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Hi Lyn, I wondered if you would mind re-posting your photographs as they look as if they have been lost. For anyone interested, Holy Trinity is 150 years old in May this year. There are lots of different events planned to celebrate. www.facebook.com/HolyTrinityBirchfield150

I actually did find out the name of the baker's shop/cafe but forgot to post! It was called Birmingham Dairies. :smug:

The off licence is still there. I keep thinking of Underwoods but maybe that was further up Wellington Rd/Westminster Rd? I would have loved to have been around to see that Victorian block. The area looked so pretty in the photos... Now you've reminded me of the butchers there was a Rowleys...

I'm wondering if anyone remembers the name of the shops at the end of Wellington Rd which border onto Birchfield Rd? They were probably built around the time of the flyover. The post office is still there but I remember a baker's shop/cafe next door to the post office. I think there may have...

Wow, thanks for that...I still remember walking around and I loved those steps. Great for jumping down. Here is a shot of the newly developed Birchfield Rd. To the top left you can see the building site for the shopping centre so it's nice to see the complete picture...

Thanks for the memories. I used to run errands for my gran down here. I think to Fine Fare or was it Lo-Cost? One of the supermarkets anyway. If I remember rightly there was a British Gas shop there too. I used to stop of at a cake shop/cafe on the row of shops on Wellington Rd next to the...

Yes I was often sent up for 20 Players and a box of matches for my grandad!

I remember Mrs Sweetman really well. Were her sons lorry drivers? I also remember the shops directly opposite, Mrs Simpson's I think, a haberdashery, selling wools, threads, etc. I loved that old shoemaker's shop! The pub was called The Calthorpe, my grandad used to drink in there ;-) Not...