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Hi Ray T, yes at first reading your thread i thought you was mistaken as i knew of the Bakery and of the old lane
and yes you are correct it was Hawleys bakery, and when they left they went to west bromwich
opersite the Albion ground and after afew later they change and was almigated and renamed united bakeries
i do not know what they are called now
best wishes Astonian,, Alan,,
and yes you are correct it was Hawleys bakery, and when they left they went to west bromwich
opersite the Albion ground and after afew later they change and was almigated and renamed united bakeries
i do not know what they are called now
best wishes Astonian,, Alan,,
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
yes carol,even with bradfords whom i forgot to mention if you got there at the bakery, to be quite honest
it was a regulal and well known thing if you are from the right quarter of society parden the expression
and the big gates would be open and you would see all the trucks being loaded up by the drivers
and they would have to walk right back of the ware house section meaning stores
to and from when they was loading up in those days at moseley road and what you would do if loking for abit of coppers
asked the drivers if they needed help in loading up there trays of bread and cakes into there vans
even the stores managers would come to the gates looking for able bodies whom wanted to earn a couple of bob
they only took a handfull of men if you was lucky and got there early you was in with a chance
you would get a 10 bob note it was the same when hawleys taken over
afew later if you went to lodge road where there even big bakery was scribbins you could get a nights casual for 25 quid
but it was hard because there would be about fifty blokes hanging out side the gates but more often than not
these guys was regular and the drivers got to know them and kept them nightly
a matter of fact we have a local national dairy just down the lane from us in worc where i live
they are a well known house branded name can,t advertise there name on here
but with out getting of the subject of trade working of bakerys , dairys , are in the same line of activitiy
by people coming to the gates looking for casual labour only its not evening down here its five in the morning
hoping to get abit of casual couple of hours of them
so that kind of business is been going on for donkeys years , ican tell you that practice when they moved to west brom was on a mulity
scale for casual labour loading the vans best wishes Astonian,,,,Alan,,,,,
it was a regulal and well known thing if you are from the right quarter of society parden the expression
and the big gates would be open and you would see all the trucks being loaded up by the drivers
and they would have to walk right back of the ware house section meaning stores
to and from when they was loading up in those days at moseley road and what you would do if loking for abit of coppers
asked the drivers if they needed help in loading up there trays of bread and cakes into there vans
even the stores managers would come to the gates looking for able bodies whom wanted to earn a couple of bob
they only took a handfull of men if you was lucky and got there early you was in with a chance
you would get a 10 bob note it was the same when hawleys taken over
afew later if you went to lodge road where there even big bakery was scribbins you could get a nights casual for 25 quid
but it was hard because there would be about fifty blokes hanging out side the gates but more often than not
these guys was regular and the drivers got to know them and kept them nightly
a matter of fact we have a local national dairy just down the lane from us in worc where i live
they are a well known house branded name can,t advertise there name on here
but with out getting of the subject of trade working of bakerys , dairys , are in the same line of activitiy
by people coming to the gates looking for casual labour only its not evening down here its five in the morning
hoping to get abit of casual couple of hours of them
so that kind of business is been going on for donkeys years , ican tell you that practice when they moved to west brom was on a mulity
scale for casual labour loading the vans best wishes Astonian,,,,Alan,,,,,
Eric Gibson
master brummie
I did a Saturday bread round job at Bradfords for a couple of years from when I was 13 until I left school, the bakery was in Norton Street Hockley at that time.
The round we did was all around Hockley, Handsworth and Aston, one of the calls was at the block of flats in Hampstead Road.
There was a blind lady there who always came to the door and gave me a penny, she used to say it's not much but if everyone gave you one and you saved it you'd soon be rich.
I used to get 7/6d for the day and tips, bought my first new bike from Knights of Kingstanding with the money.
The man I worked with was a Wally Smith a very nice chap with a really good sense of humour.
The round we did was all around Hockley, Handsworth and Aston, one of the calls was at the block of flats in Hampstead Road.
There was a blind lady there who always came to the door and gave me a penny, she used to say it's not much but if everyone gave you one and you saved it you'd soon be rich.
I used to get 7/6d for the day and tips, bought my first new bike from Knights of Kingstanding with the money.
The man I worked with was a Wally Smith a very nice chap with a really good sense of humour.
Radiorails
master brummie
One bakery I recall was on Stratford Road more or less opposite the Mermaid.
