hi barrie
I most certainly remember mr and mrs bateman and the old lady whom you are talking about very well indeed
the old lady i thought was the grand mother whom was in the last shop ajoing the other two shops they had three shops in a line and she was in the third one and yes she was an old hard lady to bargain with and her prices was exstortionate she always sat in view of the shop in the back room
in an arm chair whatching for kids to come in ; i am trying to think of there sons name he was a friend ofmy brothers and myself we all went to ickneild street
and in the same class for years even thou we was good friends the old lady still charged me twenty five bob ; for a bike i bought off her ;
mind you his dad was the same but there again they had to make a living didn,t they ; i don,nt ever record them painting any of there shops in them daysfor donkeys years the out side paint was blissered and peeling in dirty paint ;
still they was great years of living down there in that area ; holme,s was the other shop of second hand furtiture next to the gate just up from there
mind you they was good clean moderen furtiture my other mate georgie betts lived up behind them up the terrace ;god kid and great fun to be
hanging arpound with a happy go lucky lad ;do you recall the airy mary chippie and her big bag of chips her daughter was an actress and photo graphs all around her shop on the wall ; lynn i wonder wheather that was the grotto pub ; that picture was taken in at that time just around the corner in camden street
i am trying to recall which pub had that bow seating in at around that time and area i can only think of the grotto; the turf at spring hill never had a bow seat
nor the the warstone ; nor the red lion ; nor any other pub up the green o dudley rd unless it was up your neck of the woods ;
are well ; lets hope one of the family of eatons step forwrd and i think oneof the eatons kids went to ickneild street as well along with he foster brothers twins
i think they had a house fire if i recall them from years ago up around the back street of camden in the big end of camden street years before they demolitioned those houses
that stood there before old bulpitts bought the land for there extention facicing there orional sight
i will say one thing this morning barrie ; and lynn; you have certainly sparked my memory bank going well this morning on the old area of lady woodand of hockley most certainly ; but i have to go ; but i will be back ; best wishes astonian;; alan ;;
