Hi Eric what is your surnameI would imagine a number of members on this thread would remember my Wife's Aunt Ann who ran the little shop opposite Manor Park girls school in Vicarage Rd, a few doors down from Sycamore Rd, a lot of the girls would come across the road to buy their sweets and pop. We lived up the adjoining entry (4/128). Eric
Hi Brenda Had a friend called Teddy Coates who lived in the Greengrocersl know the area real well,my g/parents lived in church lane, infact my g/father Billy Coates was born and died there, and the vine was his hang out..he passed away in 1947...l worked at John Wrights from 1950 to 1958 when l left to come to Texas..my mother lived in church Lane untill she married my dad Wilfred Barr who lived in Park Road, he also went to the boys brigade at Dyson hall also my brother was in the scouts at Dyson hall...in those days people did'nt move very far away from family as there was a lot of Coates just around there, just reading this thread has taken me back many years and it seems only like yesterday...its nice to have good memories the world always seemed a lot nicer and kinder place then....Brenda
Hi. I have only just started to use this. Im researching my grandparents Eric and Ellen Winspear. They used to run the shop you refer to. Their surname was Winspear.I can recall going to the shop at weekends when I was very young in the 50s.I used to live in Vine Terrace ,Vine Street Aston.the Harpers,Jack & Ivy
Is my mom & dads names.
i would love to hear from anyone else that lived there i cant seem to find anything to do with this street atall, i would love a photo.
We used to live there 1952 to 1962/3, up the terrace.Some names i remember are , Harris , Batty, Teal, Ward, Lakin, Chearington,Biddle,Coats who run the greengrocers, Whinspers shop on the corner & of corse Lakes Which is still there.
I would to hear of anyone else who has the same memories.
Bye for now
John Harper
Wow what a find Alice teal was my great grandmother and frankie (frannklin) was my uncle he was a bit of lad! To say the leasthi all just came accross this post.
i lived in vine street from 1966 to about 1974 mrs teale lived there then dont know if its same family,she let us use her
garden so i could have my photo taken with my new baby brother1969 she had grass in her yard so she was posh lol.she was lovely,she also had a relative by the name of frankie but didnt think much of him.
Hi There IHC ,
I Was Brought Up On Lichfield Rd Just Along From Vine Street, And My Cousins Used
To Lve At No 10 Park Street And I Can Recall Afew Of Them Family Very Vived
My Older Brother Married A Bell ,And I Married A Girl Whom Name Was Williams And She Was The Neice And Cousins To The Teals In Vine Steet And My Younger Brother
Married A Girl Arond The Corner WhomName Was Bagshaw It Was Good In Them Days
I See Now Its All Industreal Factory Units Its A PityWe Cannot Put The Clock Back
Do You Remember Dyson Hall ?> I,ll Say One Thing Our Kid Its A Very Small World .
Best Wishes Astonian ,;;;
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His name was Alan Stevens.....he lived at the top of Upper Thomas Street during the 1960's ....Hi astonian are you Charlie by any chance?
I know it's an old post but, Frankie was my uncle you were right?hi all just came accross this post.
i lived in vine street from 1966 to about 1974 mrs teale lived there then dont know if its same family,she let us use her
garden so i could have my photo taken with my new baby brother1969 she had grass in her yard so she was posh lol.she was lovely,she also had a relative by the name of frankie but didnt think much of him.