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Alum Rock Road Shops

Phil said:
Here are three photos of the same location at different times. It's the Co-op premises at numbers 165 to 177 Alum Rock Road that ran from the junction of Edmund Street toward Bowyer Road.View attachment 134802View attachment 134803View attachment 134804
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Well for a kid from Rednal I remember going to that co-op always at Christmas time ? We would go get 30 or more turkeys to fill our orders at my moms store the guy who worked there had a little fiddle where he would go and buy live turkeys and butcher and pluck them then sell on and did this for many a year so I'm talking the late 60's and 70's his Nick name was 'Darkie" but he was not a person if color last name Brown ?.
 
bish said:
Hi. Rich. Just past Copes on the corner of Gate St. was Lincolns chemist I remember going in with my mom a few times a real old fashion chemist opposite there used to be a fish and chip shop. In the same row of shops as Pauls was Cowans the jewellers on the corner was Lathams on the opposite corner of Ellsmere Rd was a wallpaper shop then Stanards stationery shop close to there was Fowlers TV and Radio shop they also sold records. My cousin lived at 17 Regnald Rd. the twins above were the Deans Alan might remember my cousin Bryan Nokes they are about the same age just ask if you want to know more glad to say the brain is still working Cheers Bish
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I lived at number eleven in the maisonettes, I knew the Deans, Michael and Norman and their sister Margaret and their mom, also Brian Noakes. And many more.
 
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Coming a bit late to this but I'm trying to find out more about Groves Toy and Model Shop. I think the owner was named Leslie Groves - he started the shop just before WW2 - who lived in Shirley. Any info about him and the shop would be welcome. Thanks
 
I remember a model shop in Alum Rock Road, in a line of shops set a short distance back from the road. When I knew it, the shop was called (IIRC) Aldous Models. I only visited a couple of times, as the bloke behind the counter was a bit of a misery....

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castalla said:
Sorry that this has nothing to do with shops, however i was looking at Google earth today and my uncle (Tim Flynn) lived facing the Brookhill pub, can i confirm these houses have been Knocked down ¿ as i can not see the houses and if so when did they knock them down
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I used to live next door to Tim Flynn and Floss at number 507. They always has an Alsatian and also chickens are one stage
 
Christine thank you for replying, about my Uncle Tim. Used to visit him with my dad every xmas, where he had all the presents on the wall,he used to pop in and see us sometimes when he left work at Marsh and Baxters.

New about the Alsatians but not about the Chickens, Tell me i can´t remember his wife Floss do you know when she died ?,
Did they have any Children ?

Being my uncle apart from seeing him a couple of times a year, i knew little about him apart from,
I knew he liked a drink in the pub across the road,
He wore a carnation
He along with my dad were fishermen in Ireland
And was a bit of a boxer in his time but not very good i hear.

If you have anymore info would love to know, espically Floss´s maiden name and do i have any cousins, but don´t think i do,

Must admit your the first person i have found ho lived so close to him
 
My sister lived at 505 in the sixties with her young family. I think the last shop before the houses was Sam Saunders newsagent and general store.
 
Was Floss some years older than your uncle?

Florence Bertha White was born 5 Feb 1901 in Wigston, Leicestershire.

She married Charles Henry Ward, reg Aston Mar qtr 1922.

They had a number of children, Marjorie, June, Kenneth and Ronald, possibly more.

In 1939 they were living at 48 Alma Crescent.

Charles Henry Ward died 1942, reg Bham Sep qtr.

Florence married Timothy Flynn 1945, reg Bham Jun qtr.

No Flynn/White children listed locally.

Florence Bertha Flynn death registered Bham, Mar qtr 1980. Dob 5 Feb 1901.

Only Timothy Flynn death is Timothy Pearse Flynn, registered Bham Jun 1986. Dob 22 Jul 1918.
 
MWS said:
Was Floss some years older than your uncle?

Florence Bertha White was born 5 Feb 1901 in Wigston, Leicestershire.

She married Charles Henry Ward, reg Aston Mar qtr 1922.

They had a number of children, Marjorie, June, Kenneth and Ronald, possibly more.

In 1939 they were living at 48 Alma Crescent.

Charles Henry Ward died 1942, reg Bham Sep qtr.

Florence married Timothy Flynn 1945, reg Bham Jun qtr.

No Flynn/White children listed locally.

Florence Bertha Flynn death registered Bham, Mar qtr 1980. Dob 5 Feb 1901.

Only Timothy Flynn death is Timothy Pearse Flynn, registered Bham Jun 1986. Dob 22 Jul 1918.
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Thank you for this , i must admit i have had a problem finding Florence´s parents, never gave it a thought she was married before, think i will get her Marriage and Death Certificates, reason being can never remember her and in 1980 being inmy 20´s and Tim dying 6 years later , but thanks for the info
 
I remember going to that dentist when I was a child. What a terrible experience. I remember it well - that big old leather chair, the gas mask, the blood. I lived in Ash Road so Mom and I could walk, but I never went there again, I put up with tooth ache until I was 16 years old and found a really good dentist by the Pelham. So different today though, my dentist is a very kind, gentle man.

I eventually went to the School Clinic in Sheep Street (there is another thread somewhere). It was just as bad as the denting is Bowyer Road!
 
suemalings said:
I remember going to that dentist when I was a child. What a terrible experience. I remember it well - that big old leather chair, the gas mask, the blood. I lived in Ash Road so Mom and I could walk, but I never went there again, I put up with tooth ache until I was 16 years old and found a really good dentist by the Pelham. So different today though, my dentist is a very kind, gentle man.

I eventually went to the School Clinic in Sheep Street (there is another thread somewhere). It was just as bad as the denting is Bowyer Road!
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I am sure most here can tell the same story, bad memories for me.
 
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Ho. The dread of the dentist when we were kids. The two dentists in Bowyer Road were just a few doors up from the Rock Pub one was Kings can't remember the other.
 
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