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High Street Birmingham

Deans was #94, going uphill to the right was #93 and to the right of which was the entrance to Swan Passage. Viv.
 
A view looking down hill on High Street posted by the late Dennis Williams on the Bull Ring thread. Think this is a later view than Pedro's post #123. Must be about late 1950s (?). Browns were at #93 but I think Dean's had gone from #94. The entrance to Swan Passage was still there to the right of Brown's.

And they were still there in Phyllis Nicklin's colour image dated 1958. Viv.

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He had a fairly short life, which wasn't unusual at the time. I wonder if Rebecca re-married, again not unusual if the were young or adolescent children in the family.
For the record older people usually know Crediton as Kirton Town. It is also the place where St. Boniface was born and St. Boniface is the patron saint of Devon.
 
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He had a fairly short life, which wasn't unusual at the time. I wonder if Rebecca re-married, again not unusual if the were young or adolescent children in the family.
For the record older people usually know Crediton as Kirton Town. It is also the place where St. Boniface was born and St. Boniface is the patron saint of Devon.
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She didn't re-marry, died in 1874, and there doesn't seem to have been any children.

She was shoe manufacturer listed on High St in 1851 but in 1861 with a sister in Devon.
 
Nearby in 1856, there was this haberdasher; Laings & Co. The building, obviously substantial, occupied numbers 33, 34, 35 and 36 High Street. Incredibly high ceilings. The hanging samples of carpet remind me of Liberty's London, where I've seen similar ways of displaying fabrics etc. The general impression is one of order and individual, personal customer service. Not a shopping trip to be rushed.

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Good old fashioned customer service it seems. Another similarity with Liberty's. Anyone who has been to Liberty's will have good memories of the place. I guess Rackhams was different, but as good for service. I bought my wife a hick necked lemon coloured long overcoat, she liked it very much and wishes she still had it but that was in 1961. From memory I think it cost £25 +.
The only humorous comment made by the sales staff was they thought we all wore tweeds in Devon. I did point out that was only on occasions such as day out on Dartmoor. :)
 
Edwards & Ball were there in directories from 1839 till 1849. Before that (1833), it was Henry Ball, at the same address. For much of that timer they shared the premises with gunmaker Westley Richards, but by 1855 richards had taken over hte whole building
 
Has anybody seen any reference to what looks like 'Levictus? Hospital, High Street, Birmingham where many families seemed to have lived in mid 1800's
 
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