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sylviasayers

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....... Taylors, there were two large shops the first on the right
hand side going up from Park Lane, was quite a large department store


Diagonally across was another Taylors store which sold china, glassware,
saucepans and other kitchen and hardware items. In
later years one or even both became car showrooms.
 
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Aston Autos

Sylvia, did the bigger of these two shops become Aston Autos in Latter years?
 
Important Shops

The most important shop to me was the house that jack built, a fantastic playground for a kid back then. As for Potters Hill well the greengrocers was the best shop, not because of the spuds!! it was the dried peas he sold loose, very cheaply......AMMO for me Pea Shooter :lol:

The Aston Autos shop is the place I bought my first Motorbike, I got my dad to go sign the HP agreement, and I bought a Honda 50.. it cost under £100 cash but with delivery and building plus the interest payments it went well over that initial price. My dad was an avid Biker through the war years riding Brough Superiors and Royal Enfield's. He mocked me wickedly for riding that brightly painted Japanese machine with all mod cons!! and "whyever did I need indicators on a bike" he said, " wats wrong with using your bloody arm, like I had to" :oops:
 
The chemist in Potters Hill was Saunders. My cousin Victor Biddle worked there as a boy and they packed their own 'Saunders Snuff'. He went in the navy as a medic during the war then on his return qualified as a chemist and took over the shop until they were ousted by the redevelopment. He moved from there to Villa Cross and had the chemists there with his wife who was also a chemist until they retired. E.
 
And i remember that little sweet shop next door to the Bartons Arms, but cannot remember the name of it. We didn't go in very often, because when i was a kid, it was sweet rationing, and generally when the sweet shops got their sweets quota, they were inclined to only serve the local regulars. And my local sweet shop was 'Hoopers' in Tower Road.

Oh Happy Days, scabies, nits, ricketts

Luv Dot
 
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I just had a flash of memory, the car firm that moved into Taylors was Austins of Aston. I was living in Potters Hill from 1952 until 1956. Eric
 
Potters Hill

reply to Dorothy.I remember the little sweet shop by the Bartons.We always went in there for our sweets when we visited our Nan and Grand-dad in Barton Street.It was run by a man named John,don't know his surname,and as you said about rationing we were always able to get what we wanted as we used to go in there most days.;)
 
I bought my first car from Raymond Charles ( B'ham ) Ltd, 33/41 Potters Hill, Aston, Birmingham 6, a 1959 Morris Minor 1000 WDW 82 cost £385.
 
i have got about12 photos of potters hill folks and have looked to see if we already a thread ..i cant find one but if anyone else can could you let me know so that i can post them in the correct place thanks

lyn
 
thanks alan potters lane started at the bartons arms and ended at park lane...it then continued up and that was called potters hill...i still cant find a thread just for potters hill so i will post my photos on there asap as i think they all may need re sizing

lyn
 
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last few...no objections to these photos being posted and shared on the net but could i just ask that if you do this please acknowledge the birmingham history forum ..thank you...hover over the photos to see the dates etcAston Potters Hill - Park Lane.jpgPotters Hill Aston 1960s.jpgPotters Hill Austins of Aston 6-2-1958.jpgPotters Hill No 38 Aston 28-1-1955.jpgPotters Hill No 46-48 Austins of Aston 5-2-1959.jpg

lyn
 
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I have posted some of these years ago either on here or one of the facebook sites I was once was a member of....But ....They are still great to see again, and for those who have never seen them its a magical trip back in time ....
 
I particularly like 1955 photo. The two small shops, almost mini supermarkets, in what they appear to sell. One thing looks for sure and that s that Potters Hill is, indeed, a hill!
 
aston lad said:
I have posted some of these years ago either on here or one of the facebook sites I was once was a member of....But ....They are still great to see again, and for those who have never seen them its a magical trip back in time ....
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hi john i dont think they have been on this forum before at least i cant find them but as you say its a magical trip back in time and i do so miss seeing these old streets...

lyn
 
The cafe at the bottom of Potters Hill is where I and a few of my school mates would meet instead of going to school, one day a stranger wearing a suit came into the cafe, we all thought he was the school board man, we all dashed out the back and tried to climb the wall to get out, he followed us out, but he only wanted to use to toilet.....god knows who he was, but he wasn't the school board man.....
 
aston lad said:
The cafe at the bottom of Potters Hill is where I and a few of my school mates would meet instead of going to school, one day a stranger wearing a suit came into the cafe, we all thought he was the school board man, we all dashed out the back and tried to climb the wall to get out, he followed us out, but he only wanted to use to toilet.....god knows who he was, but he wasn't the school board man.....
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school board man that is a name i remember lol
 
The Sanders chemist one has been on before, that's where my cousin Victor worked as a school leaver, he went on to take it over when Sanders retired.

Thanks Lyn for the photos.................now if you can do the same for Barton's Bank :) that's where Maurice (Sospiri) and I had family in the same court.
 
eric look at post 1470 on the below thread... posted earlier today the only one i have of bartons bank

Pubs Of The Past

The Winson Green picture is of the Cottage of Content in Norman Street, off Winson Green Road. The pub on the corner of Lodge Road and Don Street was the "Winson Green Tavern". Totally agree. I lived at The Cottage of Content on the corner of Norman St ( it was number 59) & Carlisle St from...
birminghamhistory.co.uk birminghamhistory.co.uk
 
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eric look at post 1470 on the below thread... posted earlier today the only one i have of bartons bank

Pubs Of The Past

The Winson Green picture is of the Cottage of Content in Norman Street, off Winson Green Road. The pub on the corner of Lodge Road and Don Street was the "Winson Green Tavern". Totally agree. I lived at The Cottage of Content on the corner of Norman St ( it was number 59) & Carlisle St from...
birminghamhistory.co.uk birminghamhistory.co.uk
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Great pic of Barton's Bank which I have not seen before, I realise that a lot more pictures have surfaced since I created the interactive map of Park Lane and surrounding area. I will try to update this in the near future.

Edited 6/7/23 website address is now:

www.leroux.co.uk/aston
 
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