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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: oldtimernow on November 28, 2017, 08:02:47 PM
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Whilst not wishing to start a thread about whether it makes you a better supporter were you born or raised in Aston and if so where and what memories do you have.
I grew up in Pugh Rd, went to Manor Park Infants and KEGS in Frederick Road.
We used to play footie when we supposed to do cross country opposite the Trinity Road stand
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Whilst I was brought up in Nechells (Cato street) I spent most of my non school time including weekends with my school mates. Two of them. One lived in Holte Road and the other in Witton Lane. We mainly played football against the old Witton Lane stand in the street. It was from here that my bond with Villa grew and got stronger and stronger.
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My home was Billesley, near Kings Heath, and when I was young it was a mostly Villa area, all my mates at school were Villa apart from a few sad Bluenoses.
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My Villa heritage is through both mom and dad's families - he grew up in Hockley where my grandad was a milkman for Unigate. Dad went to Handsworth Grammar, before his parents were moved to the newly built Lyndhurst Estate when the terraced houses were demolished. My mom's family (also Villa) grew up in Erdington before being relocated to Castle Vale (my grandad was an instrument technician on the Spitfires).
Interestingly something I found out at my dad's cousin funeral was that I am related a few times removed to the young lad in the Villa kit photographed at Wembley at the 57 Cup Final as below although I never knowingly met him (believe from Dave W that he is now deceased).
(http://thumb.ibb.co/dLfx5G/Villa_1957.jpg) (http://ibb.co/dLfx5G)
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My Mum was born in Priory Road (just off Aston Hall Road), parents were married at Aston Church and I went to KEGS Aston.
My Mum did slip up by giving birth to me down the road in Great Barr, however.
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My Mom's side of the family came from Ladywood and Aston. In the 1950s they moved to more modern houses built in the South of the City in Bartley Green which is why I come across too many of that Blue lot who support Small Heath (it's about 50/50 here).
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Mom & Dad both came from Witton & Kingstanding. Dad grew up in Witton, lived in Brantley Rd & Wirely Rd. He spent hours remaniscing about kickabouts with Pongo Waring, saw all the 30s & 40s legends, Dorset, Houghton etc.
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Born in Belfast, good & bad memories; schooled in Cliftonville & B.R.A.
Villa lurve from Uncle who lived in Holly Lane, Erdington; who took me to a place where 30 odd thousand screaming eejits were having fun and been addicted ever since.
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Mom & Dad both came from Witton & Kingstanding. Dad grew up in Witton, lived in Brantley Rd & Wirely Rd. He spent hours remaniscing about kickabouts with Pongo Waring, saw all the 30s & 40s legends, Dorset, Houghton etc.
Thats a coincidence Bob, my mom lived in Wyrley Road, Witton in the thirties
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I had an uncle who lived in Salford. Sorry, wrong message board.
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My Villa heritage is through both mom and dad's families - he grew up in Hockley where my grandad was a milkman for Unigate. Dad went to Handsworth Grammar, before his parents were moved to the newly built Lyndhurst Estate when the terraced houses were demolished. My mom's family (also Villa) grew up in Erdington before being relocated to Castle Vale (my grandad was an instrument technician on the Spitfires).
Interestingly something I found out at my dad's cousin funeral was that I am related a few times removed to the young lad in the Villa kit photographed at Wembley at the 57 Cup Final as below although I never knowingly met him (believe from Dave W that he is now deceased).
(http://thumb.ibb.co/dLfx5G/Villa_1957.jpg) (http://ibb.co/dLfx5G)
Some nice little links here WV...I was born in Hockley too - Rodway Street, not far from Summer Lane...the Villa love is obvious from my user name, but Mum and Dad were Aston/Hockley... Uncle Frank was born in Aston and so were his three boys, two of whom played for The Villa...many years later I taught at Castle Vale and the head, Bill Barnett, was an ex-Spitfire pilot and encouraged the links with the airfield - the 3 houses were Spitfire, Hurricane and Gladiator...a few years after that I taught at Handsworth Grammar School for ten years and loved it and driving past Villa Park twice a day to and from my place of work even though I was going to be there for almost every home game!
As a family we're all over the place now but always Brummies and always Villa!
It's in the blood, always has been, always will be. VTID...and beyond!
