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High Street Erdington
- Thread starter gingerjon
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Thanks I will tell her....she wondered if it was called that because you might get flea's!!
As everybody is so wonderful are there any photos of Railway Terrace off Thimble Mill Rd ( is it Aston or Nechells?)...I Googled it and a photo of the industrial unit that is there now came up!....what I would like is the old terraces that my ancestors may have lived in ...(no 33)
Frothie...any photos of the Erdington Picture House then?
Brilliant photos,all of us from Erdington never said the High Street,we were 'going along the village'
To my sister who has lived there for 60 years it will always be the village.
She works at 6 ways end and when she finishes at lunchtime she walks the length of the village and down station road.
She rarely shops in supermarkets and buys everything she needs at different shops along the village.
Our teenage entertainment was wonderful
The Palace on Saturdays,the Picture house on Wednesday and maybe a bit further away the Plaza or the Pavilion on Sundays.
The coffee bar most evenings and the Carlton on Friday.
No drugs or alcohol needed to enjoy ourselves.
To my sister who has lived there for 60 years it will always be the village.
She works at 6 ways end and when she finishes at lunchtime she walks the length of the village and down station road.
She rarely shops in supermarkets and buys everything she needs at different shops along the village.
Our teenage entertainment was wonderful
The Palace on Saturdays,the Picture house on Wednesday and maybe a bit further away the Plaza or the Pavilion on Sundays.
The coffee bar most evenings and the Carlton on Friday.
No drugs or alcohol needed to enjoy ourselves.
Thank you so much I will get it printed out for my Mum...what date do you think it is?
Were the Plaza and Pavilion in "the village"
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sjjones
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Was The Carlton Club above the shops somewhere near Hazel's Funeral Directors?
I remember seeing Pink Floyd play there in the 60's and have been told that Interstella Overdrive was recorded there, can anyone confirm that for me please?
I remember seeing Pink Floyd play there in the 60's and have been told that Interstella Overdrive was recorded there, can anyone confirm that for me please?
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
I agree with you both about the entertainment in the High Street going back several decades. In my early teens I belonged to the Youth Group at Erdington Parish called Discoverers. We met on Thursday evenings in the
Church House across the road from the church. The main room on the floor level had a stage and several plays were put on every year as well as dances. Later on my friend Margaret and I went to all the places Alberta mentioned. We always said going "Up the Village" when we went there.
The High Street has changed so much from those days in the l950's but there are still some good shops and I always enjoy the Markets on Barnabas and Wilton. It wasn't even thought of to go in the pubs along the High Street in those days at least girls didn't unless they went with their boyfriend. I only remember going to the Roebuck in later years.
When I visit I walk down the High Street from Six Ways all the way to
Station Road, down to Marsh Lane and up to Stockland Green if I feel in the mood to walk. The other route is along Gravelly Hill to Fentham Road past the old Cottage Homes and up Highcroft Road to Reservoir Road and down to Stockland Green.
Church House across the road from the church. The main room on the floor level had a stage and several plays were put on every year as well as dances. Later on my friend Margaret and I went to all the places Alberta mentioned. We always said going "Up the Village" when we went there.
The High Street has changed so much from those days in the l950's but there are still some good shops and I always enjoy the Markets on Barnabas and Wilton. It wasn't even thought of to go in the pubs along the High Street in those days at least girls didn't unless they went with their boyfriend. I only remember going to the Roebuck in later years.
When I visit I walk down the High Street from Six Ways all the way to
Station Road, down to Marsh Lane and up to Stockland Green if I feel in the mood to walk. The other route is along Gravelly Hill to Fentham Road past the old Cottage Homes and up Highcroft Road to Reservoir Road and down to Stockland Green.
Hi thanks....see the dirt on the road?...no horse droppings?...what a tidy village!....any more lovely photo's?
Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
Thanks Lyn...I was looking for photos of High St with " Taylors "in,where my Mum worked.....she was wondering whether any of the Taylor family was still alive...Michael Taylor?
Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
You don't now erdington do you Lyn. "What did Taylors do" would they be shop keepers?
Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
Not tailors but Taylors as in family name.
Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
Has I said, you don't now Erdington do you. Taylors were a departmental store
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Catkin
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The Taylors of Erdington High street or as Alberta said Erdington village came from Aston...Cat
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roystonp123
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hi
I was a member of the carlton club . it later was called the mothers club but i don,t know why .yes it was by hazels funeral you had to climb stairs to get in.Screaming lord sutch used to play there.Roystonp123
I was a member of the carlton club . it later was called the mothers club but i don,t know why .yes it was by hazels funeral you had to climb stairs to get in.Screaming lord sutch used to play there.Roystonp123
Paul Higgins
master brummie
Thanks all for the wonderful photos. Erdington was my ‘happy hunting ground’. Anybody remember the Swan, Roebuck, the old Acorn on the corner of Church Street and the big pub, sat back from Six Ways? Probably on Gravelly Hill, technically speaking. Had a club in the back room- what was it called? The Cross Keys and the pub down from there on the corner of Station Road? Memory fails me badly these days! (I might have a few places/directions wrong- I’m sure somebody will see through my memory (alcohol) haze!) And the Curry Gardens- where we all went when we were p****d and hungry!
Woolworths, opposite St Barnabas church always, from my earliest recollections had a special place for me because of its stone structure (or maybe it was just a facade?) And the old market opposite, down Barnabas road. If I remember correctly, the post office was just at the back of there. Good days, good people.
Woolworths, opposite St Barnabas church always, from my earliest recollections had a special place for me because of its stone structure (or maybe it was just a facade?) And the old market opposite, down Barnabas road. If I remember correctly, the post office was just at the back of there. Good days, good people.