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Hi Lindy, It’s amazing really, you think you are never going to see certain places again and then it pops up on BHF. So grateful to the members who post these wonderful, forgotten places. To the people who had the hindsight to take the photographs too. Regards Sue

Remember THTJB so well. I worked at Benton & Stone (Enots) in Aston Brook Street. There were six of us all getting married in the same year. Everyone of us shopped there, buying little things for our bottom drawer. ( don’t think they do that today). Regards,

Thank you Maurice. I am talking about 1966. The Stage Door cafe looks too clean and decent I think. The “beatnik” cafe seemed so dark and dare I say it scruffy. This era wasn’t that important in my life but it was part of it, so I am just going to live with my memories. Kind regards,

It has to be ? Just been looking at some old photos of New Meeting Street and though they don’t ring true 100% , I think it’s because my memory is letting me down. Perhaps because at a young age, I didn’t take in the surroundings... and I always remember it being dark. Thank you so much for...

Hi Maurice, These pics are absolutely fabulous and I thank Tates for posting them.. So many memories for me. I am so glad that you made comment about the folksy cafe. My friend and I used to visit a folksy cafe. We were very young, really fancied ourselves as beatniks. Bought the...

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Oh Lento, this is a great post. How well you have remembered things. I have lots of memories of Lewis’s but the food hall, yes it was wonderful. So many different foods. I remember looking over the stairs at the delicatessen and all I remember seeing was the Russian salad and the herrings...

Well said Viv. It has been a pleasure visiting this thread. (I love them all mind and still so much to catch up on) So many memories for me. I am very grateful. Thank you .

Could anyone tell me the date of this photo please. The big building,... is that the entrance to the fish market where you could get a plate of whelks, cockles or penny winkles? Regards Sue

Love this photo. So many happy memories shopping with my mom Saturday afternoon. Thank you.

I love this photo Steve. My dad had a lock up on the corner of Steelhouse Lane. (Newspapers, magazines cigarettes etc) having left the Birmingham Post. Think his hut from memory was by the law firm on the corner. He used to park his car outside the Gaumont. My brother once told me there was a...

Thanks for great photos Steve.

Great piece Mike, super photographs but I was sad to read the story of Pam Preece. Lovely about Cadbury’s . Sue

Thank you very much for your interesting reply John. The first photo is how I think I remember it. It was a turquoise blue colour and I think the figures were 850 on the plate... it had bench seats... but have to admit I quite like the second picture.. how fab is that. Regards, Sue

Thanks for the photos today, certainly does take you back. My dad had a Bedford, it had windows. Registration began UOG. Does anyone remember them being called Shooting Brakes, or where they specialist vans? Love all the shops too. I wish I could find old photographs of shops in my old...

Thanks for pics Janice. So missing Birmingham. Haven’t been ‘uptown’ for months.. .. Although, after living in Staffordshire for fifty years uptown has very, vey slowly changed to ‘into town’. Kind regards, Sue

Hi Maurice, Thank you for the informative reply. You could buy nice things from C&A. I Remember my new red coat with the fur trim one Christmas. My sister had one the same, she hated it. Regards Sue

Great photo. Love the Ford Anglia. Ha ha

Great pics Steve. Whatever happened to C&A. Is that an Austin Cambridge outside Princes Chambers. I know you like your cars.