EAW006410 ENGLAND (1947). Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (I.C.I.) Works and environs, Witton, 1947. This image has been produced from a print.

CIVIL AIR RAID SHELTER: e72276 (Removed)

WITTON CEMETERY....CENTRAL AVENUE.

WITTON LAKES...formerly known as UPPER WITTON LAKE

LOCATION OF 'MOORE LANE FARM'....now industrial estate warehouses

KINGSTANDING ROAD......(note tram tracks!)

HOLFORD DRIVE.....WITH ALLOTMENTS.

LOCATION OF 'THE CENTRE for the ASTON FAMILY'

LOCATION OF AVFC VILLA PARK STORE

BUS GARAGE. (NOW 'WM TRAVEL' part of NATIONAL EXPRESS, previously WMPTE...(WEST MIDLANDS PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE) before that BCT..(BIRMINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT))

PUB called 'WITTON ARMS'.

WITTON STATION

WITTON ROAD

LOCATION OF 'TUFNOL LTD'

ASTON LANE

NOW LOCATION OF BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY....USED TO BE THE BIRMINGHAM POLYTECHNIC.

OLD MAP(1885-1891) SHOWS THIS AS THE LOCATION OF A 'MAGAZINE' ON THE 'LION WORKS' of MR GEORGE KYNOCK. MR KYNOCK MOVED HERE FROM GT HAMPTON ST IN THE 1860's MAKING 'PERCUSSION CAPS'

MOOR LANE Originally called MOORE LANE taking its name from the FARM. (or vice versa..???)

Location of BROADWAY ACADEMY formally BROADWAY SCHOOL

Now location of TESCO SUPERSTORE

In the 1970's this was the location of 'WICKMAN SCRIVENER'(part of the Coventry based 'WICKMAN GROUP') manufacturing BORE GRINDER MACHINE TOOLS.

NOW LOCATION OF CATERING SUPPLIES COMPANY...BUILDING STILL EXISTS, FRONTAGE PAINTED WHITE, OCCUPIED AND MAINTAINED.

WITTON METHODIST CHURCH

LOCATION OF BRIDGE FOR CARS (HEIGHT RESTRICTED,SO NO WAGONS), which allowed access to industrial buildings.

THE 'YEW TREE' PUB

LOCATION OF 'ASTON HOTEL'

LOCATION OF OLD 'ASTON TRAMWAY DEPOT'...became a bus depot,then a museum, now a facilities/banqueting/corporate events enterprise. THERE IS, ABOVE THE CENTRAL DOORS, A LARGE STONE SCULPTED WITH THIS INCRIPTION "BOROUGH of ASTON MANOR, TRAMWAYS DEPOT" From the days when ASTON was separate and not part of BIRMINGHAM.

WELLHEAD ROAD ENTRANCE with the gatehouses which are still standing, although unused and needing repair.

HOLFORD MILLS...old maps show this as manufacturing 'Arms & Ammunition'..powered by a mill race and a pond fed from the RIVER TAME.

BROOKVALE ROAD

RIVER TAME

LOCATION OF MARSH HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL

'HARE & HOUNDS* PUB, MARSH HILL

LOCATION OF WITTON HALL

RIVER TAME

CANAL......originally called 'TAME VALLEY CANAL'

Old entrance....now called 'NOBEL WAY'

Old map (1885-1891) shows this as the 'MISSION HALL'.....now replaced with warehouse on industrial estate.

THE PAVILION.......Now replaced with a new building and part of BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY....(name retained)

COLLEGE ROAD

HOTEL & PUB.....Now called' THE SAFE HARBOUR'

BUILDING STILL EXISTS...(most of original remains)... SOLD & REFURBISHED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, AND NOW PRIVATE ACCOMODATION. (not sure if this was originally occupied by the cemetery administration offices.)

ENTRANCE LODGE......(still exists)

MORTUARY CHAPEL....(ROMAN CATHOLIC)....(no longer exists)

MORTUARY CHAPEL...(CHURCH OF ENGLAND)...(still exists)

MORTUARY CHAPEL....(NON CONFORMISTS).....(no longer exists)

Another point of interest to me, today this area is an industrial estate but back in the late 40's this appears to be temporary housing stock

This is my parents house where I lived 1983-86. We were told that on the playing fields opposite during the war was an Italian POW camp. Is this image proving that tale?