Ray T
The pub on the corner of Montpelier Street was the Cottage of Content the shop on the other corner was a grocers shop the Bakery was on the corner of Long Street. The Railway a Davenports house was further up Kyrwicks Lane. The barber next to the old bakery premises was R Winnet (Ronnie) I think as I never used him, the chip shop was "Ickies" a W.Hickman who had the shop as long as I can remember he must have retired, packed it in or died in the early 70's because after then it had new owners.
Hi Caroline,
Not sure where this picture came from and it may have been on the BHF before. It's a glossy print, about A5 size but there is nothing on the back so can't credit it. We had a lot of prints from our next door neighbour, Arnold Martin, who was a press photographer in the middle of the last century. After he'd died his wife threw out all his glass negatives. She thought nobody would want them!
It looks as though the car outside the billiard hall is mounting the pavement and there is someone watching.
My wife taught at Upper Thomas Street 1958 to 1962 and yes you are right there was a Jelfs by Dunlop near Holly Lane.Hi Astonian,
What a lovely informative post. Aston has always played a big part in my life although I didn't live there myself. Mom lived in Upper Thomas Street and we often went to see my aunt and uncle who had a cafe in St Stephen's Street so we went through Aston Cross regularly (first on the 78 tram and then the 65 bus).
My husband lived in Upper Sutton Street and his Nan and Grandad ran the Eagle there just before WW2. Aston Cross was always such a vibrant exciting place and Mom used to go to Thompson's the butcher for their sausages. I used to 'temp' in the sixties and often worked in Aston. It's so hard to think that they've wiped all that neighbourhood out.
By the way, I went to school with a member of the Jelf family and I believe her sister is a member of the forum, she often used to mention 'Auntie Ivy'. I remember a Jelfs cafe not far from the Dunlop, I think it was on the corner of Holly Lane.
She was there 1958/1962, then we moved to Devon, God's own county where we never have rain, only liquid sunshine my lover, thank ee fer all yer bootiful posts!!Hi Bob
what year did your good lady teach in infants , junior or seniors
yes i know it was jelfs coffee as it was my great dads and great grand mothers shop and my auntie ivy jelf
was the daughter to them and for some reason she never did marry any one
great grand father and my great grand mother being mary ann jelf
my mothers grand father brought and move in and lived there since the 1930,s
and the great grand mother died in sept 1946 and the daughter ivy lived there all her life she died in 1984
She was in her eightys they had thirty five shops from that period and thre or four different busines,s as well as the coffee shops two booking offices as well and his father had a big house in handsworth with house servants
best wishes Astonian;;;;;