by Neville Bastable » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:23 pm
Carol, Glad you have located your ancestor, Lower Green being part of Tipton Green so you weren’t far out. Although I’ve never lived in Tipton or in fact anywhere near it, as mentioned as a young man I did have a girlfriend who lived just off Alexandra Road which is a continuation of Owen Street and in addition I was always interested in local industrial particularly canal history and as you may know there’s a wealth of those in the Tipton area. Although made up of perhaps disparate settlements, Tipton Green, Princes End, Toll End, Bloomfield, Tibbington etc all brought together under the local District Council (now extinct), I have always thought of Owen Street as the town centre, hence my disappointment as it no longer appears so (shops etc) Can Tipton people tell me exactly where is your town centre now ?
Neville