devonjim
master brummie
Does this help?
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Acocks Green
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Does this help?
A 1931 view of the Green.Viv.
devonjim
master brummie
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
service with a smile hey i remember using it to fill me m/bike
I don’t think these have been posted before. A quiet, leafy suburb.
Viv.
Viv.
Two more; Sherbourne Road and The Avenue.
Viv.
Viv.
Butcher boy
knowlegable brummie
Ďon't remember their names,but i remember the round hut they worked from with the benches all around it.I was born in 1948 and grew up in Tyseley, playing on the swings and roundabout but was scared to death on going on that big metal framed thing where you sat on it and someone stood on the end and pumped you up going higher and higher(no thanks).As i got older i played football with my mates on the park green.The toilets were the far end of the park by the exit (or way in)
Seem to remember a large brick structure maybe an air raid shelter down the far end of the park,but was fenced off.The park keepers took no nonsense from anyone,mess about and you were out.
Thats about all i can remember about the park.Good times now gone
Steve.
The idea may not have lasted long but the deeper than usual roof canopy did, it was still there a few years ago
Some of this view is still very recognisable, although much of the street furniture has gone, including the Bundy clock at the tram terminus.
Some major changes to this scene.
Noreen Hession
proper brummie kid
I am enjoying these wonderful pictures and memories of Acocks Green.
Does any remember the Banks shops in the village?
Does any remember the Banks shops in the village?
Another Warwick Road view. This one shows Haldords shop at # 10- 1160 (?) with workshop at the rear in 1950. Bata shoes was at #1138 in 1939.
Unfortunately these buildings have gone and been replaced.
Unfortunately these buildings have gone and been replaced.
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In 1939, there was still a working forge on Warwick Road.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Picture Playhouse at the junction of Warwick Road and Station Road. It opened in 1913 and closed in 1929 - not long-lived. It was demolished in 1935.
devonjim
master brummie
This forge was on Warwick Rd opposite Stockfield Rd. I would stop on my way home from primary school to watch the action in 1940's
devonjim
master brummie
In 1940's I assumed the old site of the cinema was a result of bomb damage, if I remember correctly there was a Payne's shoe repair shop on the site which was of a timber construction
devonjim
master brummie
Found this picture that confirms my memory of the Paynes. ,
Getting to grips with new laptop managed to scan, now need to display here!
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Acocks Green - Warwick Road. Red Lion is on the LHS, and the Picture Playhouse is in the distance on the corner of Station Road