There were, I suppose countless small 'one-man' bakeries in every village, town or city in Britain. Some did have delivery rounds often horse drawn carts and later motor vehicles. Many people preferred to deal with smaller companies than the larger ones. In many places and I suspect the smaller bakeries in Birmingham were no exception people often made use of the hot bakers ovens - after the bread had been baked of course - to cook the meat and Sunday meals. It was certainly common in Devon.
There were, I suppose countless small 'one-man' bakeries in every village, town or city in Britain. Some did have delivery rounds often horse drawn carts and later motor vehicles. Many people preferred to deal with smaller companies than the larger ones. In many places and I suspect the smaller bakeries in Birmingham were no exception people often made use of the hot bakers ovens - after the bread had been baked of course - to cook the meat and Sunday meals. It was certainly common in Devon.
Ray T
master brummie
In the 1950s, when my family lived in Long Street, Sparkbrook, there was a bakery round the corner in Kyrwicks Lane owned by old Mrs Wallace. It was just a house converted into a shop so her wares could be displayed in the window. Whether Mrs Wallace did all the baking, or whether there was a Mr Wallace behind the scenes, I don't know. I do know her "thatched loaves" were lovely. When my older sister or me were sent to collect one, we'd pick a small hole in it on the way back and scoff as much of the insides as we could, hoping the resulting hollow would look like it was made during the baking. Well, we were always hungry back then!
Regards, Ray T
Hi Ray
Speaking of that area do you or anybody else probaly phil , might reacall the baker and cake shop on Ladypool road
around that time by the name of trippas bakery
there in the early years lasted up until about 1971 evenhe changed hands or it closed down
i recall his name and my wife used to work for him many years ago but i cannot reall what happened yo him and the shop
best wishes Alan,,, Astonian,;;;;;
Speaking of that area do you or anybody else probaly phil , might reacall the baker and cake shop on Ladypool road
around that time by the name of trippas bakery
there in the early years lasted up until about 1971 evenhe changed hands or it closed down
i recall his name and my wife used to work for him many years ago but i cannot reall what happened yo him and the shop
best wishes Alan,,, Astonian,;;;;;
Ray T
master brummie
Nice that you remember Mrs Wallace too, Roy. I don't remember the barbers' shop next door, but I recall her little shop was about opposite the Railway pub which was on the corner of Montpellier St and Kyrwicks Lane. I didn't know she did deliveries either, but we only lived a couple of minutes' walk away.
Regards, Ray
Ray T
master brummie
I'm sure you're right about the fish and chip shop near Mrs Wallace's bakery, Roy. For some reason I can only remember the one run by "Hicky" (I suppose his name might have been Hicks) down the other way in Spark Street. I remember Hicky in his white coat with a heavy build, a crewcut and a bull-like neck. Most times we'd ask for "scratchings" (scraps of fish batter) as a freebie. And an occasional delicacy were "scallops", which I seem to remember were just thick cuts of potato fried in batter. "Faggots and mushy peas" were another treat. Of course, he served everything wrapped in newspaper and saturated in salt and vinegar. We wouldn't have had them any other way!
Regards, Ray
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The shop was owned by my wife's late uncle Frank Trippas and, after he retired, his son Roy ran it until it closed when he retired.
Hi Brian 1,
many thanks for infoming me ,also my dear friend morton, by the way morton when the weather comes back in the spring
we must take on that walk of the cut ,we both promised ok ;
brian when did frank retire and when was it when ray taken over,
my wife worked for them in the early seventys
i think we did have a photo of the shop some where its been many years since we tucked it away ,
best wishes Astonian,, Alan,,
many thanks for infoming me ,also my dear friend morton, by the way morton when the weather comes back in the spring
we must take on that walk of the cut ,we both promised ok ;
brian when did frank retire and when was it when ray taken over,
my wife worked for them in the early seventys
i think we did have a photo of the shop some where its been many years since we tucked it away ,
best wishes Astonian,, Alan,,
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
I remember Trippas Bakery on the corner of Ladypool Road, they baked wonderful bread, I always called in for a large cottage loaf when I was down the Lane. They tell me the cakes were great as well but never being a cake eater I wouldn't know personally, but I'm sure they were.
