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Old street pics..
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devonjim
master brummie
Look at the shoulders on that raincoat coming out of Brook Bros!
Radiorails
master brummie
To the present day viewer the plethora of cigarette and tobacco advertisements displayed in these two shops would seem over the top. A marked contrast to today where no adverts are allowed and cigarettes are hidden away rather like they were illicit.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
It was somewhat opposite where the Morrisons Store is now and just before where Littlewoods & Woolworths was.
brummie nick
master brummie
Joe Fox was an old boxer, sometimes in the window he displayed a belt he had won.
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brummie nick
master brummie
Looks like its his 'Big Brothers' notice the velvet collar,and the 'slim Jim' tie.
Was telling the wife about this pic and fella in the doorway and said "Blimey that's me!" only kidding as I was fair haired. And we thought we were the answer to every girls dreams (not).
brummie nick
master brummie
brothel creepers?
paul stacey
master brummie
I had a pair too, but did't know any Brothels.Paul
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
The junctions of Park Rd, Factory Rd, Benson Rd, Hockley, with the Soho Tavern on the one corner and Wrenson's Corner (grocers) on the other. I wonder if this Wrenson's Corner had any connection to the one at the junctions of Belgrave Rd, Gooch St and Longmoor St in Balsall Heath?
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
This is a not very often photographed scene, it is taken from the end of Woodcock Street sometime in the early to mid 60's I would guess. On the right we look past the end of Lister St and the Sack of Potatoes public house on to the old Library and drinking fountain at the end of Aston Rd, On the left we can see Aston University when it was still a technical college, this was the area once known as Gosta Green before the planners did away with it.
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Hi a previous picture of aston hippodrome reminded me when as kids we would go and see wrestling their .Their was lots of times a good guy and a bad guy sooner or later the bad guy was thrown out of the ring that was it the women went wild kicking him hiting them with there umbrellas and the most damage was with the heel of the shoes it was funny to us but the poor wrestler earned his money. mitchell
Radiorails
master brummie
I expect so Phil. There is a Wrensons thread on here by the way. They were well known Birmingham and surrounding areas grocers.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=674
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Yes Alan I was aware of the Wrensons Chain of grocers and I did know of the thread on the forum, it's just that I didn't think that these two shops were part of that chain, The signage doesn't look right and there is also no sign of the Wrenson Logo. I thought it possible that they might be connected to each other and not part of the larger chain hence them both being named Wrenson's Corner.
Radiorails
master brummie
I should have looked at the pics Phil!
The right hand pic, with the car, certainly does not look like a Wrensons store - too run down in appearance it just seems to have the same name. Maybe that was a ploy? or did people named Wrenson own it?
The right hand pic, with the car, certainly does not look like a Wrensons store - too run down in appearance it just seems to have the same name. Maybe that was a ploy? or did people named Wrenson own it?
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
I see what you mean about the elongated "S" in the signage, it does look like the shop on Benson Road - Park Road might well have been part of the Wrensons Group
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devonjim
master brummie
Going back a week when we were looking at Camp Hill. I just found this 1937 aerial shot which clearly shows it was never a pleasant site.
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