Shops Muntz st/The Cov

[brumgum]

I think there were two or tree Brumgum I'll have a look the only one I can find named is Mount Terrace but I'm sure that's not the one that ran to Cattell Road

Everyone used to flow through them after the match to get a bus on the Cov but I've never seen any pictures of them anywhere.

 

[mikejee]

According to the 1889 map mount terrace did go through to Cattell rd, and the other were back to backs - Berkeley place

 

[brumgum]

According to the 1889 map mount terrace did go through to Cattell rd, and the other were back to backs - Berkeley place

Wonderful, thank's for that:emmersed:.

 

[brummie nick]

Hi Mike re you map #137 is there any chance of enlarging the bit that shows what looks like trees and I think it says Templefield House ?
nick

 

[patb]

I remember a fire on Coventry rd I always thought it was Littlewoods store about 1958, dont know if that was another fire I know Hitchens ? catalogue shop took over Littlewoods shop.
There were 2 terraces that led from Greenway st to Cattell rd ..one was called Berkeley Place the other was Mount Terrace it was a wider terrace with houses both sides part of the way up then through to Cattel rd.

Pat

 

[berniew]

Hi Pat your probably right but I thought the fire was in a furniture come electrical shop next to Littlewoods , Dale Forty or Cavendish Woodhouse but I'm often wrong . Thanks for the info on the terraces in Greenway Street Bernie

 

[brummie nick]

Another Picture of Turners

 

[mikejee]

Nick
I think this is what you want

 

[berniew]

The shop next door to Littlewoods in 1956 was Dale Forty Pat

 

[Phil]

It was Littlewood's that was burnt out in a fire and the shop next door was Dale Forte, the event occurred in 1980.

 

[brummie nick]

Nick
I think this is what you want

Thanks Mike, when I was a 'nipper' we called it the 'haunted house' big old place, it had a tower you could climb and see all over the area, someone told us the chap that owned it was the one that later built all the houses round there, and by going up the tower could keep his eye on what the builders were doing.
Nick

 

[patb]

Hi Berniew
I think we were both right about the fire I didn't remember Dale Forte next door , but I don't think 1980 was the right year it was definatley 1959/60. I remember watchin the fire & it was before I got married in 1961.

Pat

 

[bhatti]

yes i remember that and they had a rabbit hanging outside.please please if any one has photos please post.there was garage there on opposite side in on corner of muntz st and somerville until late 70s to 80s if im not mistaken

 

[maggs]

My brother and sister in law owned the newsagent shop in Muntz St., almost opposite Somerville Road. They didn't live on the premises though. This would be 1970 to 1973. Does anyone remember them?

 

[ray@28beech]

I had family living at 106 Muntz Street - does anyone have photos or maps of the area showing that property please?

 

[bhatti]

i lived in 89 muntz st for awhile

 

[briano]

I had family living at 106 Muntz Street - does anyone have photos or maps of the area showing that property please?

I lived at 107 Muntz st late 1960's early 1970's, I was 15 our nextdoor neighbour was a Mrs Atchinson, the bus stop was across the road from our house, but unfortunatly no pictures.

 

[bhatti]

which school did you attend.i remember the bus stop and the shop that was there

 

[natashaamymartin]

Morning,
I have stumbled across this post whilst trying to learn some more information about Muntz Street. I have been researching my family tree for a while now and my 3 x great uncle Arthur Pinchess had a fish and chip shop at 15 Muntz St. He is on the 1911 census as being there with his wife and son, Arthur George who takes over the shop in the 30's. Does anybody have any photographs of this area or of the chip shop at all? Thank you.

 

[jackie.pallo]

Does anyone remember the name of the Old Church & Sunday school that sat between the Coventry road & Wright Street, just up from the junction of Muntz st & Coventry road past the pub. It was demolished along with my Grandma's house 104 Wright street in the late 60's early 70's to make way for a retail development, I think Brierleys was the supermarket. My Great Grandfather was a caretaker there & my Family lived in & around Wright Street before, during & after the war name of Wood. A family called Bluck lived next door I think maybe Janet was one of the children would be in her 70's now ?? I have been trying to find photos online so if you have any to post they would be appreciated.

 

[Spargone]

Does anyone remember the name of the Old Church & Sunday school that sat between the Coventry road & Wright Street, just up from the junction of Muntz st & Coventry road past the pub..

This one? A Congregationalists and Independents church?

 

[jim1uk2001]

Hi josietrue, welcome to the site. My dad knows that area, he went to Holy Family church and school.
Sue

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.

 

[jackie.pallo]

If that is the church shown on the map then yes that is the one!! it looks so much bigger than I thought it was. I don't remember it from the Coventry road it was closed & boarded up in the 60's when I used to visit my Gran, the Sunday School behind it was next door to my Nan's house in Wright Street which is shown on the Muntz Street side of the church on that map & we accessed the back of the house up an alley between the Church/Sunday School & house so I only remember seeing the church from the side above a 6ft wooden fence & through trees. It looks very much more impressive than I remember. I have seen an article somewhere which described a church in Small Heath being built at a cost of £2,000+ in the 1800's but I dismissed it as being to costly to be the one I remembered, I will have to try & find it again lol!!. I still have a carved chest which came from the church & was used for storing robes, bibles, candles & other church sundries. It was rescued by my Great Grandfather when it was considered surplus to requirements in the days he was caretaker. Thank you very much for posting this it gives a lot of substance to my memories & the stories told me by my Mother & Grandmother.

This one? A Congregationalists and Independents church?

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[Carolinepiper]

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 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!

 

[paulinehorton]

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, my brother worked at the bakery in Muntz Street, it was called ‘Houses’.
I have a Houses delivery vehicle somewhere, not sure if it was horse drawn or Electric, I will try and find it. Ray.

 

[mw0njm.]

I do remember a shop on munt st that sold the big bags of bombay mix

 

[paulinehorton]

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.

 

[paulinehorton]

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,
The attached picture shows the old Houses Bakery buildings on the bend of Muntz Street approaching Grange Road.

 

[annie56]

I remember 'Houses'.... lovely smells!

Also the old Vine pub... could see it from our front door in Victoria Street, across the bombed site in Green Lane (door was on the side).

There was also a 'herbalist' in Muntz Street, just before Houses and, on the other side, a cobblers and a fish and chip shop that did faggotts and peas.
Happy days in Small Heath.
Annie

 

[jim1uk2001]

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