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Hay mills area

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master brummie
Hi Here are a few to look at



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Image10_Redhill_Dairy_Hay_Mills.jpg






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Image11_Fruit___Veg_shop_Coventry_Rd.jpg





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Lovely photos Stars...thanks for posting them. I am old enough to remember the Bradford Bakery carts with horses. Must have been the 1940's so they didn't change much over the years.
 
They are lovely photos pity not the same nowadays. This may be a stupid question but is Hay Mills in Yardley only my Dad was born there and I thought it was Birmingham.
 
A Photo of Redhill Terrace off Arthur Road Hay Mills Don't know when the photo was taken.
 

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Hi don't know whether its the same one but I'm sure there was a cake shop on the corner of Berkley road and the cov road in the 40s and 50s.
 
It was just by the pelican crossing and opposite the church on the corner of Kings Road, if my memory is correct .
You dry cleaners , the barbers, then the bakery (I think??)
 
As I crossed HeyBarnes Road the Shops were Bedders chip shop, Eatonways Coaches, Heybarnes rec , the bridge over the Cole, Plough and Harrow, and outdoor , Butchers (Joe ??) a drapery shop, the access path to the house down the gulley, Toni’s the Italian Barber, Harris dry cleaners, Friut and Veg shop double fronted, Paper shop (the son of the owner played Rubgy for England and was a policeman) Hardware shop , Hay Mills Fish bar , Electrical Shop and his yard , another Barbers , then the Bakery . I think , I have named the shops but may not be in the right order
 
Covroad said:
Reply, my mate's Dad worked there as a Baker, we would get all the damages and spares to eat.
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My father delivered for Hawleys bakery to the shops. You are right damaged cakes in the house in abundance. I always remember one incident when he had to brake hard. Oblong custard pies, Custard slices topped with cream. A whole tray on the Kitchen table. Main problem non could compare with Grandmothers home made fruit cake.
 
Covroad said:
As I crossed HeyBarnes Road the Shops were Bedders chip shop, Eatonways Coaches, Heybarnes rec , the bridge over the Cole, Plough and Harrow, and outdoor , Butchers (Joe ??) a drapery shop, the access path to the house down the gulley, Toni’s the Italian Barber, Harris dry cleaners, Friut and Veg shop double fronted, Paper shop (the son of the owner played Rubgy for England and was a policeman) Hardware shop , Hay Mills Fish bar , Electrical Shop and his yard , another Barbers , then the Bakery . I think , I have named the shops but may not be in the right order
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Eatonways coaches next to the rec, I mentioned this a few years ago on B'ham history and got shot down in flames. when I was a young 4 5 6 year old we often went on day trips with them and they differently had a base there glad to here someone else remembers this.
 
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