Ist premises that looks empty to the left of the Odeon , every Thursday night in the 60's after getting paid and playing a game of snooker ,we'd call in there at that time it was a Wimpey store a coffee and a burger . No Macdonalds in those days yippee
Furnished most of our first house from here after getting married .
Late 70's I think it was I along with the wife saw Peter Wyngarde as Dracula here , he took 7 curtain calls that night
I inherited some pearls that were bought from there!
Was'nt he once known as the Minister for All Seasons ?
What are we doing architecture wise ?
NoddKD Ditto , me and a mate went in there one night late 60's , got in with two girls , they looked at us and thought these look gormless we'll latch onto them . Gormless being the operative word we could't get rid of them even followed us up to the flat where I lived , never again
I do Steve and do you remember the fantastic shapes in the sky they created as they flew around before bedding down .
Why is he looking over his shoulder with the umbrella poised like that , is that something we should have asked at the time , looks a bit dodgy to me slightly James Bondish ?
Lyn , I also thought it was my neck of the woods but that sign for Newtown Shopping centre has snookered me . We moved here in 1976 and we left here in1996 and neither of the household of 3 here remember a sign in 21 yrs so Steve's pic must predate us . Oh by the way when coming from town it's the Griffin first
Yes indeed if it could talk it would tell some tales Lyn even for my meagre 21 years even more so for your length of time around there .
Lyn Ron Dowty used to keep The Village Maid before he took the Shareholder Arms over when I lived around there in the 80's
Did'nt realise you'd identified them Jim I've just done the same sorry
Yes definitely Holloway Head , CN Cheshire's of Nottingham did'nt they have a depot on this road if you really scan you can also see the Greyhound cider house . Top left you can also see the end of the Peace Garden
And what used to be the La Dolce Vita on the ground floor in the 60's
I obviously passed that for four years going to Cardinal Newman School in the 60's
Worked in the Halfords in the early 70s
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"Watch out watch out there's a Humphrey about" , funny thing about that saying there was a woman at work at the time with that surname and a couple of lads at work used to chant that whenever she was present . Could'nt help but laugh .
Home ground to me this, the central building offered many lads of my age hour's of fun throwing stones at the windows. The only trouble was this one day a policeman came around the corner , he called the three of us together and read the riot act out to us ending it with if i see you here again there will be trouble. Lo and behold fifteen minutes later he was back with all tjree of us in mid throw, that was it we were all escorted to our individual homes and told off in front of our parents . I will say it had the desired affect no more throwing . I never did know who or what were in the build but once it came down the new Telephine House went up an office block . I think spmr of the staff from Newhall Street moved in
Telephone House was built in 1936 in Newhall Street which was a main telecomms hub and still is today. I think this building was replaced by an office block which eventually became the HQ of the West Mids regional telephone area.
