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Washwood Heath Road

hello. I was thinking about whr last night. my nan called it "the main". (short for the main rd) please as anyone got any photos, of the shops etc from drew lane to the fox and goose. they would be appreciated.
 
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Quite a few photos in this thread;
Washwood Heath Road is mentioned in a large number of threads, I suppose because there were many important places on it.
 
Bought my second car from NELSONS GARAgE in 1960.A Triumph MayflowerRazor Edge.Great car had it for 5 years
 
Five more....
 

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another five
 

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Sooo many (brought up not far from St Marks off Glenpark Rd)
 

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Bought my second car from NELSONS GARAgE in 1960.A Triumph MayflowerRazor Edge.Great car had it for 5 years
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i worked for them in 1970 as a mechanic for a few weeks,but got the sack for being to honest. some one was after a ford 100e. and he asked me what it was like. i told him it was a banger, he told the gaffer what i had said and he sacked me..
 
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Been past there a thousand times and I never knew there was a police station there. Those lovely big houses a bit further up, before Leigh Road, must have been well to do in there time.
wasn't the council offices in one of the big houses.
 
Great photo. In 1961 when I first married We lived in a flat right next to the bridge ,St Marks was the other side I remember the crockery trembled when the trains went by.
The shops were wonderful,the one I lived over sold lino and carpets,it was owned by the shop across the other side next to the police station (Ernie Lucas Hardware)

Hi,

Only just noticed this post, and I remember the shop very well, as it was a second hand goods shop
in the 70s/80s run by an Irish guy called Mick. I visited it daily whilst I was working at the Met, as I
was a keen record collector at the time, and Mick always seemed to have plenty of fresh stock.
Coincidentally before I moved to Norfolk, I did a carboot to get rid of a load of things I didn't want
to take with me, and Mick visited my stall. I hadn't seen him for 32 years, and he hadn't changed a bit.
I wish I could say the same for me!
I remember how that shop used to vibrate when trains passed too.
The last time I passed the shop it was a religious centre.

I also remember Washwood Heath Police Station, having received a caution there in my
naughty youth.

Kind regards
Dave
 
Does anyone remember Scattergoods the travel agents .Booked all our coach trips with them,even overnight to Torquay
 
Does anyone remember a Caffe were the x is, it was owned by a nice greek family, we called him pop.
 

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hello. I was thinking about whr last night. my nan called it "the main". (short for the main rd) please as anyone got any photos, of the shops etc from drew lane to the fox and goose. they would be appreciated.
Hi there, my Nan used to call it the main as well. I used to go up there from abt 1969 in the good old days
 
Wondering if anyone in this thread has historical information on personnel who worked or lived at The Fox and Goose, Washwood Heat, in the early 1900’s (1920-1935)
 
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IMG 15813 was apparently taken on September 1950 on Washwood Heath Garage forecourt, just a week or so before the abandonment of the 8, 9 and 10 tram routes which were replaced by buses on 55 and 56 routes. Tram 788, built in 1928 survived until 1952. Bus 1088 CVP 188, of 1937 and withdrawn in 1952.
 
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