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When I was at Moseley Secondary School I had my haircut at Marios. I remember when he first arrived. Before that my mum took us to the barbers that owned the shop before him in the fifties and the sixties.
About two doors up there was a coffee bar run by the Constantino family. Two of the sons...
When you say "a shop that sold almost everything" do you mean "The House of Holland"? Kwiksave was where the Co-op supermarket now is. I don't remember the Candy Box.
Roy James was driving in what was called Formula Junior in 1963. They used modified Ford engines, usually tuned by Cosworth, and ran on racing tyres. He drove a Brabham.
I've noticed, on my walks in the Lickey Hills, circular concrete foundations, mainly overlooking the old Longbridge Factory. Does anyone know if these were World War 2 gun emplacements?