Allibone and Batchelor, hardware shop

[Astonian]

Hi guys ;
does anybody recall the hardware shop on the corner of ellen street and brookfields
that used to be there also does any body recal the harrisons family and the twins ; georgeie
there was three brothers and the two was twins whom i went to school with
they lived in ellen st ; or does anybody recall the alibones family from george street west
oppersite the st peters church they had alot of hardware shops two on spring hill and one in king edwards rd up the spring hill passage where there mother used to live she was he old lady with bad health
one was on the corner of george st west oppersite the coach and horses pub ; and the other one was further along opperthe butchers ; where you could get a breast of lamb for a shilling and it fed a family of five

 

[carolina]

Astonian, the shop was called Allibone and Batchelor.

 

[maggs]

I remember Allibone and Batchelor's shop very well, and I had a quite a lot of clothes from there. My boyfriend at the time lived in Ellen Street, but I don't remember a hardware shop. There was a bookie in that area called with the name Watty Green, and he was my boyfriends uncle.

 

[Astonian]

hi maggs
nice to hear from you again; yes i rememberold watty senior and i probaly knew your old boy friend then
if it was his uncle ; [ remember maggs its a small world ; eh ; ] i am yearning to meet up with you and your half , becausee i am wondering whether or
not we have crossed pathes in our younger days has you say possible through the adams tree
or by chance meeting with my muckers only briefly ; such by bill wyman ; chris price from aberdeen st or harpie bird on you passing our group
i have one young maggie in mind whom i think that we have crossed pathes it was you whom said your dad worked down the green prison wasnt it
many years ago ;stars i knew it was albone and batchlors ; i did not used the other half of the namebecause it would have only known to us locals whom grew up in there streets and knew there shops to used the locals all knew the alibone and batch; by the kids ; no disrespect but also thank you for mentioning it
as some of the members whom like maggs would have known whom i was speaking about but the others may not have remembered with out the batch; i left out ; thanks alot best wishes astonian;; alan;

 

[maggieuk]

Hiya Al
Yes it's me Maggieuk who you probably know from Brookfields (ref the Adams) but it Maggs who answered you ..take care Al
P.S your right Alan, it was my dad who worked at the Green

 

[maggs]

Hello Alan,

You are right Alibone and Batchelor, was always called Alibone's by us locals. My dad isn't the one who worked at Winson Green though, so you may have got me muddled up with someone else. You do remember Watty Green though, as you say it's a small world. (See Maggie UK's post).