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Thank you Nomad. How did you know them?

Thank you for sharing that story. I’ve got a 1950’s record player in my house now and I bought that from a second hand shop.

I don’t know.

I believe the shop was 267

Thank you, I have seen that and plan to print it. The information that was posted further down the thread provided a bit more info which lead me to this thread too.

I appreciate this is a really old thread. I am the I appreciate this is an old thread but I am the great granddaughter of the Mrs Bateman referred to above that had the shop. My Nan, Lil, took over the shop, it was called W E Busby then and I am looking for photos of the shop. I’m not sure if...

I would really appreciate that, thank you

I have been looking for a photo like this for so long. Thank you very much Lyn.

Lillian Busby ne Bateman Yes, that is her, thank you. That’s really helpful as this article says that her shop was in Icknield Street. Thank you

Lillian Busby ne Bateman

Thank you for coming back to me. Icknield street rings a bell but I can’t be sure.

My Nan ran what I believe was called Busby’s Bric-a-Brac shop in the 1940’s/1950’s in Hockley, Birmingham. She told lots of stories of her time owning and running the shop and for a long time she had the till in her kitchen that we played with growing up. I hoped someone may know of the shop...