Date:1953
Description:A rare photograph showing the Y-Block development under construction. In the foreground are the foundations for the small blocks of flats and in the background is Avon House. The development lies between Grant, Wynn and Great Colmore Street. The attached streaming clip is of local residents Fred and Pat Meads talking to Jackie Gay about the fifties build and the shops around Cregoe Street.
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Another view of the trip from the Y Block area to Weston Super Mare. This presumably ...
Looking towards Nash House on Grant Street. To the left are the low rise flats and ...
One of the Y Block developments constructed in the nineteen fifties. The three blocks ...
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Janet Abbott lived in Lee Bank for 57 years. In Summer 2004 she took the time to talk about her life ...
Despite her language handicap - she was learning English still - Janet got a job in the casting section ...
Not long before their move out to Bordesley Green Charles Winn produced a commemorative paper detialing ...
The Bath Row Development was the working name for what became the creation of the Lee Bank estate. Prior ...
The Abbott family subsequently moved into Number 24 Nash House. The full official seal of approval for ...
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Creators: Mr Norman Bartlam - Creator
Image courtesy of: Mr Norman Bartlam
Donor ref:Norman Bartlam (65/7612)
Source: Mr Norman Bartlam , Mr Roy Edwards , Mr Alex Henderson , Ms Val Blake , Mr Ray Usher
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