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john knight
signman
You are right Derek.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Lyn
John and I have discussed Ray Gamble before and both hold different opinions of the man himself. But the café a little further up the road was iconic of the times the photo was taken. If you were a teenager in Nechells at some time or other you would have used the El Greco Café.
Phil
John and I have discussed Ray Gamble before and both hold different opinions of the man himself. But the café a little further up the road was iconic of the times the photo was taken. If you were a teenager in Nechells at some time or other you would have used the El Greco Café.
Phil
phil..nice to know the pic is a talking point..do you know i really cant ever recall me using cafes..certainly not as a meeting place...although i did spend most of me free time at the rollar rink which played a big part of my teenage years so that may explain it..
lyn
lyn
john knight
signman
Hi Lyn,
Phil and me have discussed this photo previously, and as he used to go in the El Greco cafe, I jokingly asked him if that was he lounging outside, but no it wasn't.
Someone, somewhere will know if only they could see the photo, that's what I love about old photos, my mother used to go to the bull ring every day of the week,
and I am often scouring old pics on the off chance she may be in one of them, they are full of people, so someones mom and dad are in them.
Kindest regards to yourself and Steve.
Phil and me have discussed this photo previously, and as he used to go in the El Greco cafe, I jokingly asked him if that was he lounging outside, but no it wasn't.
Someone, somewhere will know if only they could see the photo, that's what I love about old photos, my mother used to go to the bull ring every day of the week,
and I am often scouring old pics on the off chance she may be in one of them, they are full of people, so someones mom and dad are in them.
Kindest regards to yourself and Steve.
morning john...dont need to tell you that i agree with you about old pics...one day someone will turn up and say hey...that me or me mom or dad....thats what i like about the pic of the raven pub i posted yesterday.... there is plenty of folk standing outside...by the way have you seen the video footage of the bull ring..taken in the 50s and 60s i think...
lyn
lyn
Its the dreaded Vauxhall Cresta again, Lyn. We could be on to something here!
Kevkonk
master brummie
My father recalls this bookie as Corrigans, so not sure which came first. He recalls one of the people running it died very young and only about 6 months starting there. I wonder if anyone knows who ran the local taxi/wedding service for this area as he used it a lot, only once for the wedding though, the taxi's in the 50's just look so classy.
Kevkonk
master brummie
Along this row of shops was Wrights, the chippie, and a small grocery shop run by Mr & Mrs Hen(n), the loan shop people had an account with mother at one stage, unknown to dad....after we left Nechells the guy was still coming to the new place, dad answered the door and did not know what he was doing calling, found out, paid him off and told him never to come again, those people did not want to lose customers, and there was no reason forus to use them anyway as dad had a good job!!!!
Kevkonk
master brummie
Vauxhall Cresta here too
https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=29177&p=284354#post284354
https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=29177&p=284354#post284354
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BernardR
Guest
I have taken the liberty to tweak this a little in the hope of making road or shop signs a little easier to read. Now over to the experts.
sheldontony
master brummie
Lovely pic. Does anyone know if that is a public house in the centre on the junction of two road. Any idea what it was called?
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Viv
The in the centre of your photo the public house is The Turks Head, the road to the left is Bloomsbury St and to the right is Saltley Rd. The tower you can see behind the pub is the clock tower of Bloomsbury Library and building that has just been closed because a lack of funds to repair it.
The in the centre of your photo the public house is The Turks Head, the road to the left is Bloomsbury St and to the right is Saltley Rd. The tower you can see behind the pub is the clock tower of Bloomsbury Library and building that has just been closed because a lack of funds to repair it.
sheldontony
master brummie
Thanks Phil, I thought it was. My grandparents ran the Turks Head just after I was born so nice to see where I spent some of my time in my very early years.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
A later photo of the same spot (more or less), I can tell you that the Turks Head opened in the mid 1800's and was bought by Ansell's in 1900 for £2,750 I would think that was quite a large sum then. It closed for demolition in February 1961 when it and that particular junction known as High or Hyde Park Corner was removed from the face of the earth.
