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Re. first photo in post #52, you can just see Wright’s the Bakers. They had shops all over Birmingham and were supplied by Bradford Bakeries. My mum managed shops for them. Funnily enough not many people remember them.

There were two in Kingstanding; one on the Circle and one on Hawthorn Road. There was one in Erdington, near Taylor’s/Owen Owen end of the High Street. I did a short stint as a student at the Kingstanding Circle and Erdington High Street ones. They were all very busy shops. Must have been taken over.

Viv.
Is this the Wright's bakers you worked for as they are today??

 
Very familiar spot: Chelsea Girl on the left. You can just see Littlewoods store next door. Used to wait outside CG for friends before going up to the Rainbow on a Saturday night - entrance was in the arcade behind the photographer. That would be a few years before this photo in about 1968/9. Viv.
 
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