Hands family Green Lane

[berniew]

Could anyone tell me if there was a sweetshop / tobaconist somewhere in the block of shops 328 Green Lane owned by the Hands family in the50s or 60s thanks a lot
Bernie

 

[mikejee]

1955
No 324 Green Lane, Taylor Leslie W. confectioner
No 330 Green Lane, Cooper. Mrs. C.M.tobacconist
1962
No 324 Green Lane, Freeman, C.A.. confectioner
No 330 Green Lane, Cooper. Mrs. C.M.tobacconist

 

[ladylinda]

From Electoral Roll
1950 at 324 Green Lane Saltley
Bert E Hands,Agnes J Hands (nee Whetton)
(moved to 91 Mansfield Rd by 1960)

1950 at 500 Green Lane Saltley
Leslie Hands,Maud E Hands,(nee Crockett)
1955 at 500 Green Lane Saltley
Leslie Hands,Maud Hands,Ronald Hands,Alan Hands
1960 at 500 Green Lane Saltley
Leslie Hands,Maud Hands,

 

[Astonian]

hi ladylinda
i was just wondering whether or not could mr and mrs whetton be of the same people or of the same family that kept the sweet shop on lichfield rd aston inthe fortys and fiftys and up to about fifty five
as there was whetton sweet shop and selling penny lemonades and fizzy out of a little old fashiponion machine
i used to get my american gums and pinapple rock sweets from them ;
best wishes alan astonian;;

 

[G G Jean]

Alan I used to work with a Johnny Whetton in the sixties?. Sumlock Comptometer. He was engaged to Carol White. Jean.

 

[mikejee]

Have seen the photo below attributed as bing a shop run by Hands at 324 Green Lane. It is true that a Bert Hands is listed in Kellys for 1949 and 1950 as being a shopkeeper there. But the photo shows a shop run by R(?) M.Hands, and is a Grocers. Grocers are normally listed as such, not as shopkeeper. The lettering on the efascia looks quite old (>10 years), and the shop certainly appears to be on a corner, whereas the map shows that 324 is definitely not on a corner.

 

[pjmburns]

Not sure if ths is relevant or not but found this reference to B E Hands 1949

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