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Astoness said:
not sure if this is a new one folks dated 1951..would anyone know the exact location of these shops please

lyn

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Hi, I used to work at Maison Celeste ~ shown in the picture. I worked there in 1961. The shop front was more modern than in the picture and it was a hairdressers. The shops were on the left not far past the roundabout (if its still there!) Further along on the same side was a cinema. The shops are situated just past a side road on the left. (when facing going into Birmingham) The bike shop is on the corner.
 
Barbara Tarbuck said:
Hi, I used to work at Maison Celeste ~ shown in the picture. I worked there in 1961. The shop front was more modern than in the picture and it was a hairdressers. The shops were on the left not far past the roundabout (if its still there!) Further along on the same side was a cinema. The shops are situated just past a side road on the left. (when facing going into Birmingham) The bike shop is on the corner.
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You might have cut my Mom's hair, she used to go there!
 
Loving the hair, and the coat, too, looks like Mohair. Where was the photo taken Barbara ?

The cinema would have been the Odeon at that time.
 
Hi, The photo was taken in Willenhall Memorial Park Walsall. The coat was a sort of mohair with big copper buttons. I was very proud of it. It cost £9. I will add a couple more photos to make people smile. I could become famous. I got the date wrong when I worked at Maison celeste it was 1963.
 

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Barbara Tarbuck said:
Hi, The photo was taken in Willenhall Memorial Park Walsall. The coat was a sort of mohair with big copper buttons. I was very proud of it. It cost £9. I will add a couple more photos to make people smile. I could become famous. I got the date wrong when I worked at Maison celeste it was 1963.
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lovely photos barbara and look forward to seeing more...thanks

lyn
 
Barbara Tarbuck said:
Hi, The photo was taken in Willenhall Memorial Park Walsall. The coat was a sort of mohair with big copper buttons. I was very proud of it. It cost £9. I will add a couple more photos to make people smile. I could become famous. I got the date wrong when I worked at Maison celeste it was 1963.
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i recall that style as "Curls on Top"? Again a lot of work to get that looking right
 
Barbara Tarbuck said:
Hi, The photo was taken in Willenhall Memorial Park Walsall. The coat was a sort of mohair with big copper buttons. I was very proud of it. It cost £9. I will add a couple more photos to make people smile. I could become famous. I got the date wrong when I worked at Maison celeste it was 1963.
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Wow you were very glamorous Barbara!
 
For those interested, the road to the left in Lyn's photo #932 was Broadway. This photo shows the end of the shops in Lyn's photo and those futher down Birchfield Road. It illustrates what a thriving (and elongated) shopping area Birchfield Road once was, even, as I remember it, into the 1950s and 60s. I expect the Underpass and the development of the One Stop Shopping area near Walsall Road affected many of these businesses, drawing customers to that end of Birchfield Road.

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