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Ray T
The pub on the corner of Montpelier Street was the Cottage of Content the shop on the other corner was a grocers shop the Bakery was on the corner of Long Street. The Railway a Davenports house was further up Kyrwicks Lane. The barber next to the old bakery premises was R Winnet (Ronnie) I think as I never used him, the chip shop was "Ickies" a W.Hickman who had the shop as long as I can remember he must have retired, packed it in or died in the early 70's because after then it had new owners.
The pub on the corner of Montpelier Street was the Cottage of Content the shop on the other corner was a grocers shop the Bakery was on the corner of Long Street. The Railway a Davenports house was further up Kyrwicks Lane. The barber next to the old bakery premises was R Winnet (Ronnie) I think as I never used him, the chip shop was "Ickies" a W.Hickman who had the shop as long as I can remember he must have retired, packed it in or died in the early 70's because after then it had new owners.
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Phil..Thank you for posting the pictures of Kyrwicks Lane particulary Ronnie the barber..I was a regular customer from a early age ..I remember he had a padded board which he places across the arms of his barbers chair to raise us up a bit..I can remember the bakery and the chip shop..We left the area in the mid sixties Regards Roy
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Roy
I spent about a third of my life before I married living with my grandparents in Larches Street which you will know was just around the corner from Kyrwicks Lane. The only time I was ever in the barbers shop that was mentioned was when one of my uncles dragged me in for a haircut because at about 14 years of age I had decided to grow my hair long or so I though. My preferred barber was Roger Lloyd on Moseley Rd at the top of Vincent Street where my other grandparents lived and where I spent another third of my young life.
Some more photos for you of Kyrwicks Lane, a block of houses that were more or less opposite Erasmus Rd, The Cottage of Content on the corner of Montopelier St, The Hereford Arms which became my local (a 5 mile drive) in the mid 70's when they demolished the Talbot, and Kyrwicks Lane railway bridge.
I spent about a third of my life before I married living with my grandparents in Larches Street which you will know was just around the corner from Kyrwicks Lane. The only time I was ever in the barbers shop that was mentioned was when one of my uncles dragged me in for a haircut because at about 14 years of age I had decided to grow my hair long or so I though. My preferred barber was Roger Lloyd on Moseley Rd at the top of Vincent Street where my other grandparents lived and where I spent another third of my young life.
Some more photos for you of Kyrwicks Lane, a block of houses that were more or less opposite Erasmus Rd, The Cottage of Content on the corner of Montopelier St, The Hereford Arms which became my local (a 5 mile drive) in the mid 70's when they demolished the Talbot, and Kyrwicks Lane railway bridge.
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Hi Alan, not sure at the moment, Pam will contact other family members. Frank's son was Roy (not Ray) who unfortunately is now in his late 80s and is in a home suffering from dementia. Barbara (Frank's eldest child), who also worked in the shop, died before Christmas and her funeral was yesterday, she would have been 91 at the end of this month.
Hi Brian
Nice to hear from you again yes we would like to know ,so mr trippas died shorly after my wife left in 72
by the way brian just after speaking with yo on the thread the other day
i got a book out to read by carl chinn and it was a volume one about ladypool road and the shops
how every body competeing for trade and yes in deed he gave the trippas named shop and there famous cakes and other things they sold
what he done to compete with other traders of wares
best wishes astonian ,, Alan;;;;
Nice to hear from you again yes we would like to know ,so mr trippas died shorly after my wife left in 72
by the way brian just after speaking with yo on the thread the other day
i got a book out to read by carl chinn and it was a volume one about ladypool road and the shops
how every body competeing for trade and yes in deed he gave the trippas named shop and there famous cakes and other things they sold
what he done to compete with other traders of wares
best wishes astonian ,, Alan;;;;
Ray T
master brummie
Hi, Astonian,
Was there a mention of Jukes and Son in that book about the Ladypool Road shops? It was a hardware and decorating shop that I worked at part-time in the 60s. I've loved seeing the old photos of Kyrwicks Lane posted here recently, especially Phil's one of the Long St/Kyrwicks Lane corner. I lived just a few houses down in Long St from there and it brought back so many memories. I was surprised to see The Cottage of Content pub too, as I'd forgotten it. I only heard it mentioned as the "The Cottage" anyway and I thought the Railway Arms was on that spot.
Regards, Ray T.
Hi Alan, have tried other family members but nobody is sure when Roy sold the shop, best guess is early nineties as he would have been sixty in 1989.
we have a picture of Frank's shop that somebody sent us and will try and post it to this thread, might not work though!
Regards Brian
