing in Garrison Lane Park.do you remember the ‘parkies hut.On the other side of your shop was the school caretakers house.I have a cracking photo taken in The Garrison of my grandad and my father and two uncles who were in uniform on leave during the war.I hope whoever buys the old pub restores it as it holds so many memories for lots of families. My godfather was Billy Cutler and he was also my grandfathers ( Charles Twist’s) cousin. He loved his horses and bare fist boxing! Been the guest at a Maharaja’s Elephant Stables. of again his father paid for his grandsons education at king edwards grammer school one of which was leonard jukes they were the off springs to joseph and ann jukes joseph was born in wolverhampton in 1730 I can remember enough to fill a phone look about Garrison Lane, it was grim and everything was grey and dirty, we had a great adventure playground, sometimes dangerous but always fun, no one had told mum’s to not let their kids out to play in those days. We left for Solihull in 1954 but kept the shop on till the 70s, Gail Hynds November 22, 2017. Went Garrison Lane infants then to St Andrews junior then Cherrywood Rd . Thank you. She was born in 1900 though, so probably not the one you’re looking for. Jessie http://www.facebook.com/hannahlisaprice, Catherine Leech We were brought up with tales of the old days, but never realised how violent they really were. I did an electrical apprenticeship at Walter J. Parsons in Heathmill Lane at the back of the Old Crown Pub which I think is the oldest in Birmingham. My parents owned the little hardware shop at number 395, Bolton Road. Mary standley Thanks very much . He would never answer the front door, leaving that to any of the family who happened to be in, and if it was the police at the door, he would race out of the back door and ‘disappear’ for an hour or so. I have never watched peaky blinders but had a conversation in pub with someone New Year’s Day my mom and dad Anne and John Reynolds kept the Garrison I think between 1968 and 1971. I contacted and met up in their homes both Dick Turner and Mr Wadsworth. What a fascinating blog. Margaret Insalaco Your sister Susan went to school with me. Just one of probably a host of memberable stories that associate itself with life Small Heath. So good to hear from you. October 18, 2014. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, helmets, and cars. her daughter ellen was my grandmother she married leonard jukes when both familys were living on bordesly green in 1914 He was Albert Theodore Smith but we believe be changed his last name from Holloway to Smith because he killed the man who attacked my grandmother. September 21, 2017. Know the location well. Mr Wildgoose was our headmaster in junior school and yes Dick Turmer was deputy head. Home / Architecture / A Peaky Blinding stroll around Bordesley. Jan Foster If I am right remember you if not what are your surnames, Maureen marlowe October 24, 2013. She said the razor blades in the caps were real, and they would use them to take the eye out of anyone who looked at stealing from the poor. The people in the day’s then we’re not well off but everyone had time for you, moms up the rd in the wash houses in the lane doing the washing many times running between the lines of pure white sheets in the yards behind odens shop the smell of washing now brings it all back May 30, 2014. Now living in Australia, I have yet to see the series, but I have fond memories of probably some of the best years of my life. The ‘regulars’ are all lined up outside – including the barman – taken about 1920 – does anyone know where that pub was maybe Unit street – I’m from Lozells – it could be round Hockley Brook somewhere. @ Nichola – judging by the Gangs of Birmingham book, the Peaky Blinders the Summer Lane / Gun Quarter youths would have been a match for the Peaky Blinders, Nichola Balmer Peter Hughes was also ex SAS . November 18, 2013, Now living in Australia, I have yet to see the series, but I have fond memories of probably some of the best years of my life. Rapyal House, Small Heath Business Park, 4B Talbot Way, Birmingham, phone, opening hours, photo, map, location. Yes I attended infants and juniors with you. Sandra McDiarmid-James I attended St.Andrews school as well up to when I left for Marlborough Juniors happy days You may remember me my mom kept the Garrison tavern in the 50s to the 60s I was at Garrison lane school great little school and then on to tilton rd school for girls with miss harding as our head. Who would ever think our “ playgrounds “ would be so famous! Carole, Mary Standley /glastonbury My Father: Frederick Fitzsimons, born County Meath, Ireland 1921, may have worked as a Bus Conductor, but not certain of this. I’d like to add, my grandad was a peaky. The Middle East and Burma and Malaysia. Little website that has now gone offline. He returned to Ireland around 1949 or 1950. His name was Howard John Ealing. Being a bookies runner was all that was on offer to them, Dorothy Fairfield Anyone else got a story to tell? Does anyone have any info on the Grayland family? I remember being told my Nans brother or father had a pub in the Digbeth area, and one night people came in and shot the place up…..makes my life seem pretty boring! My great uncle Tommy committed suicide by jumping from the canal bridge on Garrison Lane (so I’m told) My granddad was born in the late 1800’s early 1900’s so maybe he was around there at the time of the Peaky Blinders. Small Heath comes up often. The Irish family the folans lived at the top of Gordon street we all seemed to know so many families those days. Cathy the twins and me spent alot of time at the twins house. Violet