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Lichfield Road Aston
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Two substantial threads have nw been merged into this one thread, so there may be earlier, unseen posts. Viv.
Park Cafe on Lichfield Road in 1935. A few ghost signs visible. And looks like a B&B. Viv.
Brasscaster
master brummie
The cafe was at 533 Lichfield Road. In 1936 and 1937 they were advertising for a live-in girl or young woman in the local press as far afield as Sheffield and Derbyshire. In the 1939 Register the proprietor was Charles W Phillips.
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Attending a fire at this tyre depot on Lichfield Road.
Viv
Source: Birmingham Mail, British Newspaper Archive
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Source: Birmingham Mail, British Newspaper Archive
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
thanks Viv, any idear the name of the tyre comany please
Hopefully someone will be able to tell us from directory look ups Pete.
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mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
oky doky thanks viv
Brasscaster
master brummie
An article in the Evening Despatch on 18th August 1939 gives the location of the fire as on the corner of Waterworks Street and Lichfield Road and names the occupier of the premises as Mr B J Banning.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
thanks for that,i thought it was but was not 100%
Graham Paine
proper brummie kid
My Grandad Thomas Paine had a Gentleman's Outfitters Shop on Lichfield Road Aston not far from the Station . He also worked for a pawn brokers in Aston and later as a clerk at GEC Witton
Please note the photo below regularly shows up labelled as “Lichfield Road”. It is in fact Villa Road Thanks to BHF member research it has been correctly named and copied to the Villa Road thread. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/villa-road-handsworth.34107/page-5.
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There was a tyre company still owned by a descendant of the Banning Family on Lichfield Road Aston up until 2018.
