Bodega in Birmingham

[pjmburns]

Dale End is a street

Dale End

William Dargue A History of BIRMINGHAM Places & Placenames from A to Y

billdargue.jimdofree.com

 

[mikejee]

Sorry Gus, I should have had it with a capital E. Dale end is a continuation of
High St, so YMCA would be near High St

 

[Gus Wah]

That's just great, Mikejee and PJMBurns. That's the piece I needed for my little puzzle to make some sense.

 

[Tancy]

My late father was a WW2 vet. In his diary he mentions that he and the boys often went on leave from their base in Tholthorpe to Birmingham. While his handwriting was never the greatest, I think I can make out that he went to an establishment called the Bodega.

While I don't expect anyone to know this for sure, it would help if I knew if whether the Bodega even existed in Birmingham in 1945. Might someone know this? And if so, is it at the same address as it is today?

Kind regards.

My aunt worked behind the bar in the Bodega all through WW2 and into the fifties

 

[Gus Wah]

My aunt worked behind the bar in the Bodega all through WW2 and into the fifties

Might I ask what was your aunt's name? (You never know ... maybe it's among the names in his journal.)