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Church Road, Yardley.

Brilliant photo many memories. Use to get my haircut at Billy Hadens barbers shop top of Church Rd across from the Yum YUM Hardings? bakery. Free warm bread with best Danish butter. I can smell that now. Snogged a few birds in the back of the Tivoli. Pathe news and Flash Gordon my favs
 
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Great pic, lots of memories, most before my time. Remind me, was that Church Rd or Harvey Rd? What was on the corner of Church Rd/Harvey Rd and Coventry Rd? Looks like shops.
 
sheldontony said:
Great pic, lots of memories, most before my time. Remind me, was that Church Rd or Harvey Rd? What was on the corner of Church Rd/Harvey Rd and Coventry Rd? Looks like shops.
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Aerial shot shows Church Rd/Coventry Rd looking away from the Swan roundabout towards Yardley, Sheldon to the right. Harvey Rd was towards the Yew Tree. Church Rd school was(is?) on the corner of Harvey Rd/Church Rd by where the dual carriage way started and across the road from the entrance to Henry Rd School playing fields.
 
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Thanks Jim, it all falls into place. When younger my favorite shop was on Church Rd near Swan Island, the model shop. I spent hours looking in there.
 
Same view again as #169 & #175 on a Birmingham Library postcard 1934. Shows Hardings Royal Steam Bakery & a sign saying Site of proposed Residential flats & lock up shops.
 

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Smashing pics, Hardings Royal STEAM?? Bakery. Can not remember it called STEAM, but always smoke around there. Loved the HOT slice of bread you could get from them. Got my hair cut across the street at Billy Haden's barber shop he always had CONDOMS there, I was to embarrassed to ask about them!!!
 
4th picture the bottom of my road, Homecroft road. Lived there for 20 years in the house with the tunnel to the allotments under it.
 
devonjim said:
I remember that in 1940's the "School Board Man" who called to our homes to check on unauthorised absence from school lived at the top of Moat Lane. Are you aware that one of the pre-fabs from there is now one of the historical buildings in the Avoncroft Museum in Bromsgrove.
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I remember Mr Blythe, the school board man. He was a regular visitor at our house in the mid fifties. His wife was one of my teachers at Church Road School
 
kgorton said:
4th picture the bottom of my road, Homecroft road. Lived there for 20 years in the house with the tunnel to the allotments under it.
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I'm sure that an old teacher of mine lived in Homecroft Road by the name of Sydney Madge. I wonder if you knew him?
 
Wasn't there a Beckets dry cleaners right at the far right in that photo, where the parade turns into Church Road. I remember my mum using them in the middle 50s.
I was only about 6 so if this is correct I haven't a clue why I would remember this.
 
jmadone said:
I'm sure that an old teacher of mine lived in Homecroft Road by the name of Sydney Madge. I wonder if you knew him?
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Hi,

I remember seeing Syd Madge several times in the Ring O' Bells pub, in the late 50's early 60's.
so I guess he lived locally.
I too remember him as a teacher, but I don't think we ever gave him the chance to teach us much!

Kind regards
Dave
 
The Coventry Rd - Church Rd junction was a popular place for photographers and this adds to photos already in the thread in #169, #172, and #182 but all taken at different dates. A smart carriage has stopped outside Harris's Drapery and just visible over the roof tops is Hardings Bakery.
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Billy Haden cut my hair at his shop in the 1950s on Church rd before Cov Rd Remember he had condom's hanging up!
 
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The Coventry Rd - Church Rd junction was a popular place for photographers and this adds to photos already in the thread in #169, #172, and #182 but all taken at different dates. A smart carriage has stopped outside Harris's Drapery and just visible over the roof tops is Hardings Bakery.
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A girl I was at school with used to live in that corner shop in the late 50s/early 60s. Her mother owned the shop then (a haberdashery) Their name was Hutchins. At that time the shop next door was a handbag shop and then the baker.
 
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I have just been speaking to mother-in-law (who used to have the newsagents at 212 Church Road). She still lives in Yardley near the Yew Tree.

I lived at 3 Wroxton for just three years in 1977 - 80. MIL still keeps in touch with David Ward, he lived at 37 Wroxton not number 3. She knew the Horsley family quite well who lived at number 1 Wroxton. (Barbara lived next door to us). She also knew Mr. Hope who was the barber. In fact I don't think there is anyone or anything that Margaret can't tell you about Yardley!!
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I used to go to Dawkins newsagent regularly. My scooter was nicked from outside when I was about 11 years old. When I went recently to pay the papers for my MIL (who still lives in St Edburghs Road) the young man in there showed me a lovely photo of Mrs Dawkins standing at the bus stop outside the shop. I remember Mrs Ward and David. I used to see her in Miss Henn's shop, halfway along Wroxton Road. The Dawkin's SIL (Roy, I think) painted me a lovely picture of Yardley Church and the Trust School.
 
Does anyone else remember the record shop that was on the left, just up from Harvey Rd towards the Swan. And also the travel agent that was on the right just before the Swan. Would have been between 1950-1970ish!
 
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Does anyone else remember the record shop that was on the left, just up from Harvey Rd towards the Swan. And also the travel agent that was on the right just before the Swan. Would have been between 1950-1970ish!
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I remember a record shop in that vicinity. A lad from my class at school. Bob McCurry I think his name was, lived there with his family. I remember buying a couple of records from there, "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge and "Concrete & Clay" by Unit 4 + 2. Strange how you remember these things.
 
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