RobertS:
I lived in Albert Road from 1950 until 1960, and almost opposite that row of terraced houses, at number 26. The house was set back from the general building line and was a cottage built on the site of an old orchard.
Next door at number 28 was Tony Keyte (a builder & plumber trading as O.R. Keyte & Son), then the FARMERs and then the EAGLES. Miss Greves' general shop was number 34 and the outdoor was a little further down on the same side (before Alfred Street) from where I would fetch a jug of ale and 5 Woodbines for my father.
There were no shops on either side at the Alcester Road end. On the right hand side (looking towards the school) were the long gardens of the houses on Alcester Road, and on the left hand side were houses, one of which was occupied by a young lady called Dorothy HOWELLS who was heavily into ballroom dancing.
There was, however, a little shop on the left hand side, much further towards the school and probably about opposite the outdoor, which I never frequented, but nothing at the Alcester Road end.
Maurice