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asquith road/morley road ward end

The building is still there Lyn, but of course completely changed.
 

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Certainly is Lyn, I suppose it's lucky that it's still around after 100+ years, what a cute shop it was in it's day, probably the proud owner and his granddaughter in front.
 
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Certainly is Lyn, I suppose it's lucky that it's still around after 100+ years, what a cute shop it was in it's day, probably the proud owner and his granddaughter in front.
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i was thinking the same thing john...no date but maybe the 30s or 40s...im not very good at dating photos...wonder if we could find out the owners name...says on the one side bassett and looks like wilson but is that the name of the owners or an advert for something..i would love to live in a house like that knowing it was once a shop and also having an old photo of it..

lyn
 
There's a discussion about the photo and shop on this thread link below, specifically post #11. The elderly man is believed to be W J Wilson, once Birmingham Town Crier. The girl is believed to be his granddaughter, Dorothy Bassett.

Siouxhealer

Post in thread 'Formans Road Sparkhill'

I believe this was Oaklands Stores, Formans Rd, Sparkhill.

In the 1911 Census it was jointly run by Julia Annie Wilson-single, & her sister Rosina Jane Bassett [nee wilson] Widow.
They were the daughters of William Jacob Wislon (seen here stood in front of the shop with his granddaughter Dorothy Francis Bassett)
W.J Wilson was the youngest son of Jacob Wilson the last Town Crier of Birmingham.

W.J Worked as a Brass Dresser in his youth then became a Gas fitter until his retirement.
Dorothy was born in 1906. I'm guessing she looks about 8 or 10 on the photo, giving an aproximate...
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A long line of Wilsons were Town Criers. This report shows Jacob Wilson Town Crier died in 1882, William (in the photo) was his son.

Source : British Newspaper Archive
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