What years did your dad go to Holy Family School. In 1970s there were three Holy Family Schools in Small Heath. There was holy Family Main which was on the Coventry Road (still there). I went to Holy Family Annex in 1970 which was on Byron Road and then we moved to Jenkins Street which was off the Coventry Road. The Main School could not cope with the demand from Irish Immigrant families.Hi josietrue, welcome to the site. My dad knows that area, he went to Holy Family church and school.
Sue
Hi Pewster. I worked at Tesco Coventry road 1979 to 1982, I was just a teenager then. I often wonder what happened to the shop and all the staff who worked there at the same time as me. Mr Homer was the manager, I remember a couple who were engaged called Carolyn and Derek, and Derek's twin brother I think. Another one called I karen haughey/ hockey? Lesley and Janet I think we're the supervisors. I remember Kwik save just a couple of doors from Tesco, how fast the staff were! I was always in Woolworths next door to Tesco, or maybe two doors away. I remember a shop opposite Tesco, with a large clock above it I seem to remember, I worked as a cashier and was always turning around to look at this clock hoping it was time to go home! I can't remember the name of the shop, I think it was a hardware shop? I knew a lad who worked there, I seem to remember his name was Stephen? I think his dad was from Poland. I remember the nat west Bank and boots chemist opposite also. There was also a little clothes boutique on the same side as Tesco. I no longer live in Brum, but I am and always will be a born and bred Brummie!My very first job upon leaving school (1981 I believe) was in one of the Coventry Road shops. Tesco, on the left as you come out of town and virtually next door if not actually to the Brighton Arms. I seem to remember there was a Boots opposite and a Woolworths on the same side 2 or 3 shops down. There was also a Kwik Save opened virtually next door which went a long way towards sealing Tescos fate. I was only there for 6 months to a year earning my £35 a week I think it was, until life took me in a different direction. Alas, sometime around or about the late 80's I ended up working for a company selling Carpet Tiles based in what had previously been Boots the Chemist. Tesco was long gone, as was Woolworth, Hitchens was further down towards the Blues Ground selling clearance goods, and Maturis was still there. I actually fitted a new floor in the shop there, though I cant for the life of me remember who was running the place. The Brighton Arms remained, and was being run by a couple called Kevin and Mary, and I remember doing a Conga from the pub along the Coventry Road in the early hours of 1991 after Blues had lifted the Leyland Daf Trophy. I then slept at my desk that evening, before walking into Birmingham with a crate of Newcastle Brown from the Brighton ready for the civic reception outside the Town Hall !
Hi Stitcher, my brother worked at the bakery in Muntz Street, it was called ‘Houses’.When I was a school lad our moms baker asked if I wanted a part time job helping him mainly Saturdays.The bakery was in Muntz Street but I cant for the life of me remember the name, was it hardings? Along Muntz St. From the Cov and it was on the right as the road does a left hand bend.
Stitcher, a Houses bakery delivery van and advertisement.When I was a school lad our moms baker asked if I wanted a part time job helping him mainly Saturdays.The bakery was in Muntz Street but I cant for the life of me remember the name, was it hardings? Along Muntz St. From the Cov and it was on the right as the road does a left hand bend.
Hi Stitcher,When I was a school lad our moms baker asked if I wanted a part time job helping him mainly Saturdays.The bakery was in Muntz Street but I cant for the life of me remember the name, was it hardings? Along Muntz St. From the Cov and it was on the right as the road does a left hand bend.
Hi Pewster. I worked at Tesco Coventry road 1979 to 1982, I was just a teenager then. I often wonder what happened to the shop and all the staff who worked there at the same time as me. Mr Homer was the manager, I remember a couple who were engaged called Carolyn and Derek, and Derek's twin brother I think. Another one called I karen haughey/ hockey? Lesley and Janet I think we're the supervisors. I remember Kwik save just a couple of doors from Tesco, how fast the staff were! I was always in Woolworths next door to Tesco, or maybe two doors away. I remember a shop opposite Tesco, with a large clock above it I seem to remember, I worked as a cashier and was always turning around to look at this clock hoping it was time to go home! I can't remember the name of the shop, I think it was a hardware shop? I knew a lad who worked there, I seem to remember his name was Stephen? I think his dad was from Poland. I remember the nat west Bank and boots chemist opposite also. There was also a little clothes boutique on the same side as Tesco. I no longer live in Brum, but I am and always will be a born and
Who was your Dad? Do you know what years he attended HF school?Hi josietrue, welcome to the site. My dad knows that area, he went to Holy Family church and school.
Sue
Percy Clarence dis serve in France and was injured returned home patched up and sent back out again. He said if there's another I'm not going they can bloody well shoot me I don't care cause I've been shot beforeBoth Henry David Nutting, and Percy Christopher Nutting served in WWI.
Neither of them entered France, so were possibly Territorial Army, these are the details;
Henry David Nutting. 835729 Royal Field Artillery.
Percy Clarence Nutting. 85667 19th Coy. 8th Res Btn Machine Gun Corps.
Barrie.
I worked at Payne’s Shoe Repairs a few doors along from the Cardrome, back in the mid 60’s when I left school. We were next door to a shop which I think was called Lisa Marie or something similar.There was a 'cardrome?' on the Cov Road also. My late uncle was a security man there for a while, but I cannot remember the name, further up on the same side was Kwik Save, Tesco, and of course Woolies. Nat West Bank opposite.
I think it was Lisa Gaye ladies' outfitter, 448 Coventry Road.I worked at Payne’s Shoe Repairs a few doors along from the Cardrome, back in the mid 60’s when I left school. We were next door to a shop which I think was called Lisa Marie or something similar.
Yes that’s it.I think it was Lisa Gaye ladies' outfitter, 448 Coventry Road.