OLD WEST BROMWICH PHOTOS

If you look on the Home Page, about ¾ of the page down, the c1960s photo of Dartmouth Square, you will see him, right under the clock

Well Spotted Stephen Williams, I have had that photo for years and I never spotted him !

Paul

Yes, there he is !

I have looked at that photo many times and never saw him on it !

I think lionel is the same fellow that lived in oakwood st, carters green, and repaired shoes as his main living.

I I was under the impression he only sold newspapers as a living

I don't think he had the time for now't else, every time you was up the Town he was there, no matter what time you was up there, he was there !!

I am sure his brother was a boxer and lived around the Hargate Lane area ?? (I may be wrong)

Michael at 12:09PM on Dec 21, 2009

I I was under the impression he only sold newspapers as a living

I don't think he had the time for now't else, every time you was up the Town he was there, no matter what time you was up there, he was there !!

 

I am sure his brother was a boxer and lived around the Hargate Lane area ?? (I may be wrong)

lionel peel lived at the bottom of hargate lane,near the hargate tavern,(the Blood Tub),his brother,charlie,was a heavyweight boxer,in the same stable as Randolph Turpin..

I was flower girl to Lionel Peels sister Violet date about 1946 i have photo some where we lived not far from the Peels

We always got the Argus paper from him

I knew the blood tub as the plumbers arms in hargate lane i went to my friends wedding there in 1960

west-bromwich-photos at September 2, 2009 at 4:15 PM

If you look on the Home Page, about ¾ of the page down, the c1960s photo of Dartmouth Square, you will see him, right under the clock

Well Spotted Stephen Williams, I have had that photo for years and I never spotted him !

Paul

I have looked on the HOME PAGE  but connot find a photo of Dartmouth Sqaure ¾ of the way down. There's the two at the top c 1910's and c1920's but after that the only one that comes close is the one with the corner of Queens Street on or am I missing it totally.

Help!

Photo's have been moved since then. it is now under heading Dartmouth Square End about 5/6th photo He is sitting under the Kenrick Clock

Thanks Barbara found the photo 

I remember Lionel  at Dartmouth Square when I was a little kid,I was scared to death of him.He'd grab your hand when you gave him the money and wouldn't let you go until you were sreaming the place down.I could image that today ,he'd probably be reported by some dogooder.

My mother came out of Claypit Lane and knew the Peel family and she thinks they may have had a shop selling faggots in Hargate Lane.

Cap on, fag out the end of his mouth, puffing & panting as he pulled on those handles, he looked a bit like that little one out of the Crankies (Are they still going there?), put him and mad julie together and you would have a great combination !

New Zealand Baggie at September 9, 2011 at 1:45 PM

Cap on, fag out the end of his mouth, puffing & panting as he pulled on those handles, he looked a bit like that little one out of the Crankies (Are they still going there?), put him and mad julie together and you would have a great combination !

I'm trying to think of the name of the other character who used to frequent the High Street.  I know his first name was , always known as Sammy, and I believe he lived in Bilhay Street.

Stephen Williams at September 10, 2011 at 9:22 AM

New Zealand Baggie at September 9, 2011 at 1:45 PM

Cap on, fag out the end of his mouth, puffing & panting as he pulled on those handles, he looked a bit like that little one out of the Crankies (Are they still going there?), put him and mad julie together and you would have a great combination !

I'm trying to think of the name of the other character who used to frequent the High Street.  I know his first name was , always known as Sammy, and I believe he lived in Bilhay Street.

Mad Sam Whitehouse who allegedly once chucked a chamber pot's contents out the window over a policeman

barbara at September 10, 2011 at 2:37 PM

Stephen Williams at September 10, 2011 at 9:22 AM

New Zealand Baggie at September 9, 2011 at 1:45 PM

Cap on, fag out the end of his mouth, puffing & panting as he pulled on those handles, he looked a bit like that little one out of the Crankies (Are they still going there?), put him and mad julie together and you would have a great combination !

I'm trying to think of the name of the other character who used to frequent the High Street.  I know his first name was , always known as Sammy, and I believe he lived in Bilhay Street.

Mad Sam Whitehouse who allegedly once chucked a chamber pot's contents out the window over a policeman

That's the chap.  I nearly arrested him myself on one occasion.  In fact I think most of West Bromwich Police had dealings with him.  I recall on one occasion he was making a nuisance of himself near Dartmouth Square, trying to get people to buy reels of cotton!