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    1. Re: [ERY] Osborne Street
    2. Brian Westwood
    3. Chris My Uncle was born 8 Appleyards Buildings, Osborne Street. My Aunty was born 4 Appleyards Buildings, Osborne Street. My Mother was born 87 Osborne Street. Another Uncle was born 32 Saint James Place, English Street. Brian > > Do you have an exact address? The even numbers were on > the north side of the street. Behind the shops and > houses fronting the street there were also many courts > and yards with houses, especially on the north side. I > think that many of these were probably cleared before > WWII in slum clearances. There was allso bomb damage. > I have a photograph from c1940/1941 of the north side > taken from the corner of Waterhouse Lane showing > destruction of properties (probaably Nos. 2 - 10) and > the Methodist Chapel. Beyond this Nos. 12 and 14 are > still there, but beyond ths are what look like factory > buildings, which makes me think that some of the > housing had been cleared and redeveloped before WWII. > > Regards > > Chris Watson > > --- Brian Westwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am trying to obtain information on or about > > Osbourne Street. Hull. Can anyone assist me. > > This is where my Mother was born in 1922. > > > > Brian > > Australia.

    09/02/2005 05:28:24