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flowershopgirl
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I wonder does anyone remember the community of shops on the Lichfield Road between Victoria Road up to Ansells Brewery?
I grew up there during the 60s and remember a thriving bustling community, where ladies in headscarves pulled tight over their beehive hair dos did their shopping and their gossipping.
Across the road from us their was a clothes shop, Taylors the toyshop (who always had windmills outside in a cemetary urn) a butchers, and grocers and the junkshop. I think there was a "walkaround shop" selling household stuff and further up was Heath's china shops on either side of the methodist church.
All the shops had colourful awnings that shaded the pavements and filled with water to catch the unwary on rainy days. You dont see them any more.
This part of Aston doesn't seem to get much of a mention and yet it was always busy before the council knocked the heart out of it.
All the shopkeepers were honourary auntie and uncles to me as were many of our customers, and I would like to pay tribute to all of them. Many had very little materialistically but they were unfailingly generous to the little girl at the flowershop
I grew up there during the 60s and remember a thriving bustling community, where ladies in headscarves pulled tight over their beehive hair dos did their shopping and their gossipping.
Across the road from us their was a clothes shop, Taylors the toyshop (who always had windmills outside in a cemetary urn) a butchers, and grocers and the junkshop. I think there was a "walkaround shop" selling household stuff and further up was Heath's china shops on either side of the methodist church.
All the shops had colourful awnings that shaded the pavements and filled with water to catch the unwary on rainy days. You dont see them any more.
This part of Aston doesn't seem to get much of a mention and yet it was always busy before the council knocked the heart out of it.
All the shopkeepers were honourary auntie and uncles to me as were many of our customers, and I would like to pay tribute to all of them. Many had very little materialistically but they were unfailingly generous to the little girl at the flowershop