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Busby’s Bric-a-Brac

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Faye8248

proper brummie kid
My Nan ran what I believe was called Busby’s Bric-a-Brac shop in the 1940’s/1950’s in Hockley, Birmingham. She told lots of stories of her time owning and running the shop and for a long time she had the till in her kitchen that we played with growing up.

I hoped someone may know of the shop and have a photo please?
 
Faye8248 said:
My Nan ran what I believe was called Busby’s Bric-a-Brac shop in the 1940’s/1950’s in Hockley, Birmingham. She told lots of stories of her time owning and running the shop and for a long time she had the till in her kitchen that we played with growing up.

I hoped someone may know of the shop and have a photo please?
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Would you know the name of the road/street?
 
well you came to the right place faye....i know how you must feel because i feel that any photographs to do with our family history are so important to have...actually i must have passed the shop many times on the no 8 bus getting off at the library to go to spring hill rollar rink....i will double check my files and if i find anymore will post them for you

lyn
 
Astoness said:
well you came to the right place faye....i know how you must feel because i feel that any photographs to do with our family history are so important to have...actually i must have passed the shop many times on the no 8 bus getting off at the library to go to spring hill rollar rink....i will double check my files and if i find anymore will post them for you

lyn
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I would really appreciate that, thank you
 
W.E.Busby , furniture broker is listed at 267 Icknield St from the 1966 edition of Kellys, which probably refers to 1965. Before it was Henry E Bateman, furniture brokers.
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mikejee said:
W.E.Busby , furniture broker is listed at 267 Icknield St from the 1966 edition of Kellys, which probably refers to 1965. Before it was Henry E Bateman, furniture brokers.
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I remember Busby's it was a second hand shop,I remember buying a dansette record player and the lady who owned the shop allowed me to save for it by putting 10 shillings a week away untill I had enough to pay for it.I think the year was 1963/64.
 
paddy.G said:
I remember Busby's it was a second hand shop,I remember buying a dansette record player and the lady who owned the shop allowed me to save for it by putting 10 shillings a week away untill I had enough to pay for it.I think the year was 1963/64.
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Thank you for sharing that story. I’ve got a 1950’s record player in my house now and I bought that from a second hand shop.
 
mikejee said:
W.E.Busby , furniture broker is listed at 267 Icknield St from the 1966 edition of Kellys, which probably refers to 1965. Before it was Henry E Bateman, furniture brokers.
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W.E.BUSBY WAS 207 ICKNIELD STREET..they used to live at 35 hingeston street before they had the shop..
 
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