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Station Road Erdington
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doug1944
master brummie
Smashing old Grocery shop in Station Rd - Badgery`s Stores. Mr Badgery was a true gentleman, kind and helpful. Just round the corner in Gravelly Lane was Mr Jones sweet shop. It had a wonderful aroma that a sweet shop should have. A few doors away was a superb Hardware shop, can`t remember the name , but they never failed to find what I needed. Happy Days.
Lady Penelope
master brummie
Just thought I'd let you know - I had never heard of Badgery's Stores until yesterday afternoon. We were sitting in the sunshine with a bottle of homemade wine and a friend was reminicing about going shopping there when he was a boy (he's about your age I would think). I was browsing this site today, having not done so for ages and there it was mentioned! What a coincidence Eh?
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Gisbourne was the hardware shop, it was a farther and son enterprise, the son had a shop round the corner in Gravelly Lane. Both shop were jam packed full of all kinds of things, he knew where to find it too.
We would buy our ‘pink paraffin’ from Gisbournes, there was a open take to the right of the door, where he would measure out a gallon with his pointed spout measure.
Badgery's sold the best bacon in universe, I can remember David Evans, one of the partners, cutting bacon for me on a Berkels meat slicer, spinning that big red hand wheel round, neatly folding over each slice as it came off, then wrapping it in proper paper.
I also remember a laundry, a lady called Mrs Roberts from Court Farm Road worked there. She gave you a plastic cup with washing powder, a small container with I think bleach and a bottle of blue liquid, I would imagine for the rinse.
You had to wait for a light to come on, and then put the contents: in the correct sequence in thought a trap door on top of the machine. When washed, you took your washing to the spin dryer, and then home to dry on the washing line, no tumbler dryers then.
The was a butcher with a set of cow’s horns on the wall: Hichman’s? A fantastic toy shop, and a sweet shop near the station.
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Hi Moturn:
I never met Mrs. Roberts but I heard about her from a lady I worked with in the offices at New Street Station. In the late 1950's the British Railways employees in my office held free rail passes. Mary lived in Four Oak and used the Lichfield-Birmingham New Street diesel line to get to work as did I. The water in Four Oaks is what we call " hard" and back then there were no devices to stop the calcification happening in the household water system. Mary said her laundry efforts at home were never properly done. She bundled it up, got off the train at Erdington Station, took her laundry to Mrs. Roberts who would process it for her during the day. Mary would then repeat the process in reverse and take it home with her. She did this every two weeks if I remember correctly. Just the two of them in her family so it wasn't a huge amount.
I have a close friend who lives around the corner from Station Road and I always visit her when I come back to Brum. Years ago I used Station Road as a way home from Erdington via Marsh Lane to Stockland Green and walked down there many many times as well as cycled. I can remember the old Methodist Church, the Alms Houses, the big old farm house. There are still a few cottages still standing above where the farm house used to be.
I never met Mrs. Roberts but I heard about her from a lady I worked with in the offices at New Street Station. In the late 1950's the British Railways employees in my office held free rail passes. Mary lived in Four Oak and used the Lichfield-Birmingham New Street diesel line to get to work as did I. The water in Four Oaks is what we call " hard" and back then there were no devices to stop the calcification happening in the household water system. Mary said her laundry efforts at home were never properly done. She bundled it up, got off the train at Erdington Station, took her laundry to Mrs. Roberts who would process it for her during the day. Mary would then repeat the process in reverse and take it home with her. She did this every two weeks if I remember correctly. Just the two of them in her family so it wasn't a huge amount.
I have a close friend who lives around the corner from Station Road and I always visit her when I come back to Brum. Years ago I used Station Road as a way home from Erdington via Marsh Lane to Stockland Green and walked down there many many times as well as cycled. I can remember the old Methodist Church, the Alms Houses, the big old farm house. There are still a few cottages still standing above where the farm house used to be.
