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master brummie
Hi Lyn.
I put the photo in a program and and zoomed in i see the shop says either danes or dares General Stores, the sign is blocking it, perhaps one of our members will know,
either that or could you ask who ever took the photo to pop back in the morning and take it again without the post. Thanks again.
Regards Stars
I put the photo in a program and and zoomed in i see the shop says either danes or dares General Stores, the sign is blocking it, perhaps one of our members will know,
either that or could you ask who ever took the photo to pop back in the morning and take it again without the post. Thanks again.
Regards Stars
The original post #1 image was captioned in a book as New John Street and this thread has since been edited. All posts relating to NJS/NJSW have been moved to a separate thread about New John Street & New John Street West here
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/new-john-street-west-new-john-street.1267/
The block of flats in my pic #1 is still there...
the caption in the book says new john st when really it is as john said of new st aston....
thanks john for noticing the error...
lyn
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/new-john-street-west-new-john-street.1267/
The block of flats in my pic #1 is still there...
the caption in the book says new john st when really it is as john said of new st aston....
thanks john for noticing the error...
lyn
Paul Simpson
knowlegable brummie
Hello, this is my first ever post on this very nice forum, so please be kind.
The shop is indeed 53 New Street and this is the shop of Hilda Dawes, she was a beautiful lady, very smart.
The shop was a wonderful place, big jars of things like you would find in a Chemist, she used to give me Liquorice Root for chewing in School
The shop is indeed 53 New Street and this is the shop of Hilda Dawes, she was a beautiful lady, very smart.
The shop was a wonderful place, big jars of things like you would find in a Chemist, she used to give me Liquorice Root for chewing in School
Welcome Paul. Great to get confirmation about the New St (Aston) shop. And nice to hear your memories of the shop.
Yes, it's a nice forum ! I hope you'll enjoy exploring Brum history with us. Viv.
Yes, it's a nice forum ! I hope you'll enjoy exploring Brum history with us. Viv.
Old Boy
master brummie
Hello Paul,
Welcome to the Forum. Anything you an tell us about the Birmingham of yesteryear is very welcome. We used to use the root you describe but called it India Root. I have not heard of it for years so suspect that you are not in the first flush of youth
Chris Beresford (Old Boy)
Welcome to the Forum. Anything you an tell us about the Birmingham of yesteryear is very welcome. We used to use the root you describe but called it India Root. I have not heard of it for years so suspect that you are not in the first flush of youth
Chris Beresford (Old Boy)
Paul Simpson
knowlegable brummie
Born 1956, so a mere baby , I have seen lots of pictures in the forum, a few I do have information about, I was very well know in Alma Street, working in my Nans shop, and selling cigarettes in twos in triangular paper bags, and looking after her "strap book"
Hi Chris and Paul. Liquorice root seems to be making a comeback as I notice all these new (old fashioned) sweet shops are stocking it. Think it's an acquired taste though. Viv.
Do feel free to add any comments to threads. We have lots of interested (or maybe nosey like me) members who'd love to hear more ! Viv.
Paul Simpson
knowlegable brummie
Thanks
I will enjoy contributing
Paul Simpson
knowlegable brummie
I will post some Burlington Street School pictures later
adap2it
master brummie
Welcome Paul! Just across the street from the shop lived an ex girlfriend of mine called Sheila Bromwich, not sure of the spelling...it was a very short lived relationship. If you were born in '56, as you say, you were just a "babby", so I don't expect you to know her but New St had other attractions at the "bottom end" like the Globe Cinema and the arcade that we called the Bingo.
Dave A
Danny beet
Brummie babby
Danny beet
Brummie babby
Mrs Dawes was a widow. A truly lovely lady. The shop was an herbalists I remember the root liquorice. She also sold herbal cigarettes. Cheaper than Woodbines or Park Drive but a bit like smoking dried grass.She was "a bit posh" having an inside toilet,bathroom with a shower and obviously HOT and cold running water. When I was about 14 during the School summer holidays I helped her paint the outside front of the shop and was paid. A bottle green. I originally lived at number 35,my grannies house (2cnd from the right) and we later moved to !/33 {behind the 1st on the right).nos 33 to 53 new st...aston
Danny beet
Brummie babby
I remember Overtons when betting was illegal. A man stood around the front step taking the bets. There was no signage. In the summer at night they left the radio on. It was set on a horse racing channel. People would stand outside listening to the races and results.I remember one day playing marbles in the gutter. Every few yards I found a sixpence and put it in my trouserpocket and now searching for sipences. I pick my last one turned and there was a policeman He "what you going" I replied "nothing I just found this sixpence". He told me to go home and let me keep the sixpence and the others he knew nothing about. I suspect an Overtons customer had won some money and had hole in his pocket.overtons bookies new st aston
Danny beet
Brummie babby
Thevan belong to the man that lived at the house with the bow curtains. He converted it to a camper. Cutting out the windows etc. He did all the work on the side of the road....no garages to rent locally with a power supply. He was married and I think his name was Johnnynos 33 to 53 new st...aston
Danny beet
Brummie babby
The four hoses on the right were " back to backs". There would have been another four below them but they had been bombed in the war and the site was "a bomb peck". The house that were behind them on the far side of the remained intact and occupied. The air raid shelters were fully intact for those houses destroyed and those that remained. The house that backed onto the 3rd and 4th houses form the right were derelict having been bombed but not totally demolishednos 33 to 53 new st...aston
Danny beet
Brummie babby
Sadly I don`t. I was looking for photos and came across this site. Delighted to find that photo.Bought back memories
adap2it
master brummie
I'm from Paddington St like Lyn...however, I do have some memories of New St. Wasn't the Globe Cinema at one end and across the road from the Globe was an arcade we called the Bingo? I also have memories of a girl I dated a couple of times that lived at the upper end near Alma St. She lived up a large entry, something like the one in the photo. Her name was Sheila Bromidge (spelling) it would have been in the early 50's
Dave A
Banjo
master brummie
The photo Lyn posted on #1 is one I haven't seen before. I too remember buying those liquorice sticks (we called them "Spanish Sticks"). Apologies if this photo is somewhere else on the Birmingham History website. There is another photo showing Mrs Herbert's shop on the corner of Whitehead Street, but I think that's on the Alma St thread. I must add that this photo always saddens me, so many memories of that area.
Radiorails
master brummie
You naughty girl!
I thought I was going crazy. I knew I had seen these pics, but early this morning and not at 11.04 when I was not at home.
I thought I was going crazy. I knew I had seen these pics, but early this morning and not at 11.04 when I was not at home.
