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Post by Helmut83 on Jan 16, 2017 17:13:37 GMT
"Black Country", and they are all whiter than the snow. Go to Nigeria and tell them you are from the Black Country, they'll think you are crazy.
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Post by Horacewimp on Jan 16, 2017 17:23:00 GMT
"Black Country", and they are all whiter than the snow. Go to Nigeria and tell them you are from the Black Country, they'll think you are crazy. The name comes from all the dirt, grime and soot from all the heavy industry in the area.
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Post by Helmut83 on Jan 16, 2017 17:38:54 GMT
Aha, I see...
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Post by queenofthehours on Jan 16, 2017 18:42:42 GMT
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Post by wolvesgirlgonewild on Jan 16, 2017 22:53:38 GMT
Tell you what Horacewimp, boundary changes are hard to keep up with! I don't blame you not wanting to be associated with Birmingham
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Post by BSJ on Jan 16, 2017 23:32:02 GMT
Reading a book that features Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Wylde Green and surrounding areas, during the 1870's.
You ingrate, King Henry VIII would be very disappointed in you: "The donation by King Henry VIII of his hunting land to the residents of the town set the foundations for the preservation of the area now known as Sutton Park."
Haha. "The 1863 edition of Bradshaw's Guide described Sutton Coldfield as "a place of no very particular note, beyond an occaisional pic-nic excursion"
Photo of the a High Street conservation area, very cool. Horrible oversight you not being listed in Notable residents.
Victorian mansions still standing in Wylde Green?
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Post by wolvesgirlgonewild on Jan 16, 2017 23:46:59 GMT
"Black Country", and they are all whiter than the snow. Go to Nigeria and tell them you are from the Black Country, they'll think you are crazy. The name comes from all the dirt, grime and soot from all the heavy industry in the area. I did explain to Helmut before why it's called The Black Country
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Post by Horacewimp on Jan 17, 2017 8:36:55 GMT
Victorian mansions still standing in Wylde Green? My Dad had loads of books on Sutton Coldfield and the surrounding area, which is the one you are reading BSJ ? All the older victorian houses in Wylde Green are now either hotels or rest homes, one of the oldest places near us is the Mill at New Hall www.newhallmill.org.uk/newhall.htmThe main road we live off is called Penns Lane, there was a well known murder here back in 1817 www.sutton-coldfield.net/ashford.html
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Post by BSJ on Jan 17, 2017 20:40:37 GMT
It's a novel by Julian Barnes, "Arthur and George", late Victorian time. Got town names wrong it's Wyrley and Walshall are two of them. Could have sworn I read Sutton Coldfield somewhere in the book.
Have you been to the Mill? It's very cool.
There is a neighborhood, just outside of downtown called "The Old West End", where people of wealth built those large, rambling Victorian homes. Because of the cost of upkeep homes were sold for a song during the 1960's and many of them were turned into apartments or duplex's. Many were left to riot and torn down until someone created "The Old West End Historical Society" to preserve the homes and neighborhood. I lived there three different times, apartment by myself and with friends in two different duplex's. Every year is a festival, and this is when owners open their house for tours of their renovated homes. One of them shown is my mothers grandfathers home. In her 20's, she had a maid who serve her coffee and a cigarette in bed to help kick off her day!
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Post by Horacewimp on Jan 17, 2017 20:56:22 GMT
Have you been to the Mill? It's very cool. The mill opens and operates once every year, we always walk along the valley following the stream to the mill. It is always a sunny day in the summer and they sell plants, tea and ice creams My Dads family owned some large houses in Sutton his dad worked for an insurance company and was one of the first people in the town to own a company car. One house was called Kenelm which is now knocked down and a private road and houses built, another where my dad lived is converted into a dentists. Look at the dentist on streetview. goo.gl/maps/HMM2VtZygTP2www.google.com/maps/place/104+Victoria+Rd,+Sutton+Coldfield+B72+1SN,+UK/@52.5618449,-1.8190854,3a,75y,205.42h,96.98t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sXq14HHJdK8IUAnaLyJmHRQ!2e0!4m5!1m2!3m1!2zNTLCsDMzJzQyLjciTiAxwrA0OScwOC42Ilc!3m1!1s0x4870a5a7727dc655:0xe9c7552fdd6f8119?hl=en-GB
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Post by BSJ on Jan 17, 2017 21:05:15 GMT
What corner is the dentists office? I see a Kings Arms!
Second link pops up a town called Blissfield in Michigan (about 20 minutes from here) with a photo of a trailer, in a trailer park, it's address is 104 Victoria Drive!
Isn't google maps cool?
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Post by Horacewimp on Jan 17, 2017 21:11:25 GMT
Stand with your back to the KA (Kings Arms) that pub was my local and main drinking hole back in my youth and the dentists is in front of you it has a sign Victoria Road Dental Centre.
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Post by Horacewimp on Jan 17, 2017 21:13:36 GMT
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Post by Helmut83 on Jan 17, 2017 21:18:57 GMT
The name comes from all the dirt, grime and soot from all the heavy industry in the area. I did explain to Helmut before why it's called The Black Country Yeap, that's true. Still I think the name is questionable.
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Post by BSJ on Jan 17, 2017 21:24:54 GMT
That's wild. Neat house. Not unlike one you'd see in The Old West End. Kings Arm's is a large building.
My Great-Grandfathers house. I use to live a few blocks from it.
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