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2166 Coventry Road Sheldon

foy9999

foy9999

proper brummie kid
Hi folks.

Can anyone tell me if there were residential addresses here? (in the 80s perhaps)

I'm trying to locate someone who owned an old car I own and in amongst the paperwork I have a letter addressed to

Mr R Adams
2166 Coventry Road
Sheldon
Birmingham 26

I wrote to the address many years ago but drew a blank. It was only looking on Google Maps now that I see that's exactly where all the shops are :confused:

Did Mr Adams perhaps have a small shop there or were there flats above the shops?

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RobT said:
In the 1967/8 Kelly's 2166 Coventry rd was not listed as a business

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very interesting. Thank you.

So that list shows all the businesses in the street and 2166 not listed so it was probably a home stuck between a furniture shop and a corn merchant.

I didn't realise things like that existed.

:)
 
pjmburns said:
Could have been an empty shop.
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Yes that's possible but Mr Adams had written to the person from that address (in 1981) and they replied to same address so it must've been occupied at that time.

I didn't try till 1988 right enough so it could have closed or changed hands in the 7 years between.

Hopefully someone will remember
 
There were two semi detached houses where the shops are trading, Bakers was definitely one of them I certain the houses are still there.
 
Thanks Robert.

Looking at Google Maps 2166 nowadays seems to be where The Coventry & Marie Curie shops are. However there are flats right on top which look like they've been there since the shops were built so I guess that's where he lived

2166 Coventry Road nowadays
 
Coventry Building Society is listed as 2166 Coventry Road
Marie Curie is listed as 2166A Coventry Road
PDSA is 2168 Coventry Road
Glad & Glam 2168A
Halifax 2170

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Hi,

So I guess that that Halifax was where 'Howard from the Halifax'
used to be based. Seems half a lifetime away!

Kind regards
Dave
 
In the 1965 eroll - last one on Ancestry there is no 2166 listed (could the shop be double fronted and known by one number only?)
There are residents and these seem to be lettered with a B. I know this is pre the date required but I was trying to fnd out if there were flats or not.
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It might be useful if someone has access to later erolls online.
 
Coventry Building Society is listed as 2166 Coventry Road
Marie Curie is listed as 2166A Coventry Road

Under the same postcode B26 3JB is also
2166B
2166C
2166D
 
In 1980 2168a was H G Turner Seed Merchant.
Also in same directory Coventry Economic Building Society was listed at 2168
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Also Halifax at 2170 (as now).
 
pjmburns said:
In the 1965 eroll - last one on Ancestry there is no 2166 listed (could the shop be double fronted and known by one number only?)
There are residents and these seem to be lettered with a B. I know this is pre the date required but I was trying to fnd out if there were flats or not.
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It might be useful if someone has access to later erolls online.
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wow. that's an amazing amount of details you have found Janice.

The period isn't really that much prior to my point of interest. 15 years isn't that much in the scheme of things but the elusive Mr Adams seems to be hard to find ;)
 
Thanks for that Janice.

Oh well looks like the trail has run dry but it was still interesting and I can imagine my Imp was parked round the back of those shops.

maybe when it's back on the road I can go there in it and see if anyone remembers it
 
foy9999 said:
Hi folks.

Can anyone tell me if there were residential addresses here? (in the 80s perhaps)

I'm trying to locate someone who owned an old car I own and in amongst the paperwork I have a letter addressed to

Mr R Adams
2166 Coventry Road
Sheldon
Birmingham 26

I wrote to the address many years ago but drew a blank. It was only looking on Google Maps now that I see that's exactly where all the shops are :confused:

Did Mr Adams perhaps have a small shop there or were there flats above the shops?

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foy9999 said:
Hi folks.

Can anyone tell me if there were residential addresses here? (in the 80s perhaps)

I'm trying to locate someone who owned an old car I own and in amongst the paperwork I have a letter addressed to

Mr R Adams
2166 Coventry Road
Sheldon
Birmingham 26

I wrote to the address many years ago but drew a blank. It was only looking on Google Maps now that I see that's exactly where all the shops are :confused:

Did Mr Adams perhaps have a small shop there or were there flats above the shops?

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Screenshot (8).pngIn the 1939 register a Henry Williams a Paynes Shoe Repairer was living at2166B, may be a flat above the shop.
 
The area was re-built sometime in the 1960's as a shopping precinct, and was/is known
as Wells Green precinct.

There were flats built over the shops, but that doesn't mean that the shop owners
lived above their respective business premises.

I do know the family who lived above the greengrocers it wasn't the Adams family!

Although the woman of the household did work in the downstairs shop i believe.
 
I may have given the impression that there weren't any shops before the precinct was re-built,
that is not strictly correct.

There was a row of shops before the re-development but they were on the same alignment
as numbers 2166/2168 etc, they were cleared in order to create the parking area you have today.
 
AnnS said:
I do know the family who lived above the greengrocers it wasn't the Adams family!
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Another interesting reply. Thanks Ann

I can't help laughing about the line above tho :blush:

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It is a pity I can't trace the real Adams family (1 'd') as they might have some pics of my car :(
 
foy9999 said:
Hi folks.

Can anyone tell me if there were residential addresses here? (in the 80s perhaps)

I'm trying to locate someone who owned an old car I own and in amongst the paperwork I have a letter addressed to

Mr R Adams
2166 Coventry Road
Sheldon
Birmingham 26

I wrote to the address many years ago but drew a blank. It was only looking on Google Maps now that I see that's exactly where all the shops are :confused:

Did Mr Adams perhaps have a small shop there or were there flats above the shops?

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Dear Sir
My family owned the business operating from 2168 Coventry Road Sheldon, H G Turner Ltd Corn and Seed Merchants.
The Mr Adams you are enquiring about owned F J Saunders Jewellers he was known to me as Bob Adams and retired to a farm near Knowle he now runs a classic car business trading as Bob's Affordable Classics.
 
Horatio said:
Dear Sir
My family owned the business operating from 2168 Coventry Road Sheldon, H G Turner Ltd Corn and Seed Merchants.
The Mr Adams you are enquiring about owned F J Saunders Jewellers he was known to me as Bob Adams and retired to a farm near Knowle he now runs a classic car business trading as Bob's Affordable Classics.
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Wow.

I'm gobsmacked by this :oops:o_O:D

Not sure if I mentioned above but I was very very close to contacting a previous owner (who had pictures of classic cars on his facebook page) and after years of trying I managed to get a contact who told me he'd left the UK hat week to live abroad and all his stuff was thrown out :worried:

Anyway. I guess the first thing I should do is Google Bob's Affordable Classics :)

Many thanks for this info Horatio
 
Horatio said:
Dear Sir
My family owned the business operating from 2168 Coventry Road Sheldon, H G Turner Ltd Corn and Seed Merchants.
The Mr Adams you are enquiring about owned F J Saunders Jewellers he was known to me as Bob Adams and retired to a farm near Knowle he now runs a classic car business trading as Bob's Affordable Classics.
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As a child I was a neighbour to Frank Sanders, in fact we went to junior school together (late 1940's). Lost touch after about 1970 when he sold shop and I think moved to Cornwall.
 
My brother bought a pocket watch from Saunders for use in his school exams around 1964/5
and believe it or not it still works.
 
This is slightly unbelievable but I just phoned Bob's Affordable Classics and a very nice lady answered.

I asked to speak to Bob and she said he passed away last week :(

So, after decades of searching, and nearly making contact with previous owners twice this year have been too late again.

She has however taken my email address and is going to ask her brother if he has any info on the car.

Seems like an inappropriate time for me to be asking about an old car but she seemed ok about it
 
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