Bradmore wolverhampton, Gunmakers and Church Road

[truebritmega]

oh and, do we know what year that pic was taken by any chance?

[Willow 4873]

The set of cottage next to the pub still look like the same ones there today or is this on the other side of the road?

Willow x

[Uplands]

The postcard was franked January 1914 although I should think the picture was a lot older than that.
Here are a couple that I took 28th July 2002 which are relevant. The one with the Gunmakers has been shown before.

Cheers, Bob.

[Willow 4873]

I was right about the cottages though 

Willow x

[truebritmega]

yes willow, you are right about the set of cottages, I walked up there this morning (thru the snow and ice and and and all those torrential blizzards and things out there, see the things i do for ya? LOL ) (actually, I was just going to get some milk, and it was quite mild lol )

And the pic as Bob showed in his follow up piuc, was took somewhere between the old coal yard (Ive forgot now what that was called?) and the shops

And, I did consult the font as I said i would lol, and her first thing to say was that in the set of cottages was Hills bicycles, tho it wasnt a shop frontage, it was the house itself...


Thank you for telling me the year too Bob

[Uplands]

Your both welcome.
I think you will find that the coalyard was Hillmans. I went to school with one of them, Colin I think it was.

Regards, Bob.

[truebritmega]

ahh ty yes Hillmans, i just couldnt think of it no matter how hard i tried

[scruffyones]

hello
i just took time to read this posting and found it interesting as my great grandmother was from this area. even thought it was about 100years since she was there i can now connect an image to some of the stories she told before she died.

a quick question they live in victoria rd little penn staffordshire.  (1901 census). is this the same street mentioned in this post or am i way off track?

cheers

[Uplands]

I doubt it, this Victoria Rd would be classed as Bradmore, Wolverhamton.
I can't say that I have heard of Little Penn before. Penn yes. Lower Penn yes but not Little Penn.
Perhaps one of the others could help you.

Bob.