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Ghost signs of Birmingham
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Lady Penelope
master brummie
I thought it said 'Jewellery' too.
Radiorails
master brummie
I see: music warehouse, jewellery and repository.
The shop had been a confectioners from WW2 to the 60s and before that it was a pub. The sign on the wall was probably advertising for somewhere else that might have been close or not. The descriptions of the place are a little diverse to look up on their own and we don't have the top line which could be a name.
Fiona Clist
New Member
This is amazing. James Dicks was my great great grandad. I’ve just been clearing out a box and found some scales that were his. I’ve grown up with them but only just took notice of the little plaque.
how wonderful fiona not only have you got the ghost sign but also the scales...dont know how much you are into family history but if it was myself i would get a nice framed copy of the ghost sign and put the scales next to it...maybe in your kitchen..oh and welcome to the forum and the ghost sign is still there as i went past it a couple of weeks ago
lyn
lyn
Just going back through the pages of this very interesting topic. I thought that I would offer a little more information on the picture of 333 Slade Road that Vivienne14 has posted on page 54.
It is a nice example of how old advertising signs can be used well on new shops. We had the fruit & veg shop next door and 333 was always a butcher's shop during my time there (1960s - 1990's) owned by Aidan Dunne and most recently by Brian Sillery, it became a pet food shop probably at some point within the past twenty years. Nice use of those old metal signs (which are probably worth a few pounds now). Here is a nice example that shows that the art of sign writing is still alive & kicking at The Station pub next door to Sutton Coldfield Railway Station:
It is a nice example of how old advertising signs can be used well on new shops. We had the fruit & veg shop next door and 333 was always a butcher's shop during my time there (1960s - 1990's) owned by Aidan Dunne and most recently by Brian Sillery, it became a pet food shop probably at some point within the past twenty years. Nice use of those old metal signs (which are probably worth a few pounds now). Here is a nice example that shows that the art of sign writing is still alive & kicking at The Station pub next door to Sutton Coldfield Railway Station:
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
pjmburns
master brummie
There was planning application granted in 2018 for:
Part change of use from public house (Use Class A4) to restaurant/cafe (Use Class A3), part demolition, refurbishment, conversion and erection of extensions to create one first floor flat, one-bed flat and two maisonette dwellings with associated works
In 2019 there was a further application which seems to relate to some conditions about the work permitted on the 2018 application. Types of material etc.
Part change of use from public house (Use Class A4) to restaurant/cafe (Use Class A3), part demolition, refurbishment, conversion and erection of extensions to create one first floor flat, one-bed flat and two maisonette dwellings with associated works
In 2019 there was a further application which seems to relate to some conditions about the work permitted on the 2018 application. Types of material etc.
went past it a couple of weeks back and still in the same state....only went in once but it seemed a nice pub...mind you this was 30 years ago
lyn
I Am Nico
master brummie
Maybe someone should preserve it. Lots of pubs boarded up roundhere now.
I can’t make this one out at all (next door to Digbeth Coach Station, behind the bus shelter). I think it says “.............& S..” (Son ?). It’s definitely not a modern fascia but it’s beneath a block of modern flats. So presumably the upper floors of the building (above the ground level shops) were either added in more recent times or the original upper floors were redesigned.
I could be very wrong but something tells me the shops on the ground floor might be around 1950s/60s in style. Maybe someone can locate an image pre-development of this stretch of shops.
Viv.source: Google Streetview.
I could be very wrong but something tells me the shops on the ground floor might be around 1950s/60s in style. Maybe someone can locate an image pre-development of this stretch of shops.
Viv.source: Google Streetview.
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pjmburns
master brummie
- 1980 phone book.
That’s great work thanks both.Viv.
The British Oak on Gooch Street North. The sign under the eaves must be pre 1966. There’s no prefix to the phone number introduced in 1966. The British Oak sign looks newer, having fresher paint. Viv.
DavidGrain
master brummie
Post 1966 as the exchange has a numerical code. Although 021 (now 0121) was introduced people rarely used it within Birmingham.
Thanks David. So difficult to pin down a date for the sign. Viv.
This sign is at the junction of Oxhill Road with Rookery Road, Handsworth. Unable to read the name at the top. Viv.