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Endicott Road
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My Mom grew up in Electric Avenue in the 1920s. She was a life long Villain but I doubt she was an Eddie Grant fan.
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My dad's formative years were at Ettington Road Aston before they moved to Great Barr.
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I like subject matters like this as it gives me the opportunity to once again brag about being born and raised ( for the first 7 years of my life (1957- 1964) in Villa Road just up from Villa Cross so technically speaking, in Handsworth.
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I was born in Erdington, at the age of 6 we moved to Nechells and went to Elliott Street school. moved again to Castle Vale at 11 then about 12 years ago moved back to Erdington. My wife lived in Park Road, Aston and later she moved to Castle Vale Comprehensive where Bill Barnett was the headmaster who she told me would not let German be taught as one of the language subjects.
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I was born at Heathfield road Maternity Hospital - so i reckon thats pretty close to Villa's birthplace (which of course wasn't Aston)
My mum was bought up in Village Road - a goalkick from the Witton Lane stand (and worked at F&P Birch Road during the war) Dad came from Gnosall (Shrops) and after the war met/married my mom & settled in Brum (Dulwich Grove). Thats when he started with Villa - and I started 12 years later
On the back of a pools win in 1958, he bought a house in Great Barr (just round the corner from Frank Moss's newsagents). I also went to KEGS Aston - same class/year as Les Ross - though my first glimpse of Villa Park was through a bed room window from Aston Hall on a school visit from Dulwich rd Primary
The pools win? £3285 - that was enough to move to Gt Barr in those days...LOL
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I had a girlfriend that lived on Witton Lane opposite the turnstiles. She had the downstairs front room, just twenty yards from the ground. We expressed our love physically in that very room. Dear Norris, is this a record?
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I had a girlfriend that lived on Witton Lane opposite the turnstiles. She had the downstairs front room, just twenty yards from the ground. We expressed our love physically in that very room. Dear Norris, is this a record?
Did you sell tickets ? And pies at half-time?
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I had a girlfriend that lived on Witton Lane opposite the turnstiles. She had the downstairs front room, just twenty yards from the ground. We expressed our love physically in that very room. Dear Norris, is this a record?
Did you sell tickets ? And pies at half-time?
Wrong thread. This is come from Aston not come in.
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I had a girlfriend that lived on Witton Lane opposite the turnstiles. She had the downstairs front room, just twenty yards from the ground. We expressed our love physically in that very room. Dear Norris, is this a record?
Did you sell tickets ? And pies at half-time?
Wrong thread. This is come from Aston not come in.
Hahaha!
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As I've mentioned on here so many times that it is boring, my old man was born in Manor Road, Witton, it's no wonder we are Villa. The last match I attended was the home defeat to Watford the season we were relegated. That day I was with my son and his two sons, it was both poignant and moving when I took them and showed them where their great grandfather was born. My son had seen the place many times. I say the place, the actual house hasn't existed for many, many years but I remember it well.
I worked at Salisbury Transmission/GKN Axles/Dana so I was never far away from the Villa, always in sight of the floodlights.
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I was born in Erdington, Neville Road, and you could hear the roar from VP in the street when Villa scored in the early 70s.
Went to KEGS Aston school in Frederick Road, the school sports/playing fields were in Trinity Road. Then went to Handsworth and Erdington Technical College which was in Whitehead Road in Aston. I always wondered why it was called Handsworth and Erdington TC when it was in Aston.
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Erdington was part of Aston until 1894. So as an Erdington boy I am also an Astonian.
My heart belongs to the Villa anyway.
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I like subject matters like this as it gives me the opportunity to once again brag about being born and raised ( for the first 7 years of my life (1957- 1964) in Villa Road just up from Villa Cross so technically speaking, in Handsworth.
My Mom's family lived in Villa Road around that time.
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When I was young I wished to all that I did, and lied to all that I did, but I didn't.
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As I've mentioned on here so many times that it is boring, my old man was born in Manor Road, Witton, it's no wonder we are Villa. The last match I attended was the home defeat to Watford the season we were relegated. That day I was with my son and his two sons, it was both poignant and moving when I took them and showed them where their great grandfather was born. My son had seen the place many times. I say the place, the actual house hasn't existed for many, many years but I remember it well.
