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Old Birmingham
« on: Saturday 12 April 14 11:57 BST (UK) »
Hi

My father lived at 10 court 6 House Adelaide Street Birmingham can anyone help with finding pictures of what it looked like .

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Re: Old Birmingham
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 12 April 14 12:34 BST (UK) »
Hi,

If you google Adelaide Street Birmingham and go to images there is a good one on there originally put on by the blackcountrysociety it shows the street in a little detail when it was bombed

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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 12 April 14 13:25 BST (UK) »
I think I am correct in saying that "courts" were sited off the main street - more like a courtyard as we might think of it today - with housing around and shared facilities, possibly entered via an alley way.
(there were lots in many of the larger cities such as Liverpool)

The housing in the images that Jane has suggested show quite well to do Victorian dwellings, so presumably the "courts" would have been around the back of larger houses or retail areas. Sadly, there are not many clues on Adelaide Street today.

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Re: Old Birmingham
« Reply #3 on: Monday 14 April 14 22:21 BST (UK) »
I hope this isn't breaking any Rootschat rules but I would recommend posting your request on the following forum as well:

http://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/forum.php

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Re: Old Birmingham
« Reply #4 on: Friday 04 July 14 21:15 BST (UK) »
Hi butlersearch,  my father also lived at court 10 house 6 Adelaide street.  He moved there circa 1913.  Eastnor

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Re: Old Birmingham
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 06 July 14 11:13 BST (UK) »
Hi

My Father George Edward Butler was living there in 1911 with Mother Mary and sisters Lizzie and Isabella, by 1914 they were living at 2 back 99 Sherlock Street, an address I gained from Lizzie Butlers marriage certificate to William David Watts.Can I ask  the name of the family you have living there, just in case there is any tenuous link to the Butlers.

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Re: Old Birmingham
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 06 July 14 11:16 BST (UK) »
These are well worth a visit to show what these houses were like.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/birmingham-back-to-backs/
Cross Steeple Claydon Bucks,  Jennings Steeple Claydon Bucks,  Steel Byfield Northants,  Rogers Northants,  Wheeler Oxon,  Roberts Oxon,  Bonham Oxon/ Middleton Cheney Northants,  Maycock Northants,  Abbott Northants , Newman Northants, Buckingham Bucks, Hart Warks, Newth Gloucs.

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Re: Old Birmingham
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 06 July 14 11:21 BST (UK) »
Hi

Thank you so much for that will definitely pay a visit when next in Birmingham , it will give a real insight into how my father and his family lived.

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Re: Old Birmingham
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 06 July 14 20:57 BST (UK) »
Hi Clive   My father was born in 1912 in Albert Sq in Dymoke Street.  His parents were Ellen and Thomas Twigg  Ellen's maiden name was Taylor.   They moved circa 1913 to 6/40 Adelaide Street.  At some time they also lived at 4/40 2 doors away.   When I was born many years later my father and mother and myself moved into 4/40 and we remained there until 1951.   I have many memories of the area.  I have done family history for at least 25 years.    These properties were 3 storey back to backs.   No 6 was at the end of a run of four houses.  At the end of no 6 there was a brew house which contained a sink a large copper which you lit a fire underneath and then did the weekly wash.  This was shared between two families.  Each working on a different day.    They would also share a mangle.   There was a total of 7 houses in this yard.    The whole of the floor area of the yard was paved in grey/blue brick.  There was a row of toilets which was shared.  I spent the war years there as a child.  The back to backs you can visit in Bham are worth a visit and will give you an insight into room size furnishings sleeping arrangements etc.   

My grandparents moved out of no 6 and moved to Warstock.  A new family moved in sometime in the early 40's The Mancini's.   If you would like any more of my memories just ask.  There was quite a lot a bomb damage in Highgate

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Barbara