A view which has changed and is not easy to place, but I think it's looking down Villa Road from near the Soho Road end. Viv.
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Villa Road Handsworth
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Richard Dye
master brummie
Yes it is! Walked and rode my bike down there many times…….
This is Phyllis Nicklin's image of Villa Road taken in 1968 looking towards the Villa Tavern. Must have been taken on a Sunday judging by the closed shops and the rubbish on the street (doubtless left by the post-Saturday night crowd from the Villa Cross cinema and pub).
Some of the shops have those deeply recessed doors between two display windows. 'Beverleys' shopfront (hairdresser?) on the left seems to have a modernised shopfront. I like the paper carrier bags in Alfred Roe's window (butcher ?) - not brown paper carrier bags but printed white carrier bags with a printed scene !
Some very familiar high street traders: Foster Bros, Harris dry cleaners and of course the essential laundrette/washeteria.
Viv
Some of the shops have those deeply recessed doors between two display windows. 'Beverleys' shopfront (hairdresser?) on the left seems to have a modernised shopfront. I like the paper carrier bags in Alfred Roe's window (butcher ?) - not brown paper carrier bags but printed white carrier bags with a printed scene !
Some very familiar high street traders: Foster Bros, Harris dry cleaners and of course the essential laundrette/washeteria.
Viv
always liked that shot viv i was still living in villa st then so this is a scene i know well
lyn
Richard Dye
master brummie
Lots of memories there for me! I believe Lloyd’s Bank on the right by the parked car and Barker St just behind the car!
Thank you!
Hi Richard can you remember a little greengrocers embedded in the wall under the Villa cross pub I'm sure my mom used to call it Aunty's Vi,s
Richard Dye
master brummie
Hello Brian, yes, I believe it was just down Heathfield Rd from the bus stop. Never really went there because my Aunt Florrie was a greengrocer on Litchfield Rd.
Harry Gower
master brummie
Could i just say for the point of accuracy the in the distance was called The Villa Cross Public House. In fact it is not on Villa Rd as that ends when it reaches Barker Street and then becomes Lozells Rd. The Pubs address in 1968 was 243 Lozells Rd. Max
Richard Dye
master brummie
I think so!
Apologies, I missed 'Cross' out of the second line of my post #93.Through time it's been known by the names of The Villa Cross, The Villa Cross Inn, the Villa Cross Hotel and Villa Cross Tavern. Viv.
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I was surprised to find that we don't seem to have a thread dedicated to the Villa Cross Inn/Tavern/Hotel. It is also thought it was originally a house/villa and a school.
There are numerous posts scattered around the forum about the pub, so I have created a thread exclusively about the place. (Note, the original posts mentioning the Villa Cross pub are still in their original threads, the new thread was created using copies of posts). Link to the new thread is here
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There are numerous posts scattered around the forum about the pub, so I have created a thread exclusively about the place. (Note, the original posts mentioning the Villa Cross pub are still in their original threads, the new thread was created using copies of posts). Link to the new thread is here
Villa Cross Tavern Inn Hotel, Lozells Road
I was surprised to learn that the Vila Cross Tavern has probably not always been a tavern. I was reading about Charles Geach MP in Edward's Personal Recollections of B'ham and B'ham men (1891) and in that it claims that Geach married Mr. Skally's daughter, who kept a school at Villa Cross which...
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Harry Gower
master brummie
Richard Dye
master brummie
Loved that Hardware store!
Harry. That's a great shot of the entrance to the Villa Cross pub on the Lozells Road side (your post #105, fourth photo - the photo with the tram). Is it OK if I copy that to the Villa Cross Inn Tavern etc thread ? Or if you prefer maybe you'd like to post it on that thread yourself I think it's an interesting view of the pub's past.
And I wondered if that lampost has any connection with the forming of Aston Villa footballers (under a lampost) discussed on the Villa Cross thread last year ? See post #24 onwards below. Viv.
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And I wondered if that lampost has any connection with the forming of Aston Villa footballers (under a lampost) discussed on the Villa Cross thread last year ? See post #24 onwards below. Viv.
Villa Cross
Richard McNeill. Thanks. That's great. Narrows the earliest limit of the date range to 1876. Post #65 has a tram advert stating the Lozells line will open 1st October 1885 and trams will run every fifteen minutes. This new line is shown on an 1888 ordinance survey map with double tramways at...
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Great stuff passed it many a time