Remember the painted wall by the pub at the top of Station Road. It was a painting of a man painting. Can't remember what it was advertising. Was it paint? Viv.
dek carr
gone but not forgotten
I think he is still there but he has had a spruce up. Dek
Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
Yes it's still there. It was painted over a few years. I was told it was such a landmark it had to be repainted
Great. I liked that painting. It was life size too. Viv.
Yes he was advertising a company called ‘The Sign Service’, a traditional sign writing company on Sutton Road.
When I first saw him, he was holding a mile stick and brush and painting in the company name. He was then painted out for a while, but came back fixing one of the Perspex letters to a modern illuminated signs….progress!
Yes I remember the stick and the brush. Good that he's moved with the times. Clever bit of eye-catching advertising. Viv.
Dave M
Pheasey Born Bumper
AS I believe it was a cutout version to cover the original, but have not seen it for a couple of years
M
mike-g
Guest
It is a cut-out that covers the normal one
M
mike-g
Guest
It was two years ago. Not been that way since.
More wonderful memories of Erdington, Mr Gisbourne was a friend of my Dads ,I think he called him Sammy.
Jennyann, I married at the Methodist church in Station road in 1961,
I remember as a child Anniverary Sunday when all of girls dressed in white frocks and the boys had white shirts and ties.
Mr Tickle was our choirmaster.
Jennyann, I married at the Methodist church in Station road in 1961,
I remember as a child Anniverary Sunday when all of girls dressed in white frocks and the boys had white shirts and ties.
Mr Tickle was our choirmaster.
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Hi Alberta: Those are great memories that you have of the area where you lived. Station Road was like a small village in those days and many local people shopped every day in the shops. My friend Margaret, who lives in Wilton Road ran the hairdressers at the bottom of Marsh Lane before the pathway into Summer Road. I walked down Station Road a lot of times in the l950's as it was a good walk up to Stockland Green via Marsh Lane. I also rode my bike a lot to go to Erdington Parish and Mason Road baths. It must have been outside of your house or close by where I came off my bike after having my head down and hitting the back of a stationary car. I was very lucky indeed. One of the neighbours came out and gave me sweet tea and I was able to walk home with a bit of a wobbly front wheel on my bike. I remember the old Methodist church very well. In later years my Mother used to attend a Women's group in the new version. Before my years attending Erdington Parish Church I belonged to George Road Baptist church and they had an Anniversary Sunday very similar where the girls all wore white dresses and stood on tiered platforms to sing. Lovely memories.
Jennyann,I had my wedding 'hair-do' at the hairdressers you mention in 1961 and my mother was a client until her death in 1993.
As you say Station road was like a small village and often there was no need to go to the 'Village' to shop.
Does anyone remember the tiny shop in Station Road called the Repository,it was just below the Cross Keys.It had
originally been a small terrace house,I bought a Missal,a beautiful little book whose cover was made of Mother of Pearl,for
a friend who was a Catholic.
As you say Station road was like a small village and often there was no need to go to the 'Village' to shop.
Does anyone remember the tiny shop in Station Road called the Repository,it was just below the Cross Keys.It had
originally been a small terrace house,I bought a Missal,a beautiful little book whose cover was made of Mother of Pearl,for
a friend who was a Catholic.
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Brasscaster
master brummie
Before the London and North Western railway line to Sutton Coldfield was constructed in 1862 Station Road was known as Sheep Street and Gravelly Lane was known as Brick Kiln Lane. The attached 1889 map suggests that Johnson Road and the shops in Station Road were built after this date.
The photograph of the procession in about 1914 shows the row of shops on the Gravelly Lane side of the bridge. The shop on the corner of Station Road and Johnson Road (number 47) was Badgery's Stores the traditional family grocer. Henry James Badgery his wife and 6 children lived there in 1911. The latest reference I have found to the stores was in the phone book of 1983 so the family will have served a great many local families over the years. The Mr Badgery I remember in the 50s and 60s was very distinctive with a large bushy moustache. I don't remember his name but, from the BMD records it was probably Samuel Duncan Badgery (1908-1980).
