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Park Road Hockley

carolina said:
Phil, I sent over to my cousin in Canada your late brother's Park Road memories - and this was her reply.
I can absolutely remember everything. Who is Keith ? We lived at 170 Park Road and I bought a second hand bike from the Second hand shop opposite Goode St - it was a mans bike and I remember when I first had it I kept running it into the pavement and really hurting myself. I also remember going up to the sweet shopup by Abbey St - I think that is the name of street and I also used to take the ration book up every Sunday to get 6d of sweets. I remember getting some fish and chips from that shop just round the corner from Ford St And you know - what Keith said is exactly how I feel about it - I have lots of fond memories from living there. Mom used to work at Pascalls opposite your house in Ford Street. She also cleaned in the Abbey pub just at the corner of Park Rd. Our house was on the front but we had to go up the entry, up the yard and it was the last toilet on the left. And we used newspaper tore off a piece of the newspaper hanging on a nail on the back of the door. If I went to someone's outdoor toilet where there were pieces of paper hanging on a nail I used to think that they were posh. I worked at the cake shop on the flat - I just cant remember the name but I worked there and it was in the middle of the flat on the right side. We used to go to the Co-op on Friday and we would go the greengrocer on the left hand side of the flat It was a big shop. Oh my God this has so delighted me - you tell Keith (if you know him that is) that he has brought back so many memories
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Stewi Stewi said:
Yes I remember the family - I used to go to school with barry - noticed the pub has been turned into some type of other business now- real shame how the area has changed - as i live in the past there is hardly a day goes by where i do not think of park road - stewi
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Yes the old engine I knew Barry & his sister - nice family
 
terryb18 said:
Lyn, this picture I have posted before. That is me leaning on the car and that's my mother standing at the bottom of the entry with 114 to her right. That was the first car I can remember having a ride in. It belonged to the elderly couple who lived at the top of the yard and they used to baby sit me while mom and dad brought in the pennies.
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Hi I seem to remember the car - what year was photo taken ? Stewi
 
ken wilkes said:
Hello ex Park roaders.Ihave just joined.i lived at 236 the paper shop.I was a paperboy for a couple of years.1958-60.i have sadly learnt that Keith Bird has passed.Ialso remember--Derek Wardle ,Roger adams Kenneth Moore and his brother. I also remember lorraine Heath.(ihad a crush on her !) If i can help with any memories please let me know.My late brother in law Pete ran the shop after my mom retired
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Hello Ken, You mention Roger Adams, do you ever remember him having a Bond 3-wheeler? Regards RobT
 
RobT said:
Hello Ken, You mention Roger Adams, do you ever remember him having a Bond 3-wheeler? Regards RobT
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a motor cycle about 1963 then in 1967 he had a triumph tr4a sports car.First time i did over the ton in a car.! last time i saw him.Didn't he emigrate to Australia?.regards Ken
 
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Stewi Stewi said:
Hi just noticed you said paper shop - would that be Westons corner of Goode Street and Park Road ? Stewi
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No,it was Wilkes the paper shop corner of park road and wharf lane.After school i served in the shop and also did a paper round.Regards Ken
 
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carolina said:
Hi Astonia, I am sorry I dont remember a Carol Fisher. (The only Fisher I recall was Miss Fisher at Hockley Pentecostal Church on The flat) It seemed that Carol was a very popular name at the time. I remember Carol Gregory and Carol Jones. The people who owned the shop were called Munro. Also turning left onto Park Road from Abbey street there was another little grocers shop with an entry next to it, and then my cousin lived the other side of the entry there name was Timmins.
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Hi yes I also remember Ms Fisher at penticostal- very talkative and a nice lady - i remember she used to give me a bag of sweets whenever i went to the church - suppose that why i remember her so well - thanks for the memory stewi
 
