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OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

SteveBhx said:
This picture is described as looking down Sladefield Road , I have two versions, one a lot darker but fuller image with legs on the children or this lighter image - neither are amazing but I think this offers the better view down the road, lads have white collars and the girls have full dresses, A full set of blinds protecting the goods in the shops

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This is possibly Highfield Road rather than Sladefield Road.

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This photograph came up in my FB feed, it's Jasper Carrot and Bev Bevan holding a photograph of Birmingham showing the building which was originally in the space behind them.
It looks familiar but I can't just place where in the city centre it is, maybe just off Smallbrook Ringway - does anyone know?!
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A Sparks said:
This photograph came up in my FB feed, it's Jasper Carrot and Bev Bevan holding a photograph of Birmingham showing the building which was originally in the space behind them.
It looks familiar but I can't just place where in the city centre it is, maybe just off Smallbrook Ringway - does anyone know?!
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This was taken in Albert Street - It is now where the new Tram line comes down to Moor Street - This photo is show that it is leading up to Dale End.
 
Hi all, does anyone remember the ladies gown shop on the corner of Livery street and Colmore row, it was my wife’s grandmother’s shop possibly called Raymar or something similar , I think it was in the late 1950s / 1960s . Any memories would be greatly appreciated
Thanks Pete
 
Pete Elliott said:
Hi all, does anyone remember the ladies gown shop on the corner of Livery street and Colmore row, it was my wife’s grandmother’s shop possibly called Raymar or something similar , I think it was in the late 1950s / 1960s . Any memories would be greatly appreciated
Thanks Pete
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hi pete maybe someone can look in the directories for you...i will see if i can find a photo and post if i can but looking at the map that corner of livery st and colmore row has gone and is now part of snow hill station

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Astoness said:
hi pete maybe someone can look in the directories for you...i will see if i can find a photo and post if i can but looking at the map that corner of livery st and colmore row has gone and is now part of snow hill station

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Thank you Lyn for your prompt reply, I think that looking on the street view map there is a large building, possibly a bank on the corner of livery street looking down from colmore row and snow hill station is on the opposite corner , hopefully someone will have photos of the area back in the day , thanks again
Pete
 
Astoness said:
hi pete this is the overlay map i was looking at...you can see the corner of livery st and colmore row...if you slide the blue dot to the left the map fades out and it will show you what is there now...pretty sure its snow hill station unless the shop was on the other corner..not sure..lyn

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Thanks Lyn, I’ve looked at line drawing of map and the shop would have been one of the sections on the left hand corner between section 11 to 3
 
Pete Elliott said:
Hi all, does anyone remember the ladies gown shop on the corner of Livery street and Colmore row, it was my wife’s grandmother’s shop possibly called Raymar or something similar , I think it was in the late 1950s / 1960s . Any memories would be greatly appreciated
Thanks Pete
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I remember what I suspect to have been the same shop premises right on that corner, but a little later around '64/5/6 and by then a Gentleman's Outfitter from where I bought some trousers that I noticed on a display model in the window one lunchtime. They turned out to be too long, but I was promised that they would be altered for me by the end of the afternoon. I worked in an office further back up Colmore Row, and when I picked them up they were ready and fitted perfectly!

I know this doesn't directly address your query, but my imagination came up with the thought that for one reason or another perhaps the shop might have remained in the same family but moved over to a Men's shop a little time after, in the hands of another family member who was the man who measured/served me.

Although I haven't even thought about that shop at all in the sixty-ish years since then, I think that the name was Rayner or Rayners - too close to your 'Raymar' to be a coincidence I suspect - on a cream name-board in a brown, script-like style of lettering.

And one final thought, though this may be completely fanciful! I'm not sure now, but I formed the impression at the time - maybe from something that was said or on a notice - that alterations were dealt with on the premises, and so maybe it was a service that had been offered for ladies' gowns earlier also in a back room or basement or wherever. If so and it was your Grandmother who was the skilled seamstress, maybe it was she who did such perfect work on my new trousers!

I really hope that this has some relevance for you and maybe adds a little something to your wife's awareness of her Grandmother, and good luck tracking other things down!
 
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"... the shop would have been one of the sections on the left hand corner between section 11 to 3"

Yep, exactly where I remember *mine*, and (brain-cells permitting) it's a toss-up between 11 and 1 in my mind with 11 a whisker in front
 
T Q said:
I remember what I suspect to have been the same shop premises right on that corner, but a little later around '64/5/6 and by then a Gentleman's Outfitter from where I bought some trousers that I noticed on a display model in the window one lunchtime. They turned out to be too long, but I was promised that they would be altered for me by the end of the afternoon. I worked in an office further back up Colmore Row, and when I picked them up they were ready and fitted perfectly!

I know this doesn't directly address your query, but my imagination came up with the thought that for one reason or another perhaps the shop might have remained in the same family but moved over to a Men's shop a little time after, in the hands of another family member who was the man who measured/served me.

Although I haven't even thought about that shop at all in the sixty-ish years since then, I think that the name was Rayner or Rayners - too close to your 'Raymar' to be a coincidence I suspect - on a cream name-board in a brown, script-like style of lettering.

And one final thought, though this may be completely fanciful! I'm not sure now, but I formed the impression at the time - maybe from something that was said or on a notice - that alterations were dealt with on the premises, and so maybe it was a service that had been offered for ladies' gowns earlier also in a back room or basement or wherever. If so and it was your Grandmother who was the skilled seamstress, maybe it was she who did such perfect work on my new trousers!

I really hope that this has some relevance for you and maybe adds a little something to your wife's awareness of her Grandmother, and good luck tracking other things down!
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Thanks T, my wife’s grandmother dealt with sales and ordering stock, but was never involved with alterations of garments , however after she left the shop and purchased the Eaton hotel on Hagley Road if she had any clothing that needed alterations she would take them to a seamstress in Birmingham that was an acquaintance
Pete
 
Pete Elliott said:
Hi all, does anyone remember the ladies gown shop on the corner of Livery street and Colmore row, it was my wife’s grandmother’s shop possibly called Raymar or something similar , I think it was in the late 1950s / 1960s . Any memories would be greatly appreciated
Thanks Pete
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