I worked at Salisbury Transmission/GKN Axles/Dana so I was never far away from the Villa, always in sight of the floodlights.
I worked at Dana 1996-1998, a Plant Accountant...
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I like subject matters like this as it gives me the opportunity to once again brag about being born and raised ( for the first 7 years of my life (1957- 1964) in Villa Road just up from Villa Cross so technically speaking, in Handsworth.
My Mom's family lived in Villa Road around that time.
Just checked, it was Park Road, off Villa Road.
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As I've mentioned on here so many times that it is boring, my old man was born in Manor Road, Witton, it's no wonder we are Villa. The last match I attended was the home defeat to Watford the season we were relegated. That day I was with my son and his two sons, it was both poignant and moving when I took them and showed them where their great grandfather was born. My son had seen the place many times. I say the place, the actual house hasn't existed for many, many years but I remember it well.
I worked at Salisbury Transmission/GKN Axles/Dana so I was never far away from the Villa, always in sight of the floodlights.
I worked at Dana 1996-1998, a Plant Accountant...
Did they manufacture all kinds of everything?
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As I've mentioned on here so many times that it is boring, my old man was born in Manor Road, Witton, it's no wonder we are Villa. The last match I attended was the home defeat to Watford the season we were relegated. That day I was with my son and his two sons, it was both poignant and moving when I took them and showed them where their great grandfather was born. My son had seen the place many times. I say the place, the actual house hasn't existed for many, many years but I remember it well.
I worked at Salisbury Transmission/GKN Axles/Dana so I was never far away from the Villa, always in sight of the floodlights.
I worked at Dana 1996-1998, a Plant Accountant...
Did they manufacture all kinds of everything?
Snowdrops and daffodils
Butterflies and bees
Sailboats and fishermen
Things of the sea
Wishing-wells
Wedding bells
Early morning dew
All kinds of everything remind me of you
Seagulls and aeroplanes
Things of the sky
Winds that go howlin'
Breezes that sigh
City sights
Neon lights
Grey skies or blue
All kinds of everything remind me of you
Summertime
Wintertime
Spring and autumn too
Monday
Tuesday every day
I think of you.
Dances
Romances
Things of the night
Sunshine and holidays
Postcards to write
Budding trees
Autumn leaves
A snowflake or two
All kinds of everything remind me of you.
Summertime
Wintertime
Spring and autumn too
Seasons will never change
The way that I love you.
Dances
Romances
Things of the night
Sunshine and holidays
Postcards to write
Budding trees
Autumn leaves
A snowflake or two
All kinds of everything remind me of you.
All kinds of everything remind me of you.
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My wife lived at 208 Park Road, 1963 to 71
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No.
Big family associations with Alum Rock, Stetchford and The Rosary, Saltley, though.
My father told me that, as a Small Heathen, he went to the Villa and the other place every Saturday in the 1930s. It was what they did to watch football, back then.
He was a Villa fan, though, which is why I'm on here instead of haunting the other lot. :)
Sorry.
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No.
Yorkshire.
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I'm from Aldridge. My mum went to Holte Grammar though.
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No. Yorkshire.
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Great thread folks. I would like to hear of the close association of Gec, Dana. Righton and Kynoch workers with the Villa I guess they used to booze at lunch time around Witton, as it was part of what the working man did.
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No, but I was born on the Outer Circle route on the way to the ground (at what was Lordswood Maternity Hospital in Harborne).
Will that do?
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Grandparents,parents and older brother and sister born and lived right by Villa Park until late the 50's. My mom remembered the players coming down to my grandad's allotment to buy vegetables in the years after the war (cue amusing images of Messrs Grealish and McGinn popping down after the match for a few carrots and leeks!)
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My great granddad lived in Lozells in the late 19th century and passed the Villa gene through his family to my granddad, my dad (who drove the supporters coaches, as week as the team on occasions, in the 1970s and who grew up in Sutton) and finally to me (from South Birmingham). I have successfully managed to brainwash almost all of the next generation even those from my mum's (stripey) side of the family. This however started with my cousin from birth - he's three and a half years younger than me - much to the disappointment of my Albion supporting uncle.
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Solihull. My Mom's family are all Smethwick and Dad's were London transplants to Edgbaston.
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Dad's family Erdington, mom's family Lozells. However they married at SS Peter & Paul Church Aston.