I’m fairly certain the little girl with the ice cream has just emerged from my Mum‘s sweet shop.And one of Park Road.....View attachment 125312
This shows the property numbers which may help.I’m fairly certain the little girl with the ice cream has just emerged from my Mum‘s sweet shop.
Yes it confirms what I suspected. My mother’s sweet shop (O A Chapman) was at 107 next door to the decorators.This shows the property numbers which may help.
You could look at:My interest in the stretch of Park Road near the junction with Victoria Road stems from my being born above the sweet shop at 107. So that’s why I’m keen to source any photos as this section of street no longer exists.
I knocked about with Peter Dent his Dad ran that garageNot to the standard of the other pictures here but I thought it worth recording; 184 Church Lane, Aston, with Dents Garage to the right. Taken 30th July 1967.
No.'s 186 & 188 Church Lane were destroyed in a bombing raid on 9th April 1941, Dents garage being built on the site post war. My Grandparents lived in this house from around 1935 until 1967, when Birmingham City Council succeeded where the Luftwaffe failed, and the house was demolished to make way for the Aston Expressway. They were treated very badly by Council officials at Bush House (Broad Street) in that they were told that they were being moved to Norris Road in Witton and that they had no say in the matter. I have little doubt that others suffered similarly.
My aunt, uncle and cousin Agnes, Bill and Agnes Forknal lived on Church Lane , they were there in 1962 when I left. Question: ( might not be the right place) How does it work with council houses? I understand the demolition piece but there is no choice as to where you are going? Who pays for the move and the new(next house) and any changes/improvements?Not to the standard of the other pictures here but I thought it worth recording; 184 Church Lane, Aston, with Dents Garage to the right. Taken 30th July 1967.
No.'s 186 & 188 Church Lane were destroyed in a bombing raid on 9th April 1941, Dents garage being built on the site post war. My Grandparents lived in this house from around 1935 until 1967, when Birmingham City Council succeeded where the Luftwaffe failed, and the house was demolished to make way for the Aston Expressway. They were treated very badly by Council officials at Bush House (Broad Street) in that they were told that they were being moved to Norris Road in Witton and that they had no say in the matter. I have little doubt that others suffered similarly.