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High Street Erdington

Nice photo Chocks. I wish the Co-op still looked like that.
The White fronted building on the left with the ladder up it is the only building in that photo still standing today.
 
Dolcis shoe shop somewhere near Hazels , and I think Hearns furniture shop underneath the Carlton/Mothers.

I worked as a Saturday girl in Woolies 1957/58.

Wrestling in Barnabas market on Saturdays.

My sister has always shopped in Co-op but is hoping that the plans to build a Sainsburys where Colliers is now(Sutton New Road) go ahead.

I had my wedding reception at the Acorn in 1961.

Morturn the Palace had a 'sprung' dancefloor',magic.

I think that all that we have been discussing on this thread has been said before in the past,somewhere on the forum.
 
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great pic.when i was a child.i got lost in the high st.and a friendly copper took me to the station.were they fed me tea and cake.while i waited for mom to come and get me.
 
At Six ways as you went up the high street there was a paper shop on the left,Green and Hargraves and they used to deal in special cigarettes called Black Russian and Continental.At the top of the high street the co-op used to have a group playing maybe Tuesday evening,you could go and have a dance at no cost in the 60's.Further down the road used to be a record shop,you could listen in booths before buying.It changed to a coffee shop called The Grill Inn,sold hamburgers in the evenings.I worked in the evenings there.
 
Barratts grocery shop at 252 High Street, Erdington. Lovely stack of bacon in the window. That's proper bacon! Think it would have been one of these shops on the modern view. Viv.
 

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The old Roebuck Inn on Erdington High Street. There's a cluster of boys around the lamp post. Would these boys have been from the orphanage? Viv.

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The old Roebuck Inn on Erdington High Street. There's a cluster of boys around the lamp post. Would these boys have been from the orphanage? Viv.
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I was looking at this photo on another thread recently and I think it was posted by Frothblower and he commented that he thought the lads outside the pub would have been from the school next door to the pub. He would know more about it being a local, myself I'm only going by what I read as I know very little about Erdington.
 
Thanks Phil. That's probably the answer. Seemed odd to me that a group like that dressed in the those 'uniform' clothes would be hanging around outside the pub. If the school next door had a dress code or uniform I expect that'll be it. But if not, it could be the nearby orphanage. Viv.
 
Some old cottages on Erdington High Street. Sorry, no idea where these were. Photo from the Shoothill site. Viv.
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A few years ago I posted a couple of photos of the National School which stood close to
Erdington Parish Church on the High Street and also a photo of the second edition of
the Roebuck Pub which was next to the National School. These photos were sent to me by
Erdington Library many years ago after I asked them in particular for a photo of the National School
as no one seemed to have a photo of the place. I remember both of these buildings very well. I will post the black and white photo of the School in the next post.
 

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Remember it so well Jennyann, many of the childen from the cottage homes in Reservoir road went to the school.
 
I like this view of High Street, a glimpse of the Victorian shops near Orphanage Road end. Sadly most have gone. But straight ahead is one recognisable building on the Green. My mum loved to go shopping in Erdington; she'd throw us in the pram and she'd walk there from Kingstanding. And no wonder she made that effort. Up until the 1960s it must have retained its village character whilst offering a good choice of shops. Viv.

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viv what a shame all the left hand side has gone..wouldnt mind but there is only grass there now so what was the point in demolishing those sturdy buildings...:(
 
Absolutely Viv, I also grew up in Erdington and spent many an happy hour (not) being slow walked (dragged) around shops, mom making me try on itchy clothing.
 
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viv what a shame all the left hand side has gone..wouldnt mind but there is only grass there now so what was the point in demolishing those sturdy buildings...:(
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The left side is all of what is left of what was once an immaculately kept showpiece village green
 
I use Erdington High street most days, it makes me so sad to see it deteriorating at such a rate. I could say more but I would be breaking forum rules.
 
Hi Lyn, I've just realised that I haven't responded to your earlier query about the original Swan. I think it must have been Georgian. Long gone now but I do I remember it still being there in the 50's as were some of the shops on the other side of Wilton Road. There is a thread just for the Swan with one of your photos starting it. I think it must have been a coaching inn originally. I wonder why they felt the need to demolish it to put up the present box? It didn't have anything to do with the new road which had been up and running for about 20 years. Blockbusters wasn't built until the video boom so what was there before? Were there any shops left fronting onto the village green after the Sutton New Road came through? There don't seem to be any pictures of that time.
 

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I would guess that an accurate date might be known if date the shop mentioned in post 771 actually opened. It does appear to be 'now open', The people look better dressed in the photo than the 'third world' fashions of many today.
 
If the picture is from the 1960s, and there are so few cars parked in the High Street, the well dressed people would be making their way to St Barnabas Church or the Abbey on a Sunday morning.
 
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Was it Taylor's/Owen Owen shop to the right where the man with the stick is walking ? Viv.
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I think he is near the (new) Robuck, I think the shop was a men's tailors, corner of the precinct. To me it looks like a Sunday in the early 70's. Just looking at the 1,100 and the Hilman Imp?
 
I say, someone has left their empty bottle of Sam Brown or Bruno or Albright outside the shop. When did they stop giving money back for the bottles?
 
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