Roger lived at 254.After we left school only saw him a few times.Please see comments elswhere about bike and spor
Roger Moody said:
Hi. My name is Roger Moody and I lived at 253 Park Road from1948 until 1962. The car Bill Jefforson had was a 1938 Austin 18 which he sold to me in 1961 for£20. I used to help him in the mornings getting his fruit and veg outside and of a Christmas help him dress his turkeys. We backed onto Soho Pool Wharf and of a night we were rocked to sleep by the sound of the trains shunting. if I can be of any help in what you are looking for please get in touch. Roger.
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Do i know you? I am Ken from across the road in paper shop .did you know D.erek wardle or Lauraine Heath .?What was the name of lad that helped Mr Jeff ? (hope you can help) Regards Ken
 
ken wilkes said:
a motor cycle about 1963 then in 1967 he had a triumph tr4a sports car.First time i did over the ton in a car.! last time i saw him.Didn't he emigrate to Australia?.regards Ken
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Hello Ken, Would fit, I reckon I bought a 3 wheeler Bond Car from him in about 1962, did he go to Handsworth Grammar?
regards RobT
 
Shortie said:
I have a friend who lived in Park Road - she does not have a computer so she won't have seen this. Her father ran the pub near Factory Road, I think it was called The Railway or The Engine or something similar. Her name was Susan Jenkins. Came from quite a large family, Dot, Maurice (Mossy), Shirley, Linda, Barry - cannot remember the others. Does anyone remember this family? I also had a friend whom I lost touch with who lived on The Pleck, which was near the railway bridge, her name was Carolyn Walker. I have been trying for ages to locate her, but although I know she lived at Frankley for some time, she seems to have moved away and I cannot trace her. Any help would be very appreciated.

Shortie
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Hi shortie - Sorry I did not realise your post went back to 2011 - re-response to the Jenkins family Railway/Engine Pub on Park Road - Stewi
 
Most kids homed in on Button 'B', so there was only a chance that you had not been usurped. Even so every now and again someone found themselves in luck. I bet many adults did it as well.
 
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ken wilkes said:
Roger lived at 254.After we left school only saw him a few times.Please see comments elswhere about bike and spor

Do i know you? I am Ken from across the road in paper shop .did you know D.erek wardle or Lauraine Heath .?What was the name of lad that helped Mr Jeff ? (hope you can help) Regards Ken
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Hi Ken yes I remember Laurain Heath - carnt remember jeff though - Stewi
 
I lived at 3/150 up an entry my mom was deaf and my dad deaf and dumb. cant say that anymore. Lived next door to a lovely indian family, lovely son of theirs we called little joe or joey and a family called the Snyders at the top.
My name is Roy Simpson
 
TAM253 said:
Hi Rog - many thanks for the maps. Had to smile when I saw the 'Lunatic Asylum', don't think in these PC days that would be allowed now!. My uncle Joe was a nurse there, he lived in Bacchus Road so did not have far to go to work. Talking of Bacchus Road I always remember using the baths there as we had no running hot water, it was a tanner for the smallest piece of soap you have ever seen and a council towel that was as stiff as a board. Me and my mate Stan Wassell (remember him) used to double up so we would save a tanner and the attendant would regulate the amount of hot water you had with an allen key that fitted the tap!. Happy days, take care, Tony
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Not sure how i ended up and this thread . Must be a sharp needle out there. Bacchus Road. was there a cafe right nextdoor or is it the same road as w. green prison. I can remember leaning over a garden wall and there was a big drop. to a yard. family owned the cafe but its a bit of a blurrrr
 
Stewi Stewi said:
Hi Ken yes I remember Laurain Heath - carnt remember jeff though - Stewi
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Just caught on, we lived at 2/208 Park Road, Derek Wardle and Johnny Boyle lived quite close I think, Dad drove for Walker Bros in Wharf St, lots of kids, Philip & Keith Bird, Jeffery Kedney?, John Reynolds, Johnny Evans, the girl who worked at the paper shop, Jean ? married Brian who drove for the laundry, they moved to Stockland Green and then to Marsh lane, blimey , life is strange
 
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Forward said:
Hi

I lived in Wharf Street, off Park Road circa 1954/5. Always had aggro with a transport company up there.

Also with mates I used a small pub of which my mates girlfriend lived in a back house rear of pub. Location of pub is by the corner, a barbers was just around the corner (I think)

Any photos of Wharf Street - name of pub - photo of pub -- please

Ray
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Dad worked for Walker Bros transport, drove W24, we lived in Park Road
 
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RobT said:
Hello Ken, You mention Roger Adams, do you ever remember him having a Bond 3-wheeler? Regards RobT
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Hi Ken
Sadly, Ken passed away aged 22, a brilliant guitarist but suffered heart problems, John lives in Tamworth, and me in Devon,Regards, Brian
 
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