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Dead right Mike.
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This one is Bristol Road in Selly Oak.
This one is Bristol Road in Selly Oak.
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1957.Bristol Road Selly Oak, travelling out of town.
Not long after 1911 the High St Selly Oak became part of Bristol Road, thus necessitating renumbering, and in the 1921 Kellys (which would refer to 1920) the chip shop was numbered 781 Bristol road, with Ernest Homan still listed there. however by the 1924 Kellys (referring to 1923) he has left. According to the electoral roll Ernest lived at 1 Frederick road , but apparently had an allotment in Harborne lane , just round the corner from his shop. Maybe he grew the potatoes for his chip shop there.
I have moved this thread to the shops section
I have moved this thread to the shops section
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
It might not be the shop in the query but there was a fish and chip shop on Bristol Road, Selly Oak, as can be seen on the right in this view looking towards Oak Tree Lane and Harborne Lane. It has been demolished and a Sainsbury's built on the site.
Bristol Road view looking south, no date but looks 1950's
Enlarged view of the Fish and Chip shop next to Talbots & Sons Cycles.
Bristol Road view looking south, no date but looks 1950's
Enlarged view of the Fish and Chip shop next to Talbots & Sons Cycles.
Radiorails
master brummie
The photos in post 3 are after July 1952 when the trams were replaced by buses. I doubt the track were ripped up intermediately so maybe it is 1953.
Sadly everything in these photos are long gone.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Hi Jimbo ... a few seen in the distance of photo in #3 survive ...
Bristol Road, Selly Oak, in 1961 looking southwest with Oak Tree Lane on the left.
Today most buildings are still there and lots more street furniture.
oldMohawk that area up until now has not been radically redeveloped, just a change of names and uses of the shops, even what they redeveloped is being redeveloped, Sainsburys for example opening their new store on the now developed old Birmingham Battery Site, which I must say looks a treat with loads of new shops.Hi Jimbo ... a few seen in the distance of photo in #3 survive ...
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
The Bristol Road, Selly Oak, near the junction with Chapel Lane. No exact date but double yellow lines were introduced in 1960 so probably a year or two after then. The road sweeper was keeping the road tidy ... just one last shovelful to put in his bin.
shoothill
shoothill
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
778 Bristol Road Selly Oak next to the Westminster Bank saw some changes as can be seen in 3 pics.
Pic 1 shows it as a small hardware shop (behind the car) without a sign. Stan Guest's furniture shop next door was also going to be changed. The car number plate might help with a date.
Pic 2 shows it named 'The Bijoll' but it has closed and what did it sell? Stan Guest's shop has become very grand with large changes. The Westminster Bank has a pile of bricks outside, maybe internal changes.
Pic 3 and Matty's Radio have taken over 778 and are advertising rental TVs which can receive BBC 2 which launched in 1964.
shoothill
Pic 1 shows it as a small hardware shop (behind the car) without a sign. Stan Guest's furniture shop next door was also going to be changed. The car number plate might help with a date.
Pic 2 shows it named 'The Bijoll' but it has closed and what did it sell? Stan Guest's shop has become very grand with large changes. The Westminster Bank has a pile of bricks outside, maybe internal changes.
Pic 3 and Matty's Radio have taken over 778 and are advertising rental TVs which can receive BBC 2 which launched in 1964.
shoothill
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Many people out and about on a 1970s sunny day in the Bristol Road, Selly Oak with the Plough & Harrow visible on the corner of Chapel Lane. The university clock tower seems to loom over the scene but it is somewhat further away than it looks. The position of the traffic lights in the foreground suggest that the photo was taken from the corner of Oak Tree Lane.
A Google street view from almost the same spot shows the clock tower looking further away. Since the date of the old photo a supermarket had been built on the left but the supermarket relocated and the building is disused. The site could eventually house a block of student flats.
Have a scroll around with streetview using your mouse ...
A Google street view from almost the same spot shows the clock tower looking further away. Since the date of the old photo a supermarket had been built on the left but the supermarket relocated and the building is disused. The site could eventually house a block of student flats.
Have a scroll around with streetview using your mouse ...
David Brewer
proper brummie kid
In 1977 a model shop called Roundhouse Models opened on Bristol Road Selly Oak owned by Geoff Greenfield and David Brewer . It only sold trains. In 1978 David decided his future was making his own business and the partnership was dissolved. The two remained friends and Roundhouse Models was eventually sold on to another owner bit soon failed . Dave Brewer went on to found Tower Models in Blackpool which became a major player in 0 gauge model railways. Dave retired in 2018 but the company is still going strong .
Rednal Paul
New Member
Welcome Paul and thanks for posting. Two very good views. If you have others you'd like to share I know members would be interested. Do you still have the camera ?!
Viv
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Rednal Paul
New Member
Cheers Viv. No, I'm afraid the camera (a 21st birthday present) ceased to function in 1984. It was replaced by a Practika, purchased with the proceeds from the sale of a radio which I won on Dave Lee Travis's snooker quiz on his radio show. This did rather better, packing up just after a solar eclipse I witnessed in Libya in 2006.
Well, you did ask!
Well, you did ask!
Bristol Road at Selly Oak railway bridge compared with today.
Selly Oak Radio supplies were at 652 Bristol Road, by the Selly Oak Institute. Due to the mention of television on the newer painted signage and the car down the road, I think the photo must be 1950s or possibly early 1960s. It was then listed as A1 Radio Ltd in directories. the buidling remains, but is now a private house https://maps.app.goo.gl/WoPJradP9exR2P4W9
Walter Nash's confectionery shop in 1907 at what was then called High Street, Selly Oak, shortly after altered to Bristol Road, Selly Oak. In fact he then had two shops at 127 and 195 High Street.
Shortly after this the shops were taken over by Archibald Nash. 127 became 626 Bristol road, and , in a very modified form is still there as Dr
Shawarma'
The other shop at 195 became no 732 Bristol Road, the other side of the railway bridge, and is no longer there. This shop left the Nash empire around the same time Archibald took over . There is no way of telling which shop was in this photo
Shortly after this the shops were taken over by Archibald Nash. 127 became 626 Bristol road, and , in a very modified form is still there as Dr
Shawarma'
The other shop at 195 became no 732 Bristol Road, the other side of the railway bridge, and is no longer there. This shop left the Nash empire around the same time Archibald took over . There is no way of telling which shop was in this photo
paul stacey
master brummie
My old stomping ground, would be nice to know, where exactly it was, on the Bristol Road!!