This is on the corner of Ladypool and Church Road. I bet if we removed the more modern plastic signs of today on most shops like these we'd reveal an earlier traders name lurking beneath. Viv.
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Ghost signs of Birmingham
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This was at 570 Coventry Road in 2021. A good example of the many possibilities hiding (and protected?) beneath modern shop signs. I expect the less elaborate the modern sign covering it (eg no neon lighting, wires, new carpentry to original sign etc) the more likely the sign is to be found underneath and intact. Viv.
pjmburns
master brummie
pjmburns
master brummie
I think the original sign might be F Allen. The sign looks 3D not flat. It is actually 428 Ladypool Road.
Listed in phone book
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Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
Walk past that every day Froth on my way for a coffee. There are more further up the road near Oxford Street. Enjoy your stay, lots to see and do here. Sorry off topic. Viv
A lovely little plaque. And unusual.
Is was covered over when it was Eden - has probably helped to preserve it.
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Viv
Is was covered over when it was Eden - has probably helped to preserve it.
Eden, Hurst Street (formerly The White Swan)
I recently took photos on Sherlock Street of a pub now called Eden. Formerly it was The White Swan. Believe it is a gay pub now (being that the area is now the Gay Quarter). Eden, 116 Sherlock Street (formerly The White Swan) by ell brown, on Flickr Sherlock Street facade Eden, 116 Sherlock...
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It seems the plaque isn't very, very old. In this photo the building doesn't have one. All the same a nice feature. Viv.
DavidGrain
master brummie
I think so as the telegraph pole almost covers the second window.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
See also Post in thread 'Then & Now' for another past picture and present day.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/then-now.44065/post-797652
Didn't think of that ! Viv
Radiorails
master brummie
There are no obvious telephone poles in the photo with the tram - post 1569 - they are more likely tram standard poles.
The date of the photo is post WW2 I believe and would be before October 1949 when the trams to Cannon Hill (39) and Moseley Road (41) ceased running.
The date of the photo is post WW2 I believe and would be before October 1949 when the trams to Cannon Hill (39) and Moseley Road (41) ceased running.
Stokkie
master brummie
Yes, I used the pub {the Sacks of Potatoes opposite} as a student in the late 1970s and it was much clearer then. Either that or my eyes were more acute!
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pjmburns
master brummie
They seem to have used the "squirrel" later used by Ansells
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A Sparks
master brummie
Yes, it was an Ansells pub at some point.They seem to have used the "squirrel" later used by Ansells
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This is at the junction of Constitution Hill and Northwood Street. On the Northwood Street side I think it reads 'Wines and Spirits'. Above the White Horse Cellars sign I think it says 'Of'. But the words on the Constitution Hill side I'm unable to decipher. Viv.
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I agree Janice. Viv
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Bond might be a person's name or a reference to bonded warehousing. I say that because theres the 'Of' to condsider. So far its possibly :
' .. and bond of wines and spirits' Viv
' .. and bond of wines and spirits' Viv
brummy-lad
master brummie
Perhaps ??????? Bond of Wines and Spirits