EAW013574 ENGLAND (1948). The area between Hockley Station and Hockley Hill (A41), Birmingham, 1948

Backs of properties on Villa Road.

252 Icknield Street

Cambridge Terrace

Mist's Garage - agents for Jensen, Jensen Healey and Saab cars in 1970's. Also had showroom around corner on Soho Hill.

John Rabone and Sons - Hockley Abbey Works (later became Rabone Chesterman) making rulers, tapes and tools. Previously this was the site of "Hockley Abbey", a house built circa 1798 by Richard Ford who was an industrialist and inventor. The house was built from locally sourced furnace slag in a "Gothic Ruined" style and without any justification was named Hockley Abbey. It was demolished circa 1871.

LOCATION OF GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA, BIRMINGHAM, UK SIKH GURDWARA AND NISHKAM CENTRE.

VILLA ROAD METHODIST CHURCH

Pooles Electric (Radio/Television/etc) Shop

Centric Cycles Shop & Works (approx location). Supplied lightweight frames and cycles to Major Nicols when he first started post WW2.

"Sport & Play" cycle shop - in 1940's/50's it owner (Cyril ?) cycled to work on a large (26") wheeled tricycle.

Yarnolds - drapers/habberdashery

"General Dealers Yard" in front of house - occupied by "Old Lady Heath" in 1940's/50's.

Abbey Street

Key Hill Photo (2011) shows gated entrance to Key Hill Cemetery now, in 2014, restored.

The "Gem Building" purpose built, for cutting and polishing precious stones, in 1913 with large windows for maximum natural light.

Ellen Steet Schools

Hockley Bus Depot

Hockley Station

Soho Road

R J Vickers & Son Ltd Precision Pressings "Supreme Works"

Birmingham Tool & Gauge - considerably extended and with additional floor, from 1937 image (EPW055221). Company still active in 1970's as shown by job advert for a Technical Representative, to cover Scotland and Ireland, in 12th May 1971 issue of The Glasgow Herald. Photo May 2011

Crowder & Brown (Motor Engineers) - photo 2011

Harry Smith Ironmongers - Established 1824 - Elevation on Soho Hill

Palladium Cinema built in 1911 (as "Hockley Picture House")

Icknield Street School designed by J.H. Chamberlain in 1883.

No 274 Park Road was a "Pawnbrokers Shop" from 1913 to 1941/42. Prior to this it was a grocery, provisions and tea merchants shop (circa 1860 - 1912/13).

Jeffersons Grocery and Provisions (circa 1943) but was "The Shakespeare Tavern in 1891.

Scrbbans Bakery

Hunters Road

Wretham Road

Hamstead Road

Villa Cross Cinema - opened as the "New Picture House" in 1913. It was badly damaged by fire during the "race riots" in 1985 and eventually demolished in 1989.

Claremont Road

Richmond Road

Vicarage Road

Park Avenue

South Road

Park Road (South)

Key Hill Cemetery

Piddock St

Park Road

All Saints St

All Saints Road

Lodge Road

Goode St

Whitmore St

Ford St

Heaton St

Icknield St

Abbey St

Soho House - the home of Matthew Boulton from 1766 until his death in 1809. Boulton, an industrialist, was a member of The Lunar Society and meetings were sometimes held at Soho House. Other members include Erasmus Darwin, James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood and other industrialists, natural philosophers and intellectuals of the time.

St Michaels (C of E) Church completed in 1855

Soho Pool Wharf was originally the parkland around Matthew Boulton’s factory (the "Manufactory" built circa 1766 and demolished circa 1859). Pools in park were fed by Hockley Brook which was also used for powering the factory machinery until its conversion to steam power with the involvement of James Watt. With the growth of the railways the pools were filled in and it became a railway wharf/sidings

Soho Hill

Power Petroleum Building and Depot.

"Hockley Brook" - major road junction controlled by a policeman on "point duty".

Abbey Vaults public house

Section of Lodge Road (between Park Road & Ickneild Street) - known as "The Flat" with a concentration of shops.

Nortons Department (Drapers/Clothes/Furniture) Store