Date:2nd of June 1953
Description:It’s Coronation Day, June 2nd 1953. Wearing their party hats, Shay and his sister Elizabeth (Lily) are sitting on Andy’s first mode of transport, the rigid framed ex WD (War dept) motorbike. Note the cobbled roadway, or Horse-Road as it was colloquially known then. At the far left of this photo beyond the window with ribbons on display, can be seen the ‘embossed’ style brick wall of the ‘Locstitch`. Lily identifies the house next to the factory as belonging at the time to a family called Pailings, next door to them in the house with the boarded up window, lived the Maidens.
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Creators: Bartley Family Collection - Creator
Image courtesy of: Jim Fitzpatrick
Donor ref:Bartley Family Collection (78/10810)
Source: Balsall Heath Local History Society , Jim Fitzpatrick , Graham Partlett , Elizabeth McKeon , Diane Stead , Keith Whitehouse
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