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TOPSYTURVEY said:
They were quite popular shops in the 60s Max. It was a good job it was you and your mate passing when the rail of trousers were left outside. A Good many lads would have thought Xmas had come early.
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You know i have regretted it ever since lol
 
yes topsy they were all one family rene was arthurs wife, lilly hatten was freddies wife, freddie worked in the cutting shop with dereck freddie was a charge hand there and christine was there daughter, small blond girl worked in vic hipkiss shop, i have christine here with me now she said what year did yu work there
 
LINDEV, Sorry late getting back to you. I Worked in the Warehouse 1968/9. Most of my inlaws worked in different Dept. MY Hubby was in polishing shop along with a couple of brothers,The foreman then was Tommy Mortiboys.Infact there were about 8/9 members of family who worked there for years.I only stayed about 12 mnths.
 
Hi Topsy, well christine knew Tommy Mortiboys, caould you send me a private message with your inlaws surname, i bet she knows then and i bet i know them
 
great pics max...i have not seen that shot of the sally army its just how it was when i used to attend...

cheers..

lyn
 
hi topsy...its coming up invalid pic i wonder if you could try it again please...

cheers...


lyn
 
well done topsy..thats a cracking pic and im just racking my brains here trying to work out exactly at what part of lozells road it was taken...

lyn
 
Astoness said:
great pics max...i have not seen that shot of the sally army its just how it was when i used to attend...

cheers..

lyn
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ASTONESS Max & Moss posted a photo about 10 months ago one while it was being restored you also posted something on the Salvation Army thread 12 months before
 
Alf said:
ASTONESS Max & Moss posted a photo about 10 months ago one while it was being restored you also posted something on the Salvation Army thread 12 months before
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I think that they are different photographs of different eras . The more photos the merrier Max
 
max..i think you could be right about the location of topsys pic..maybe just a tad further down...im sure those buidings are still there...if im right one of them has been a dentists for donkeys years...

lyn
 
A cracking Photograph of Villa Rd circa 1930. The right side of photo shows the shop of W. Arthur Ford, which according to Kelly's 1932 was 94-96 Villa rd which is just after Hunters Rd. Max
 
Old post card showing Lozells Rd looking up from Gower St school ( on the Left )towards St Pauls church on the right .
Max
 
What lovely pictures Maxwell: If only it was like that now.My Mom lived opp Gower st school at the top of Chain Walk in a Warden Control complex for a while .Then my sister and mom was mugged going to Bingo on a Saturday afternoon. After living in the surrounding areas all their lives when nearly everyone knew everyone they both had to move away.Sadly my Mom and Sis are no longer with us.View attachment 60004
 
brillient postcards max....and i would say you are smack on with the location of the villa rd one...it would be just after hunters road....

lyn
 
TOPSYTURVEY said:
What lovely pictures Maxwell: If only it was like that now.My Mom lived opp Gower st school at the top of Chain Walk in a Warden Control complex for a while .Then my sister and mom was mugged going to Bingo on a Saturday afternoon. After living in the surrounding areas all their lives when nearly everyone knew everyone they both had to move away.Sadly my Mom and Sis are no longer with us.View attachment 60004
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I cant say what i think love,,,,, I do hope they copped the mongrels that did it. Max
 
topsy that cutting makes very sad reading indeed and i agree with you that if only the place looked like that now...im also so sorry that you no longer have your mom and sister with you...

take care..

lyn
 
Here is another great Postcard of Villa Rd. Just before Hunters rd . I never knew that on the corner of Villa Rd and Hunters rd there had been a pub !!!! which can be seen in the post card, ( it was on the site of what was in my day Willets the green grocers ).

I have been able to find the name of this now long gone pub, it was The Goulebourne Arms in 1932 kelly's. Max
 
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