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Eric Gibson said:
We had a Dr Dougherty or similar (may be spelled differently) at the surgery corner of Dyas Road and Old Oscott Lane. A tall Scotsman.
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You were quite right to question the spelling Eric. It was Doherty not Dougherty. I have just found some information on the Birmingham Forum. Dr Doherty moved into 169 Old Oscott Lane, when Dr Fletcher retired in the fifties, before emigrating to Canada in 1966. The practice had two surgeries, Old Oscott Lane and Kingstanding Road. I house sat for the Dohertys at Old Oscott Lane when they went out, (fielding the telephone calls), but I couldn't remember where it was. No doctors lived at Kingstanding Road - they used the ground floor as a surgery and waiting room. We lived in the rest of the house for one or two years and my mother acted as housekeeper, telephonist, receptionist and general dogsbody.
 
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He was our doctor until he moved to Canada, a very nice man and a damned good doctor, he had cause to deal with my wife a few times, she was a bit accident prone, he stitched her leg when she dropped a glass panel and it sliced into it. He also attended our house when she had a fit whilst pregnant with our second child.
The docs who took over were the McMinns, husband and wife, they were customers of mine when I worked at Brooklyn Garage.
 
Eric Gibson said:
He was our doctor until he moved to Canada, a very nice man and a damned good doctor, he had cause to deal with my wife a few times, she was a bit accident prone, he stitched her leg when she dropped a glass panel and it sliced into it. He also attended our house when she had a fit whilst pregnant with our second child.
The docs who took over were the McMinns, husband and wife, they were customers of mine when I worked at Brooklyn Garage.
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He was good Eric; too good! As I said, he was ex RAF and if he gave you an injection he threw it like a dart but without letting go. He was bombarded with free samples from reps and when I went in complaining of a cold he gave me three injections, ( one a day), that the rep had asked him to try out. I stood hand on hip waiting for the first one not realising that he'd already done it; completely painless. Same with the second one. Being an idiot of a teenager and full of bravado I said to him, "Bet you can't get it in the same hole." "Want to bet", he said and flicked it to within an eighth of an inch of the previous one. I remember him trying not to smirk, as I tried not to scream, and saying,"That'll teach you not to open your mouth." That said, they were a really nice family - I wonder where they went in Canada? I'm glad you and your wife had good experiences with him.
 
Eric Gibson said:
He was our doctor until he moved to Canada, a very nice man and a damned good doctor, he had cause to deal with my wife a few times, she was a bit accident prone, he stitched her leg when she dropped a glass panel and it sliced into it. He also attended our house when she had a fit whilst pregnant with our second child.
The docs who took over were the McMinns, husband and wife, they were customers of mine when I worked at Brooklyn Garage.
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hello eric...what years were you at brooklyn garage

lyn
 
Eric Gibson said:
He was our doctor until he moved to Canada, a very nice man and a damned good doctor, he had cause to deal with my wife a few times, she was a bit accident prone, he stitched her leg when she dropped a glass panel and it sliced into it. He also attended our house when she had a fit whilst pregnant with our second child.
The docs who took over were the McMinns, husband and wife, they were customers of mine when I worked at Brooklyn Garage.
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Hello Eric

You didn't by any chance know David Burrows (spelling) or his Brother when you worked at Brooklyn garage, I went to School with David.
 
nickcc101 said:
Hello Eric

You didn't by any chance know David Burrows (spelling) or his Brother when you worked at Brooklyn garage, I went to School with David.
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Not a name I remember, there were brothers David and Bernard (the foreman) but their surname wasn't Burrows and you've now got me scratching my head to remember what it was. :(
 
Astoness said:
hi eric my ex hubby was a self employed mechanic and always used brooklyn garage to get the MOT certs..

lyn
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If that was when I was there it might have been me doing the tests, I was a tester right from the start of the MOT.
I've remembered the brothers' name it was Lee, Bernard and David Lee.
 
i eric well if he was going there in 65 you would most likely have met him..he was certainly using that garage when we married in 72 and up until 78 because i would go with him sometimes...actually eric i feel we are like ships that pass in the night:D because didnt you work at watsons garage in villa st.i lived in villa st but not sure if it was the same time as you were there..58 to 72 for me..small world

lyn
 
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I worked at Watsons from 1950 until 1960 when I moved to Brooklyn but from 53 to 55 I was doing my national service as a REME mechanic, mostly in Egypt.
 
well in that case eric we were both in the street at the same time..actually i have a question to ask you but i will put it on the villa st thread like i dont go off topic:D
 
I need a little help, the problem being I don't know if I need help from someone who lives or lived local to Perry Common Road or a photographer. I have a photo of numbers 1-3-5-7 Perry Common Road on the corner of Turfpits Lane (or so I think). The problem being it does not match what is there today. You will have to compare the two attached images to see what I mean, what I need to know is can an image be flipped and not affect any signwriting on the image? The other question must be is it another location with similar buildings? Any ideas?