The photograph of the procession in about 1914 shows the row of shops on the Gravelly Lane side of the bridge. The shop on the corner of Station Road and Johnson Road (number 47) was Badgery's Stores the traditional family grocer. Henry James Badgery his wife and 6 children lived there in 1911. The latest reference I have found to the stores was in the phone book of 1983 so the family will have served a great many local families over the years. The Mr Badgery I remember in the 50s and 60s was very distinctive with a large bushy moustache. I don't remember his name but, from the BMD records it was probably Samuel Duncan Badgery (1908-1980).
Brasscaster
master brummie
The attached photo of the old dairy in Station Road sparked a memory for me. As a nipper in the 1950s I was escorted to infant school twice daily along this road and I always enjoyed climbing on the steps at the front of this building. It was situated opposite the junction with Osborne Road. The 1911 census shows that 29 Station Rd had 10 rooms and was occupied by Joseph George Baines (retail dairyman), his wife and 7 children. The electoral roll reveals the family lived there until 1939 but I can't find any later reference to the property. The building has long gone and has been replaced by a new roadway and housing. The attached Google streetview shot and map show the modern view of the location.
Great photo of the farmhouse Brasscaster, I remember it well, there was some sort of workingman’s club round the back, I think it was associated with the Abbey.
The building in the photo was for a short time club used by people interested in ‘heavy’ music; they played stuff by Deep Purple, Lead Zeppelin and the like: had many a happy hour there with my air guitar.
To the left of the building was a piece of ground with a saw mill, before they built a W H Smith warehouse.
This must have been Wesley Road, an un-adopted road leading to New Street. It was still not done in tarmac when I last saw it, and I think there is a gate across the junction with New Street now.
The building in the photo was for a short time club used by people interested in ‘heavy’ music; they played stuff by Deep Purple, Lead Zeppelin and the like: had many a happy hour there with my air guitar.
To the left of the building was a piece of ground with a saw mill, before they built a W H Smith warehouse.
This must have been Wesley Road, an un-adopted road leading to New Street. It was still not done in tarmac when I last saw it, and I think there is a gate across the junction with New Street now.
Station Road in Erdington has some surprising gems. One came to my attention through this Shoothill photo showing us that the road once had cottages along its stretch which must have been in existence before it became 'Station Road'.
I assume it only became Station Road with the arrival of the railway station in 1862. By that time the cottages might well have been there for well over 200 years. The cottages in the photo were at the top end of Station Road and I couldn't remember from my many hikes up and down that road whether these cottages were there even in the 1970s. So a Google street trip showed to my pleasant surprise that there are still some cottages along Station Road (possibly not the ones in the photo, but with clear similarities)
And how reassuring to learn that Birmingham Conservation Trust worked hard in the 1990s to ensure the future of those cottages. They're looking great.
https://www.birminghamconservationtrust.org/bct-finished/station-road-cottages-erdington/
Viv.
I assume it only became Station Road with the arrival of the railway station in 1862. By that time the cottages might well have been there for well over 200 years. The cottages in the photo were at the top end of Station Road and I couldn't remember from my many hikes up and down that road whether these cottages were there even in the 1970s. So a Google street trip showed to my pleasant surprise that there are still some cottages along Station Road (possibly not the ones in the photo, but with clear similarities)
And how reassuring to learn that Birmingham Conservation Trust worked hard in the 1990s to ensure the future of those cottages. They're looking great.
https://www.birminghamconservationtrust.org/bct-finished/station-road-cottages-erdington/
Viv.
micky stevens
Brummie babby
also there was a lady called doris who had a sweet shop round in station road the shop was called dorisis just by the rail way bridge , yes it was my old stamping ground I lived in Johnson road next door to denis the man who had war memorabilia and mr badgery used to bring our grocerys up yo the house in a carboard box them was the days
