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Dave Abbotts
proper brummie kid
Hello Lyn thank you for taking the time to look. Think your right where you think the shop would be. It was next one up from the corner flooring shop, at least I think I remember it being a flooring shop. That must be Perrin's newsagent with the awning? Thanks again
well dave blooms was at the corner with guest st so here are 2 more first one is dated 1961 second one dated 1954 as you can see in 54 the corner shop at no 124 was a cycle shop..if you click on the photos they will enlarge then click on the plus sign at the top right and they enlarge even more
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Dave Abbotts
proper brummie kid
Thanks again Lyn, I remember the corner cycle shop. I think we moved from Hockley to Aberdeen St Winson Green in 61 as I think most along there were getting notifications of the new flyover plan that would be changing the area landscape . Cheers Dave
happy to help dave and yes you would not recognise the area now..i used to walk up hockley hill from villa st in 1971 as i worked in vyse st but by then the new flyover was in place and all of the old hockley hill we see in the photos on this thread had gone..have you seen our aberdeen street thread i posted loads of old photos of the houses on it some years ago ? never know your house could be there..what number did you live at
lyn
lyn
Dave Abbotts
proper brummie kid
From the photos I’ve seen of the redevelopment, it is now, very, very different from how I remember the area.
We moved to 1Aberdeen St which was in a previous life an off licence/ pub? Mom set it up as a Herbal store for a a couple of years before moving back up to Stoke for the family business. I remember seeing 101 Dalmatian’s at Villa Cross! I moved back down to Brum for tertiary education in the 70’s flatting in Handsworth, Erdington ending up in Balshall Heath before graduating.I would be very interested in looking up the Aberdeen street thread, could you let me have the link? By the way, are you in UK ?if so you must be up very early regarding your first response, I’m now in NZ. Thanks for all your help. Dave
hi dave went to the villa cross many times..yes still in birmingham but not a good sleeper so you will often find me posting in the middle of the night 
..below is a link to a great map site...if you move the blue dot to the left the map fades out to show you what is there now..as you will see no 117 was almost at the corner with new john st west and where it was is now taken over by the duel carriageway..also below is the link to the aberdeen st thread..start reading from post 1 so that you do not miss anything..i will also check to see if we have a photo of no 1..lyn ps most of the aberdeen st photos i have posted were taken in the 1970s so maybe you would like to make a post on there
..below is a link to a great map site...if you move the blue dot to the left the map fades out to show you what is there now..as you will see no 117 was almost at the corner with new john st west and where it was is now taken over by the duel carriageway..also below is the link to the aberdeen st thread..start reading from post 1 so that you do not miss anything..i will also check to see if we have a photo of no 1..lyn ps most of the aberdeen st photos i have posted were taken in the 1970s so maybe you would like to make a post on there
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Mark Tooze
master brummie
Terrific photos Lyn!!!!!
Dave Abbotts
proper brummie kid
Hi Lyn, many thanks for sending those links through, much appreciated.
Thinking back, family must have moved up to Stoke in late 62 early 63 as I remember the bad winter of 62 back in Winston Green. Cheers Dave
Thinking back, family must have moved up to Stoke in late 62 early 63 as I remember the bad winter of 62 back in Winston Green. Cheers Dave
i also remember that winter dave...we were in villa st ...great fun for us kids but for our parents it must have been a very difficult time as supplies of food and coal were short..we still went to school though wrapped up in our coats and scarfs..no easy days off back then
lyn
Dave Abbotts
proper brummie kid
Dead right there Lyn, that’s when the knitted balaclavas and duffle coats came in handy
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thank you lyn
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
thanks mike i guessed it was large house...john vinrace is the person i am researching..the odd thing is that he also lived at bromford house at 6 ways aston and when that house went (most likely due to a fire) a bank was built on its ground..the same thing happened to his house at hockley hill...a bank was built on its ground..i wonder if the same bank built on both spaces...think it was a lloyds bank on the corner of wells st it was mom and dads bank for years...do not know what bank was on the corner of lozells road and birchfield road..st view here of where no 175 once stood..
lyn
The Street view shows 175 Hockley Hill, built in 1892…
(The Builder)
