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pawn shops

dont know mike as far as i can remember a mrs craddock owned the shop ,and had a daughter called betsy ,who was disabled and was in a wheel chair. my mother worked there for many years up till 1953 whan she died .so iam wondering if there are any more pawn shopes a round that area
 
From the trades & professional section of the 1950 Kelly's Directory under Pawnbrokers. She must have had a trade name!

Zealley Annie (Mrs. A. Craddock), 243
King Edward's rd 18

Phil
 
thanks alot phil , have been doing a bit of digging and found a birth for a bessie j craddock b1913 mothers maiden name was zealley
 
hi phil
I Phil you have done it again brought a memory flooding back to me
by printing mrs cradock address as the pawnbroker at 243 king edwards rd
i have got a picture of the 243 king edwards rd thats where we moved to in the 50.s
from lichfield rd and it was oppersite kirby yard but wakefiels the builders had the yard first then they sold it to the kirby family they had it right up to tthe redevelopment of the area also the pawn shop on icknield port rd was wlways busy
i remember the lady inquestion and the shop later on in years it closed and nobby cash from heath street bought it and traded in second goods he made a mint
old nobby also used to trade in second cars ,wheeling and dealing
every body knew old nobby cash later on in years he moved down by the grove picture house cor blimey that house and the area carrys alot of memory,s for me
have a nice day phill best wishes astonian ;;
 
astonian how intresting that you remmemberd mrs craddock iam now wondering if you knew mrs neale who was the manager there, that was my mother i was b 1944 and would love to see the photo diane
 
i have now found mrs craddock in the 1911 census and showing her having the pawn shop in 1911 living with her husband frank b1877 and son frank b1908 so thanks for all of you that have help me diane
 
hi di;
good morning to you , its a very small world aint it, yes i do remember your mother
and she had served me several times over the years gone bye during that period
as if if was only yesterday especialy remembering your grand parents and living in the next yard on lichfield rd . di ; i sincerly opoloze for not down loading the pic
yet to you ; of the court i promised you i will eventualy get it to you sooner or later ,
best wishes astonian ,;;
 
what a wonderful site this has turned out to be . hi astonian , i have now found a photo of mrs croddock and bessie, which i will get my husband to down load for me ( rubbish at that) so you can see i , dont know who the other lady is you might know? and i dont know were it was taken, but yes a small world. my mother was never married and died in the may 1953 i was just nine i do re=member going to the shop with her , i belive there was a bell on the door and rows and rows of cloth hanging with tickets on them, i use to be in the back of the shop and talk to bessie,mrs craddock and bessie moved to leahurst cres harborne to a prefab and i still visited them for many years . ive been researching the neale family tree for 4 years , but what made me start it was to try and find out who my father was , did get some great help but never did find out . but never mind i had a great child hood and have a fantastic family of my own once again astonian many , many thanks di
 
good evening di
nice to hear from you again on site oh yes you discribed the shop to a T,you could not move in there it was certainly hanging around alright it was like an alladdins cave full of trinketts of all discription in fact i would have said you name it she had it in the shop di; i remember a family of neales whom ran a dry cleaning business down on the corner of st marks st.in them days there used to be a little island in the middle of the big st marks st because st marks st was in two parts
and the road that ran seperated it was king edwards rd from the little st marks st
and the neales dry cleaners and laundry was on the corner of the big st marks st
there neibours was the chatwins .the jones the hopkins and the birds some lived in camden st but any way the neales was only down spring hill coming from the shop
i am not saying these could be related but one never knows these are forties and fifties and sixtes so a neales family could be worth checking eletrol rolls
try and down the pic the best you can do di; speak to you again best wishes astonian ;;
 
does anyone remember a pawnshop in Stoney Lane,just before you got the main Stratford Road? I used to miss schoolevery
Monday morning to there on the bus for my mother, people say we have poor people in this country today they dont know the
meaning of the word compared with the 1930s
 
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