OLD WEST BROMWICH PHOTOS

Essa


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Born in West Brom' I grew up at Harvilles Hawthorn, went to Hill Top school until 1962, worked at Brockhouse Engineering Hill Top for 30 years plus working at other local firms. I lived in Tipton until I retired and moved to Gloucester in 2007..

(they still cor understond the way ar spayk!)

My love of steam loco's means I can be found working on the Severn Valley when  "she that must be obeyed" permits!!

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9 Comments

Reply pauline pratt
10:36 AM on February 05, 2011 
my god i dont believe it how r u all
Reply trev
05:59 AM on November 26, 2010 
car tell ya how good it is to see so many peolple talkin an addin pics on here even thou i live in stoke i still got me lingo om proude of it . p. s. i a wolves fan i lived at princess end asweel so om gooin now cause om goin gera a load stick now ov said it .
Reply trev
06:37 AM on November 25, 2010 
hi i new to this site , i lived on and of with my granparents and used to live across the road from barretts and baird the slaughter house, my gran use to work down brockhouse some where makin springs . she also worked at the spring cottage pub across the road . her name was lil fellows and my grandad was jack fellows , he worked at conex sambra or sanbra , dairn great bridge . my name is trev wheeler . i had family on the millfiels estate but lost touch a long time ago , thx t
Reply Stephen Williams
03:06 PM on November 23, 2010 
Hi Terry,

I would be very interested in the photographs, thank you. I would imagine Paul would be as well. You can contact me direct at:
s.a.williams7@btopenworld.com

Regards

Steve
Reply Stephen Williams
12:43 PM on November 23, 2010 
Hi Terry,

Thanks for the kind comments. The ones I am uploading at present are some that I recently re-scanned. The camera was rather limited so i have had to do some tweaking in Photoshop with some. I agree about grabbing the signs. Think what those round Snow hill signs would fetch. I believe they can go for about £2,500. I have a few more to upload. Strange that you worked at Brockhouses. Was that the one just down from Hill Top towards Harvills Hawthorn? If so I worked there for a short period in one of my holidays when I was a student. It would be about 1972. I was actually trawling around there on google Streetview only a couple of days ago. The large brick building on the corner is now boarded up. I think that was the main admin. offices wasn't it? It's been such a long time ago since i was down there that I have forgotten. I didn't even know they had closed. I had thought about taking some photographs around there before that all goes the same was as most of West Bromwich!

Regards

Steve
Reply Essa
06:37 PM on March 16, 2010 
ANOTHER OF LIFES LITTLE MYSTERIES SOLVED!!
Reply Stephen Williams
06:00 PM on February 24, 2010 
Hi Essa,

Thanks for that. I had never picked up on the chalk marks before! :-)

Steve
Reply Stephen Williams
05:11 PM on February 24, 2010 
PS. I can't even find my photo of 4150! Is it on its own or with another loco?

Steve
Reply Stephen Williams
05:07 PM on February 24, 2010 
Hi Essa,

I have no objection at all. Incidentally, I am involved with the Kidderminster Railway Museum, so we may have met and not realised it!

Regards

Steve