EAW030284 ENGLAND (1950). Alexander Sports Ground and environs, Perry Barr, 1950
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| Title | [EAW030284] Alexander Sports Ground and environs, Perry Barr, 1950 |
| Reference | EAW030284 |
| Date | 13-June-1950 |
| Link | |
| Place name | PERRY BARR |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 406983, 291438 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.8970743483798, 52.520412558019 |
| National Grid Reference | SP070914 |
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 O'Leary Family house until 1975 |
 Mike |
Wednesday 24th of May 2023 01:44:38 AM |
| Childrens swing park existed up until mid to late seventies now overgrown. |
Mike |
Wednesday 19th of May 2021 08:42:44 AM |
| Tennis courts now overgrown |
Mike |
Wednesday 19th of May 2021 08:41:21 AM |
| River Tame. Has since been straightened. |
 Andy Mabbett |
Saturday 27th of February 2021 12:27:39 PM |
| The Boars Head |
Andy Mabbett |
Saturday 27th of February 2021 12:16:26 PM |
| Area is now Perry Park and includes Alexander Stadium. |
Andy Mabbett |
Saturday 27th of February 2021 12:14:31 PM |
| The Holbrook, flowing from Barr Beacon, through Perry Park, and into the Tame near Perry Bridge |
Andy Mabbett |
Saturday 27th of February 2021 12:13:12 PM |
| River Tame (since diverted) |
Andy Mabbett |
Friday 26th of February 2021 10:23:42 PM |
| Walsall Road |
Rob |
Friday 19th of February 2021 07:02:19 AM |
| FRANCHISE STREET |
Griffin |
Friday 30th of October 2015 10:55:47 AM |
| WELLHEAD LANE |
Griffin |
Friday 30th of October 2015 10:50:59 AM |
| WELLHEAD FARM.....site now occupied by BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY...(Previously BIRMINGHAM POLYTECHNIC) |
Griffin |
Friday 30th of October 2015 10:45:29 AM |
| EDWIN LOWE LTD....Est 1915 |
Griffin |
Friday 30th of October 2015 10:27:38 AM |
| TAME VALLEY CANAL |
Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 08:19:04 PM |
| OLD MAPS SHOW THIS AS 'PERRY BARR WHARF'...(NOW FILLED IN) |
Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 08:15:21 PM |
| COLLEGE ROAD |
Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 07:57:53 PM |
| KINGSTANDING ROAD |
Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 07:56:10 PM |
| PERRY RESEVOIR
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Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 07:45:27 PM |
| PRESENT LOCATION OF RECYCLING SITE (operated by VEOLIA)
IN THIS PICTURE IT SEEMS TO BE A CORPORATION TRANSPORT BUS PARK. |
Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 07:38:28 PM |
| HOLFORD DRIVE ALLOTMENTS |
Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 07:35:21 PM |
| NEWER BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER TAME BUILT IN 1932 . |
Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 07:30:26 PM |
| PERRY BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER TAME...ALSO KNOWN AS THE ZIG-ZAG BRIDGE AND BUILT IN 1709. IT REPLACED A WOODEN HORSE BRIDGE BUILT IN 1612. THERE WAS ANOTHER BRIDGE CROSSING THE RIVER NEARBY MENTIONED IN 1309 BEING THE FIRST....PRVIOUSLY THEY USED THE ROMAN FORD CROSSING. (c.f. HOLFORD (or OLDFORD) would take its name from this river crossing)
THE ZIG-ZAG BRIDGE CONSISTS OF 12 ARCHES BUT ONLY 3 ARE NOW VISIBLE. |
Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 07:26:12 PM |
| 'TUCKER EYLETTE FACTORY....BECAME TUCKER FASTENERS... |
Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 07:03:42 PM |
| ST JOHN EVANGELIST, CHURCH LANE. |
Griffin |
Thursday 29th of October 2015 06:58:09 PM |
| Boars Head |
sparky69 |
Thursday 6th of November 2014 07:46:17 PM |
| Church Tavern |
sparky69 |
Thursday 6th of November 2014 07:45:20 PM |
| Holford Drive |
sparky69 |
Thursday 6th of November 2014 07:43:34 PM |
| Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium |
sparky69 |
Thursday 6th of November 2014 07:41:21 PM |
User Comment Contributions
Opened 1929 by Birchfield Harriers Athletic Club on site of ash tip for local power station. Club relocated to the new Alexander Stadium in 1977. The site also hosted Speedway in 1928 and again from 1946-60, having been a prisoner-of-war camp in WWII. The site was converted to a greyhound racing stadium from 1990, replacing the neighbouring venue closed in 1984, & reviving the Perry Barr Stadium name. Speedway returned in 2006 with the reformed Brummies. |
gerry-r |
Monday 16th of June 2014 02:00:47 AM |