Bradmore wolverhampton, Gunmakers and Church Road

[p.peedle]

Hi Bob
This what I have got off the 1911 census:-
53   Bradmore Inn    Freeman Family
52   Smith Family
51   Besley & Shelley family
50   Kerry & Step Children Chambers MY FAMILY
49   Poutney Family
48   Talbot Family
47   Pugh Family
46   Johnson Family
45   Kelsy Family
then I think it is Maple Road of 9 houses
43   no record
42   Heeley Family
41   Roper Family
40   Clee Family
39   No Record
38   Taft Family - Lamp lighter & newsagent
37   Gunmakers  Vernon Family
So I think that the houses were all on the one side of the road -- then subsequently renumbered at a later date? This would fit the photo of Trysull Road that shows houses on the same side as the gunmakers & fields on the other? If this is so then my Grandmother's house would be in that line of houses?
To verify this now I need to get a map for 1911 & if that shows it with houses on the one side then I could be right?
Pat

[Uplands]

" GUNMAKERS ARMS "  Past customers.


Hi guys

It's been a considerable time since this section about Bradmore and
district has been posted so can I bring it alive again?
Many, many years ago my Father, Brother and self were regular customers
at the Gunmakers Arms, in fact when I joined the Royal Navy as a Boy
seaman in 1952 and was sent to HMS Ganges for the initial 12 months
training ( It was Hell) and I came home on my first leave we all went
to the Gunmakers , Mother included, for a drink. Of course I was well
under age and in those days the law was pretty strict.
Jack Hughes was the land lord at the time and I remember him saying to
my parents "If he is old enough to wear the Queens uniform he is old
enough to drink"
This was good news to me and we all had an evening session. Closing
time in those days was at 10 PM with no drinking up time so we all set
off walking back to Uplands Avenue and bed.
On arrival I rapidly disappeared to the outside back drain where I was
violently sick, I shall never forget  the drama.
To cut a long story short when I left the Navy my family and I moved
over to Shropshire but  my Father and brother continued to use the
Guns.
Phillip , My brother often used to take his camera with him but
unfortunately passed away 10 years ago with the dreaded "C"
The other week I came across some old negatives of his and had great
pleasure in bringing the past to the present day.
A lot of his pictures were of Family, English Heritage , National trust
sites and customers in pub pictures.
I have numerous pictures of customers in the Quarterhouse, Compton Road
( sadly now demolished ) and 6 photographs of customers in the
Gunmakers.
I am posting these pics and would like to know if anyone remembers them.
I would imagine they have all departed from this world now but the
picture might jog a few memories.
I have scanned them all and they are all on my computer should anyone
desire a copy, who knows they could be relations!

Regards,                      Bob Hanley.

[judijee]

Hi Pat

My gran lived in one of the terraced houses in Maple Road until her death in 1955.  At the junction of Maple Road with Seisdon Road was an area of waste ground where I used to play as a kid - there were house bricks and roof slates and all sorts of demolition rubble there, so I should imagine several houses had been knocked down at some time during the War.  Could this account for the missing house numbers you've come across?

Does anyone remember the Williams family who lived in Maple Road?  They had a granddaughter named Olwen.  She and I used to play hop-scotch and skipping games around an old lamp standard opposite the terrace.  It has only recently been removed, so it served a long innings!

- judijee

[truebritmega]

Thanks Bob or re reminding Me of this thread, and lovely to see so many other people joining it!! I need to catch up with all these posts later lolol... as for me, Im born and bred just off church road, in wellington ave, but my family have been around church road area since the mid 1800s so I consider myself a fully paid up "Bradmorian" lolol (yup just invented the term lol and I love finding out more of the area...  what Id love, is to find a picture of this field mom was telling me of in wenlock avenue, I can picture it in my head but....

on an offside, I love to draw, so combining that with this thread, heres a drawing I happenned to draw the other week...

[truebritmega]

Just saw this on another thread and thought id pop it on here in case one of us can help her... as it relates to Finchfield so its part of our talks too, kinda lol...

Hi there everyone,

I'm looking for a picture/photo of Finchfield Cottages, these were situated where the row of shops which includes the Nationwide Bldg Society are now.  On the corner of Oak Hill was Rogers's shop the greengrocer.

Also does anyone remember a small shed which was a newspaper "shop" which was situated on Castlecroft Road I think about no 64, it was situated down an alley behind the houses.  This is not the shop that used to be in the dip where the bus stop is now.

 Anything would be helpfull.

Kizzy

[springerbob]

Enjoyed reading through all posts last night and was fascinated.  Brought a lot back.  Lived in Bradmore in 1950's - grandfather lived at 111 Broad Lane, me and parents in Highlands Road round corner.  Remember Mrs Taylor in paper shop telling my mother she was far to old to become a newsagent at 45 - yet mum bought a shop in Leamore and we did ok.   Remember shops like Cookery Nook and the offy on corner of Star St.  And the old lady (very old and very small, she seemed) in the post office with her giant son.

I think lovely Milly Tromans had a shop near post office, but that may have been after we left Bradmore in about 1961. 

And we used to walk to school at Warstones past a ramshackle farm - and we would call the farmer Brandy Balls and tease him.

Our fruit & veg was brought round every week by a Mr Wainwright on a big and ancient van.  Anyone remember him?

Never thought I would reach my anecdotage, but it is quite good fun remembering all these things

  Just found out that you are talking about where I used to live, namely the Star Stores Off Licence left there in 1972 days before demolition

[springerbob]

Hi all,
I can understand the confusion about the missing houses and the lack of logic behind the numbering.  I used to deliver papers for Tug Wilson of Church Rd and as a lad of 12 learning a paper round it was an eye opener.
Also, I lived at the Star stores Off-licence from 1962 until 1972 when the demolition forced us to fresh fields in herefordshire

[Uplands]

Welcome to the forum Springerbob.
We both know the area of Bradmore and its old traders very well.
You seem to have left the area when I came out of the Royal Navy and joined the Borough police force.
All the names you mention I knew very well and if it is okay with you I should like to trade emails with you on a more regular basis.
Have you many photographs of the area that you can post for the rest of the members to peruse?
I would like to draw your attention to another forum which is slowly growing which, if you join it, will add a bit of weight to the Bradmore side of Wolverhampton.

Mention my name, Bob Hanley and I shall look forward to hearing from you should you join.

[Arasus]

Kizzy
Yes I was born at N0.18 Finchfield Road West 1949 the opposite end to Rogers's shop.
I do have some photos will have to sort them out