for instance was Violet Rose Ross Knight and when she married became Violet Rose Ross Rose!!! He wore a black eye patch and always had his little dog with him. Tony Knight you are my relative! bob lees When death occurred women would trawl the neighbourhood to collect for the widow and her family. Grandad Arthur was in the Auxiliary Fire Service at the Cape Hill Brewery Fire Station and was often out on fire watch during the Birmingham Blitz of 1941 with his bucket of water and stirrup pump….he volunteered in 1939 but at 40 was too old….he had been a teenage soldier in The Black Watch during The Great War…..brave men all! Reading all your comments gives us some perspective on what life was like the early 1900’s. All the best Peter Round, Joan hunter, nee Brough I wonder if anyone remembers it? And they also had a yard and a stable round in Garrison Street next door to the Queen’s head. December 8, 2014. He told me. It’s on the corner of Coventry Road and Charles Road, about a mile from the Blues Ground, Correction – Coventry Road and Muntz Street. My Nan and Grand dad used to live in one of the flats on Garrison Lane – from the late 1940’s – 1970 – they were Rose & Bert Tribe – they had two daughters – Shirley and Linda (does any one know them)? Both Mine and my wife’s Father used to drink in the Garrison. Born in Birmingham, now living in Australia. December 21, 2017. Been in touch with Teresa. sandra ybert Are you in the area still as everyone is so far away thanks for the update on the whereabouts of the class. September 23, 2013. He even went to the Himalayas. September 24, 2016. I used to know Norma Massey who lived at the newsagents in Garrison Lane in the early 1960s. My grandfather lived in Miles Street( now gone) the other side of the Ibis roundabout from Watery Lane,and from 1903 – 1938,and he told me about the Peaky Blinders. November 28, 2016, I lived in sarha street in the early sixties I used the garrison pub I married Keith standley of artilary St Loved the area used to play as a child in the park opposite the pub those where the days, Mary standley /Glastonbury Get in touch. Mary standley /Glastonbury Traumatised by his experiences in the Boer war then then Great War. Louise B&M is proud to be located in St Andrew's Shopping Park at 270 Coventry Road, 1.28 miles south-east of the centre of Birmingham, in Small Heath (by Junction 18 (Bordesley Circus) of A4540 / Bordesley Circus).The store is situated in a convenient location for patrons from Sparkhill, Balsall Heath, Bordesley, Small Heath, Sparkbrook, Saltley, Digbeth and Birmingham City Centre. Do you remember the pop. I watch this in my present abode ‘a million miles’ away but it has rekindled many, many fond memories of my time in Small Heath. I’m researching my family tree. PB’s finest contribution may well be to get people to open their eyes to what is around them and then check out some history for themselves. He said God was kind to him but not so to others and he like many people in WW11 lost many friends on Rescue missions. When I was 20 , I went to live in a small town in Sicily called Gela by myself for a year (long story but true). January 11, 2018. Several other pubs of the era are also still around, including the Sportsman and Royal George just up the road, the Wagon & Horses on Adderley Street, and the Rainbow on Bordesley High Street. The life style was hard but great loved living in the Garrison alot of things in there dated back to the tv show. My Grandad Samuel job. Small Heath Park: You'll get stabbed or robbed - See 23 traveler reviews, 8 candid photos, and great deals for Birmingham, UK, at Tripadvisor. By 1901 they were living apart, he in Icknield Square, Ladywood and she at 34 Montague Street, Duddeston, Aston. Artillery St finished just past the canal bridge at Carr’s Paints not like the present day google map. Hi Marlene, seem to remember you, I think we were at school together. Confirmed cases 3466849. I was born in the garrison tavern in 1953 my mom and dad kept the garrison from about 1952 to 1964 Phil and Fred Glastonbury my memory of the garrison and living there is wonderful l went to garrison lane school then on to tilton rd. And was it really all that bad? Still proud to be a Brummie and an avid Blues fan. His name was Jim McKenna. My nan and grandad had a grocers shop the corner of Coventry Road and Watery Lane, number 68 from memory, up until around 1968. My family Name is (JOB) My Grandads Dad run a Coal business in that area of Aston from early 1900s. But lived on Stratford Rd on the opposite side to where the Angel Pub was/is which was mentioned in one of the episodes. Kind Regards and Best Wishes. My family (Ellis’s and also Harwood’s) in Small Heath area from at least middle 1800’s. Love this blog,This area of Birmingham often gets overrlooked ,I lived in Fazeley Street until I was 16 and in my mind I can still picture all the streets,buildings,and people who lived in the area during the 1950s 1960s My grandparents lived in Artillery Street ,just off Garrison Lane,the Garrison,Sportsmans,and the Sailors Return pubs where some of grandads locals.Both myself and my brother went to Garrison Lane,Ada Road and Tilton Roads schools and of course Blues supporters.There was a large mix of people in the area,quite a big Italian community,also there was a canal basin and warehouses in Fazeley street you can see the building from the train it is shaped like a barge,some of the bargees would come to the local shops to stock up before they set off on there next trip.There a lot of ‘local characters’ who lived around this area years ago ,not always law abiding but would help any-one out if they where in need.Happy Days !!