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Lathams Shops

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Postie,was this shop run by the Greenway family do you know :idiot2:
 
Can anyone remember a shop by the name of Lathams. We were at a funeral on Monday and the subject came up. Rings bells can anyone help. It would have ben in the Witton area. Guess what?, some of them remember Alf from the bowling alley. Bye for now. Jean.
 
Jean there was a Lathams opposite The Golden Cross at Aston Cross next door to the Municipal Bank, I have a feeling they moved from Nechells or may be had another branch there. Someone will be along soon no doubt to put me right. They sold curtains, linen etc.
 
Thanks for that Sylvia I think you are right. Just remembered there was a Lathams on the corner of Dyas Hawthorn road a few years back maybe the same family. I think I should have put an a and not an o in the name. bye for now. Jean.
 
Lathams had branches at Castle Bromwich and The Glebe.I used to sell floorcovering to the branch at Hawthorn Road up until 7 years ago.Paul Latham told me he was going to retire and now the shop has gone.
 
Hi Gee Gee jean put the word Lathams in the search box and a number of threads will come up on theshops, even some pic's

Pom
 
Seem to remember that there was a lathoms shop alum rock area somewhere by the old capital cinema and pelham pub. Used to go there with mom to buy material/curtains:) There was also another shop (slightly off track) by the capital bit of a joke shop we used to buy pretend cigarettes that blew out smoke used to go to the capital sit there thinking how great it was pretending to smoke:thumbsdown: How times have changed.
 
I remember the name Lathams .. I think there was a shop either in Lea Village (or was that Hannibals) or the Glebe ..
 
Sylvia, was that LATHAMS in Park Lane not a Dentists? Had my first tooth extracted by them as a kid.
 
Ok folks,

what was the name of the drapery situated next to Fred Parkins (furniture) opposite the Pelham Arms.. I could have sworn that was also a Lathams.. it had a large glass frontage
 
Baron. the Lathams I remember was a large shop on the corner of Rocky Lane/Aston Road, in later years I seem to recall it was a car showroom for a short time. I don't recall Lathams a dentist, but then again I was tortured at the school clinic at Albert Road School!!!!
 
I went to Mr Lacey on Potters Hill as my mom wouldn't take me back to be strapped down and tortured like Sylvia was. Peter still has nightmares about the place. I don't remember a Latham dentist. Jean.
 
I remember Lathoms in nechells pk rd the poolway and the glebe,
if i remember right did,nt they put that colored cellophane up when! when! we had sun to stop the stuff in the window,discoloring.
there was a program on the TV not so long ago a couple up north and one in Cardiff it was called department store,sold all the type of things that you remember when younger pinnies tea cloths turbans,not really they were made out of pretty much, any piece of cloth them days. happy memories Derek
 
Hi Derek,

Was Lathams (Glebe) either on the corner (where post office is) or was it by the carpet shop if you were coming up the hill from the Bus Garage, .. I can picture the "orange sun blinds" but cannot remember where abouts !

Can you remember the Drapery opposite the Pelham and next door to Post office and Fred Parkins (furniture).. It has bugged me for days cos I cannot remember its name . I think it may have been Hunts but I'm not sure
 
My mother was a regular visitor to Lathams, with me in tow, on the corner of Kingstanding Rd and Dyas Rd, it's now a furniture shop. I seem to remember she was always buying mainly buttons, probably to replace the ones that got crushed in the mangle LOL. As a kid it used to amaze me when, no matter what you asked for, they always knew which little drawer to go to, there seemed to be hundreds of them.


bren
 
Hi Dianne i seem to remember the glebe if you turned right at the pub and it was down there but it is a long time ago,and i remember Fred parkins shop,but as to the location sorry mate. i know there was a co-op shop as you came up to the pelam from town before the pub that sold furniture. Derek
 
Bren that shop was there when we first moved from Kidderminster and I used it often. There were rolls and rolls of net curtain. It was Sylvia who jogged my memory. We moved to Dunedin 38 years ago. Jean.
 
I remember Lathams at Glebe Farm when I first started knitting I used to buy my wool from there. If i remember right it had a wooden floor.It had big windows both side of the door on a corner.It was the last shop before you went round the corner.
 
Here’s the Glebe Farm Road shop. I don’t remember this branch, but I do remember the Kingstanding shop (Dyas Rd/Kingstanding Road). Would love to see a photo of the Kingstanding shop if anyone has one. Viv.

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viv i will have a look but i cant recall having one showing lathams..fingers crossed

lyn
 
Viv

Not my area at all, but is this the Kingstanding shop, I've got it marked as Hawthorne Road, but there is no Hawthorne Road in Kingstanding is there?

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Great Lyn, I wasn't sure at all. Once past Perry Barr I'm lost, I don't think I ever got anywhere near Kingstanding until I was in my mid 30's.
 
Wow thanks Phil. That’s it. Latham’s curved right around that corner to the left onto Dyas Road. There was a #28 bus stop near there too.

Oh and I remember so clearly queuing at Clarkes’ for cod roe and soft roes. Always a queue there. Must have been good. Next To Clarkes’ fish section was Kirtons newspaper shop.

That’s brought back so many memories. Thanks ! Viv.
 
My mum would’ve got some of her ‘nets’ from Latham’s. She was mad on them. She had several sets. And they were at every single window in the house. The ones in the photo below were more than likely from Latham’s as mum generally shopped locally having worked in and managed local shops, she was very aware of how important it was to support local traders. Viv.

Oh and the rabbit was “Mandy” - used to regularly bite me ! Viscous little creature.

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The pride and dynamics of net curtains. Your social standing Would be notched up, or significantly down several points by the state of your net curtains

PS where was this taken Viv?
 
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