Lindiloo - not sure if you get notified about amendments to posts - I have added info about the Sheldona cafe to my earlier post
Hi oldsheldonian, I'm not sure if we get notified either, but I have had problems with my emails today, so I haven't looked, however, Ive kept this thread open and updated on my pc to look for a reply
this is the first opportunity Ive had to reply though.
Thank you for your wonderful memories, they are most appreciated.
I am not sure when the cafes were there as I can find no reference in the records that I have access to apart from one that I found today for Jn Grayland in 1937. Mr Grayland was a cafe proprietor of 2159 Coventry Road. I discovered his name via a picture that was posted some time back by a member called
jukebox. The picture was of the Ship Tearooms. 2159 would have been on the same side of the Coventry Road as The Wheatsheaf Hotel... which disproves my theory of the Sheldona being that side I guess, but if you find out any more information, I would be grateful to receive it.
The position of the Cafe by the Horseshoes would have been across Horseshoes Lane and opposite the Cinema, rather than in the stretch between Honeybournes and the Horseshoes.I have the book you mentioned,(thank you) which is where I saw the Sheldona picture.. it is where it said, "it is said to have been near the Wheatsheaf" that threw me.
Vickers was the name of the other cafe mentioned, the entry in Kelly's Directory read, Vickers, S & E.V.
Here are the pictures I mentioned, hopefully he won't mind me sharing them.
Would you mind if I shared your last 2 photos with the group that I'm in please, I know everyone would be thrilled to see them.