Goodbye E.R. Mason
Taken moments before the the demolition of the youth club. The club had stood for decades just off Cregoe Street but was demolished this year as part of the urban regeneration of Lee Bank. Poignantly ...
Heley Works on Cregoe Street
Listed on the wall of this brassfounders factory are the firm of Freeman and Ward - metal spinners. This is the top end of Cregoe Street just before Bath Row. In the distance you can just about glimpse ...
Inside The Woodman
Two customers enjoying a drink at The Woodman in Cregoe Street. The pub has since been demolished as part of the urban renewal of the area. Helen White notes that: "The lady, who is my aunt, is Mrs Barbara ...
James Phillips - Cregoe Street
James Phillips was a tripe dealer at number 81 Cregoe Street who specialised in "faggots and peas". During the war, faggots and peas were not rationed and often people would have it as a meal.
The queue ...
Junction of Great Colmore and Cregoe Street
At this section of the road used to stand the Shakespearian Bar right on the corner visible in the foreground. Today in 2005 it consists of trees and bushes, behind it lies the Kerria Court Retirement ...
Kitchen in the Attwood Green Community Centre
The Community Centre has now gone - demolished as part of the urban regeneration of the Lee Bank area. This is the kitchen area which over the years produced countless buffets!
The centre was located ...
Lee Bank As I Remember It by Bernard Allen
Bernard Allen is a former resident of the Lee Bank/ Edgbaston area. These are his memories of the area he grew up in.
The picture here is of Mr Allen at work in Freeman and Ward on Cregoe Street.
Lee Bank Development Area
An interesting view taken before work started on the central park area. To the right is Avon House. to the left is the lower half of Cregoe Street which subsequently vanished under the new park. In the ...
Lee Bank Redevelopment Plan
The original architect's view of the Lee Bank redevelopment. The tower blocks are as follows: Hogarth, Faraday, Chiswick and Audleigh House are the four blocks running up the left hand side on Lee Bank ...
Lower Cregoe Street
"Lower" Cregoe Street - long since gone - on the site of what became the park and is soon to be the new park. To the middle of the picture at number 43 is J. Hobday the fruiterer. Further down at number ...
Meeting room at the Attwood Green Community Centre
The downstairs meeting room next to the kitchen area. The Centre was home to all manner of community activities which have now migrated to various venues in the Attwood Green area. It was demolished as ...
Meeting room at the Attwood Green Community Centre
The Centre was demolished as part of the urban regeneration of Lee Bank. It had been a centre for all manner of community activities - which have been maintained since at a variety of venues.
National Identity Card
Inside pages of Laura Phillips National Identity Card. This was issued on June 1st 1943 and was to be carried at all times. The cards were used for Security and indentification purposes. Laura lived at ...
National Registration Identity Card
During the Second World War all civilians were issued with an identity card for security purposes. Civilians had to carry them at all times and produce them if challenged. This is the front and back of ...
Serenade at the Community Centre
Local chanteuse Ricki Duvay serenading Georgette Wright, Chris Sutton and Carol Woolley at a night of music and fun at the old Lee Bank Community Centre off Cregoe Street
Sheet 214 bottom
1889 Ordnance Survey map covering the central housing/ shopping area of Edgbaston B15 - later Lee Bank.
Springfield Family Butcher - Cregoe Street
Advert from the St Luke's Church Magazine for Springfield's who were based on Cregoe Street.
Street art
This spray painting was on the hoardings next to the Attwood Green Community Centre. The painting was commisioned for an Open Day at the Centre by manager James Hobbs. Behind the hoardings the land was ...