brummielink
knowlegable brummie
Thank you very much for the map and noting the location.
Beez neez
Beez neez
Look at the size of that extendable ladder. Also the angle does not meet current HS&E Requirements. I like him going up in his waistcoat and white shirt. I know OG is an Austin 7, but is the one behind a 'bullnose' Morris?...and what is that hanging down underneath it?This 1930s photograph shows shops on the north side Coventry Road close to the junction of Charles Road. The shop on the corner of the latter was that of Davis Bros., the drapers. Next door is a branch of the Home & Colonial Stores Ltd., provisions dealers. Next door to them was the fruit/veg shop of Henry James Lea. I am not sure what the makes and models of the vehicles. I do know, however, that my garage was probably built for the tiny saloon car in the middle of the photograph. I did try and put a car in my garage and did manage to shoe-horn it in. Of course, once inside, I could not open the door to get out!
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He will need to comply with NRSWA 1991, the signing, lighting and guarding section now Unit 1, used to be unit 2, prior to April last year. I kñow I can make life fun, Now let me thrill you all with ladder safety yes regular users are expected to have a certificate.Well, the poor devil up the ladder has a quandary. Does he keep the correct distance away from the wall (assuming he hasn't done so) or does he put the foot of the ladder in the roadway and risk getting knocked off the ladder by a careless motorist?
We always said the Cov didn t we?!For years I rode my bike to work down the Cov Rd in Small Heath. Loved the park, spent hours walking around the lake with the paddle boats there. Happy times
The shops in the older photo looked familiar to me as being near to the gates of Small Heath Park. I remember going for ice cream cornets, after my Dad taking me to the park on Sunday mornings, from a shop there. About 1952.These shops are still there today, near the junction with Wordsworth Road. Viv.
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Yes, the shop where you bought your ice cream cornets was Devoti's. The family also had a shop in the Bull Ring, opposite the Market Hall, if I remember correctly.The shops in the older photo looked familiar to me as being near to the gates of Small Heath Park. I remember going for ice cream cornets, after my Dad taking me to the park on Sunday mornings, from a shop there. About 1952.
I can even remember the texture and taste of the ice cream.Yes, the shop where you bought your ice cream cornets was Devoti's. The family also had a shop in the Bull Ring, opposite the Market Hall, if I remember correctly.
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There used to be another fine drapers shop somewhere between the Coronet cinema and Muntz Street.It was double fronted and had an island display cabinet in the entrance way which meant that there were two ways round to the main entrance. It had one of those cash systems where the money was sent through a pipe system .Would have loved this draper’s shop on Coventry Road. Bursting with materials and ribbons. The shop is still there. Even the ghost of the large sign above the entrance can still be seen.
The Coventry Road road sign on the wall seems to have changed Viv.
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