Lozells Road, Shops, Pubs, Businesses etc

[Mark Tooze]

Not my photos but they do show Wastells:-

 

[Lloyd]

'Salads in Season' - how different to today when anything and everything is available pretty much all year round.

Was going to say the very same thing!

 

[Richard Dye]

Had to smile when I saw this for sale - who'd have thought back then that such things would have value today ? Might bring back some memories for those who went shopping on Lozells Road, and of Wastells shop(s) in particular. The address suggests they occupied multiple premises (#49 and #51 presumably adjoining ?). Quite a presence on Lozells Road.

'Salads in Season' - how different to today when anything and everything is available pretty much all year round.

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I remember those……on a rainy day with too much stuff in the bag, they could be big trouble. I think we paid 4d for them so we always seemed to want to fill them up as much as possible!

 

[Astoness]

wastells would have been round about here

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[Donbogen]

I remember those……on a rainy day with too much stuff in the bag, they could be big trouble. I think we paid 4d for them so we always seemed to want to fill them up as much as possible!

Yes big trouble if you put bag on pavement at bus stop on a rainy day
Iv got the T shirt

 

[Brian s]

Hi

Wow!!! Yes you had to buy that, I bet it was more than a penny though. A, don't put it down on a wet pavement bag. That is one of the later ones with string handles the earlier ones had rolled flattened paper handle they were more comfortable on your hands but didn't fair too well in the rain as the water ran down off your sleeve.

The previous post mentions the Villa Cross cinema. how many remember the Saturday morning kids films with the usual sing along..."We come along on Saturday morning greeting everybody with a smile". with the music and the word on the screen with the ball bouncing from word to word. The boos and cheers with the villain or hero, and the massive cheer that went up when the film broke or stopped in the projector and melted.

I think it was tupence or sixpence to go in but you could leave the queue pop to the loo on the right of the foyer then out the loo and straight into the theatre..

Bran

 

[Richard Dye]

Yes big trouble if you put bag on pavement at bus stop on a rainy day
Iv got the T shirt

OMG, seems I did that more than once!

 

[Richard Dye]

Hi

Wow!!! Yes you had to buy that, I bet it was more than a penny though. A, don't put it down on a wet pavement bag. That is one of the later ones with string handles the earlier ones had rolled flattened paper handle they were more comfortable on your hands but didn't fair too well in the rain as the water ran down off your sleeve.

The previous post mentions the Villa Cross cinema. how many remember the Saturday morning kids films with the usual sing along..."We come along on Saturday morning greeting everybody with a smile". with the music and the word on the screen with the ball bouncing from word to word. The boos and cheers with the villain or hero, and the massive cheer that went up when the film broke or stopped in the projector and melted.

I think it was tupence or sixpence to go in but you could leave the queue pop to the loo on the right of the foyer then out the loo and straight into the theatre..

Bran

Yes, paid 4 pence for that!
And for sure at the Villa Cross every Saturday morning….
I took a younger cousin when I was a16 and the talking continued for the whole 2 hours. The younger kids never stopped!