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Newbury's Store Old Square & Bull Street

Phil

Phil

Gone, but not forgotten.
Jo2K

This is a photo of Lewis's c1900 obviously the one completed in 1896 but not the Lewis's that we knew. There were obviously alterations and rebuilding carried out to the original building.

Phil
 

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Does anyone know when Newbury's became Lewis'. There is a picture from post 1900 of Newbuey's in Old Square (picture claims to be 1910 and the evidence of a steam tram suggests approximately the correct date), yet I've seen other claims that Lewis's in Birmingham was established in the 19th Century. Was Lewis's initially in a different location and then moved into the Newbury's store.
 
Your answer is 1926, as evidenced in post 736 of this thread:

Lewis's Department Store

Lewis’s promotional flyer 1950, advertising a Triang peddle car for 39s/6d Source Pinterest pics of old Brum Love to look at the prices that pedal car was just short of two quid. Happy times.
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A few views of Newbury’s. What’s the chapel-like building just to the right of Newburys on Corporation Street ? Viv.


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Viv
I think it must be the building marked "Sunday School" on the c1905 map. In the 1892 Kellys it seems to be listed as the Society of Friends Priory Schools. It is of course just behind the Society of Friends burial ground

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Thanks Mike. Got my bearings completely wrong. The images must have been taken from Corporation Street. The Sunday School location makes complete sense.

Not sure if I’ve got this correct, but did Berlin House on the opposite side of the Minories have a connection to Newbury’s ? Viv.
 
Just found out from the 1921 Census that my late grandmother worked as a drapers assistant here before she married .I wonder if this is how he met my Grandfather. He was a journalist who founded Cater's News Agency in Birmingham though I'm not sure when that was started.
 

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I am no furniture expert, but would have thought your piece would be early 20th century, not 19th century. Newburys continued till the 1920s. In 1921 the furniture department, according to directories, was in Great Hampton St, with the old square building being the drapery department
 
is it possible to take out the lock mechanism and take it to a locksmith or somewhere where they cut keys...they maybe able to cut a key that fits...its all i can think of at the moment

lyn
 
Welcome Patrick. Here's something which might be of interest.

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The early Newbury and Wilson drapery business.

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Source: British Newspaper Archive
 
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A few additional details in this report following the death of Mr Newbury.

Source: British Newspaper Archive
 

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