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looks the same to me phil....ive got a photo somewhere that was flipped without affecting the writing took me a while to get my bearings..very confusing unless you know..

lyn
 
I don't think you can flip photos like that, it does make the signwriting the wrong way round.
I think what you have there is round the corner i.e. two sides round the corner from each other but because of the way the photos have been taken the white corner building which should be on the left in photo one isn't shown, hidden by the tree.
 
Phil
Don't see how it can flip without affecting the lettering . Tried it to make sure and got reverse lettering. Could it be that the old one was the shops round the corner from the new one, in turfpits Lane. This would fit, allowing for time a while ago, in particular because of small thin window, to the left of centre

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If you use Google Maps and streetview, you will find that the Ash News part, with the tree to the left is in Turfpits Lane and the other, almost mirror image is adjoined to this, but is in Perry Common Road. It is, in effect, one 'L' shaped building!

(The monochrome view is 2,4,6 Turfpits Lane).
 
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There you are Curley you've solved it, it's just another mislabelled photo. As the b & w image was snapped in 1964 I took a look in the directory and the names match.

Turfpits Lane

2 B. & D. Butchers of Birmingham


4 Woolgar P. J. fruitr

6 Lane H. V. hairdrssr


So thanks for your help all.
 
As a kid, I was a regular customer of Lane the barber. There were three guys working there, all of ascending age. They may have been related.

Whatever hair style you asked for, Beatles cut, boston or just a trim, you always got scalped. Left with a little quiff on the top stuck down with a gallon of brillcream.

The Lanes closed the shop and all went to work at Highcroft hospital cutting hair there.
 
Live in Perry Common now, and I never have noticed the roofs when shopping there lol. The older photo's that Phil posted were very interesting and the name the Golden Cross which apparent someone posted that it was a hairdresser faced the pub opposite which was the Golden Cross I believe. Now flats.
 
Morturn, I used to go to this hairdressers (with my brother - I had long hair!). We used to go on our way to Nan's in Knightwick Crescent in the 1950's. Don't remember much about it though except that he had the standard haircut you mention. I suppose these shops were built on the site of the the old Golden Cross when all the housing estates were under construction. In the 1930's would it be?
 
Pen, I think so, I do recall my granddad saying that the Golden Cross pub was on that side of the road.
 
mauricesellars said:
Re: kingstanding photo links

oldMohawk thanks for the links you are teaching me a lot. behind Danesbury cres/Hurlingham road corner was a hill called The Pimple it was also called The Ash Hill there were no ash trees on it, was it a dump at some time? Moss
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I realise this post was a long time ago - I am very new to this forum but lived in Balham Grove from late 50's - to early 60's and remember playing on "the pimple" with my brother Alec and local children building dens and trying to sled or drive bogey down the slopes - names I remember from Balham Grove were the Kay family - grocers, the Meredith and Taylor falies - does anyone remember any of them?
 
My friend from Balham Grove was Donald Baugh, he left school at the same time as me March 1950, not sure of the spelling of his surname.
 
My brother would remember all of them - I'll get him to respond - mind you - you do say late 50's - we moved from 123 Hurlingham (next to the Lotes) in the early 50's. He's still able to quote almost all the neighbours on both sides - 70yrs on.
 
We lived at 82 Hurlingham Road, my brother's mate lived somewhere near you, he was Dave Ford, actually lives near me now here in the Forest of Dean, he came down to visit, met and married the local milkman's daughter
 
Thank you all for responding - we moved to Balham Grove around 56-57 - I was around 7-8 at the time, my brother Alec about 10 and a younger sister Frances about 5 - our mother, Flo was Welsh and our father mostly conspicuous by his absence - it is fair to say that we were a struggling single parent family at the time but had good neighbours in the Kay family - no. 22 I think and the Meredith family - Frances and I attended the local primary and Alec soon progressed to the local secondary, although, by his own admission, he wasn't a regular attender- in 1959, I passed the 11+ and went to Great Barr school until we were forced to leave the Grove somewhat unceremoniously around 1960 or 61 when we were evicted for non payment of rent- my father having failed to pay maintenance and mum struggling to manage- our furniture and belongings dumped in the rain in the back garden- I am sure that people in the neighbourhood became aware of it at the time and may remember us for that reason - not all bad memories though - abiding memories of the kindness and support shown to us by some neighbours throughout our time there- especially the Kay family - I believe their son may have been called Derek and there was a daughter Pauline who also had a young child called Pauline- I don't recall any of the names you have mentioed but will ask Alec- he would be thrilled to be remebered- hopefully for good reasons!- once again, thank you for responding and for the memories
 
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