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Loved Nortons. I used to go every Saturday with my Nan. We would have lunch in the cafe upstairs before looking around. I remember the wonderful mashed potatoes and lovely toast with lots of butter....My Nan bought clothes for my sister and I from Nortons, usually matching. Loved the toy dept. Precious days............thanks for the pic...
So sad that the old buildings have been demolished. I expect they were removed for road widening etc., but it is good to look at the old photos so that we can see the streets where our grandparents and gt grandparents lived. My grandfather was born in Aston Manor, lived in Defford Road Aston when he married my grandmother and worked as a silversmith in the Jewellery Quarter. They later moved to Willes Road, Winson Green where my Dad was born in 1910.
hi carol
yes i do beleive you are correct if my memory serves correct just before the factory there was a doble knack entry
and my aunty winnie and uncle harry phelps lived with my two cousins barry and bryan phelps whom always played foot ball with the gang and the ones whom swang on that lamp post i always remember if the two lads ; my cousins was there playing i always looked across to the kids to see if they was out playing before going up the entry to knock the door we all went to ickneild st school barry and bryan was in the year above me i was in a class with the teacher called fortune [ mr ] and the head teacher was kitchener and mr urch deputy head astonian
yes i do beleive you are correct if my memory serves correct just before the factory there was a doble knack entry
and my aunty winnie and uncle harry phelps lived with my two cousins barry and bryan phelps whom always played foot ball with the gang and the ones whom swang on that lamp post i always remember if the two lads ; my cousins was there playing i always looked across to the kids to see if they was out playing before going up the entry to knock the door we all went to ickneild st school barry and bryan was in the year above me i was in a class with the teacher called fortune [ mr ] and the head teacher was kitchener and mr urch deputy head astonian
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Judy, I also used to wear those in the early 1960's, under almost anything if I remember rightly. When washed, we had to rinse them with sugar water to make them stiff again, although they never went very stiff at all. I don't remember if the wasps used to be out in force during the summer! I had a bright pink one, but I used to have to wear a straight waist slip underneath as it used to scratch my legs. I remember wearing a bright pink petticoat under a black and white glazed cotton skirt I made - gorgeous I thought it was, black and grey cherries on a white background - I am sure the pink must have shone through, but no-one ever mentioned it if it did.
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1897, Factory Road and a young lad who appears to be retrieving a ball from The Hockley Brook.
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edcartermo
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So frustrating not being able to see some of these photos due to the recent 'hacking' episode. I would love to see a photo of 32 Hockley Hill which was next to the Post Office which still stands. No 32 was the Acme Engraving Co, where I was apprenticed as a copperplate hand engraver in 1960. The buliding was demolished to make way for the underpass. Anyone able to oblige?
