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Ray Griffiths

Ray Griffiths

master brummie
Do'es anybody have any idea where the Empire Stores was I think it was on Lichfield rd. near to Victoris Rd & Sandy Lane ?

Hi folks

It's wet and miserable in Devon today so here are few more pictures for of Old Brum 1960.

Ray
 

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Ray
There were quite a number . from 1964 directory:
Empire Wine & Spirit Stores (Midlands) Ltd.; head
office, 1351/1353 Pershoie rd 30 (Kings Norton 1364}
branches: 1274 Pershore id 30 (Kings Norton 1093)
16 Watford rd 30 (Kings Norton 1946); 1108 Warwick
rd 27 (Acocks Green 0217); 550A, Coventry rd 10 (Victoria
0661); 4 Walford rd 11 i(Victoria 0300); 138
Sandon rd 17 (<Bearwood 1371); 708 (Bristol rd 29
(Selly Oak 0880); 828 Bristol road south 31 (.Priory
1812); 284B, High st 40 (Smethwick 0147); 437 Dudley
rd. /Smethwick 0752); 924 Stratford xd 11 (Springfield​
1654) & 4-3 Lozells rd 19 Northern 1420

mike
 
Kingston Hill, Then and Now. Len.
 

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Mount Pleasant were Georgian houses that lined both sides of Kingston Hill at one time. The black and white image was taken in 1971 and the houses, located next to Mount Pleasant, were demolished shortly afterwards. Mawkesount Pleasant once formed the long drive to Bordesley Hall. The third house along the terrace (from Mount Pleasant) was 155 Coventry Road and in 1894 was owned by the photographer William Hawkes. The redeveloped site is shown in the colour photograph and was mainly used for sheltered housing. Len.
 

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Thank you Lencops. The old picture of Mount Pleasant flats is particularly meaningfull as it shows where my Dad lived as a small child.
Should the pictures have been under another thread?
 
Where were these photos taken?, the tram pic is 1923, i have no idea.Len. With Thanks to Getty Images.
 

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hi david...hunters road to the left of it barker st to the right...both lead on to the villa road....

lyn
 
Hi Lyn

I found two slides of Villa St. Wheeler St.

I was just going to send them and notice all wording is back to front will have to reprocess them again to-morrow.

Ray



Astoness said:
hi david...hunters road to the left of it barker st to the right...both lead on to the villa road....

lyn
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hi ray...thank you so much...pics of villa st are hard to find...can you just tell me whats in the pic...is it of any houses...oh there i go..impatient me...lol

lyn
 
1) Is a little green shop, the other is street with houses in

2) Wheeler street is houses & shops

Talk about my wife is calling i've got to go into Bideford fr week end shopping.

See you later Ray


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hi ray...thank you so much...pics of villa st are hard to find...can you just tell me whats in the pic...is it of any houses...oh there i go..impatient me...lol

lyn
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morning ray..cant wait to see the villa st pic...a little green shop you say...could be one of 3 ...eileen the drapers...a little sweet shop or maybe wilcoxes or wilton grocers...depending on the year of the pic.... actually it depends on if its villa street after nursery road or before..as there were one or two little shops there as well...

lyn
 
Good morning Lyn and in deed it is a good morning sunny, hot it's summer.

Been to Bideford got me cornish spuds. Brauton greens 7 devon lamb, the tide was in we had stroll down quayside before coming home wonderful.

As promised your pictures Wheeler St. took 1968, Villa St. 1970

Anymore requests, let me now if they are any good,

Ray
 
Wonderful pictures Ray Thank you ........ must be very early 70s
keep them coming no matter what they are .
ragga ...
 
good morning ray...i always knew my knight in shining armour would appear one day....you have just made me so happy and right now i am in tears... as i have waited a long time for pics such as these...both are taken at the part of villa st where i lived...and taken in the year when i still lived there...the little shop is number 160 and also appears in the second photo...my house no 118 was just by the trees on the left....if you do come accross anymore will you please let me have them...also any of the vine inn...which was on the right but you cant see it as it was laid back from the pavement...

i will go and look at the wheeler st ones now...cant get me hat on....

i owe you a very large one...

ps wait till our kid sees these....

thank you again...

lyn
 
hi all..i wonder if anyone would be so kind as to try and sharpen up the first 2 pics of villa st that ray has put on in post 20...looks like there are kids on the left of the long shot and i would love to get a better look if possible...

many thanks...

lyn


 
Ray, the last picture on the opening post will not GE. Is there a location that you can post that will get me there.
 
thanks mike thats much better...what i am trying to see is..you see on the right hand side...theres theres what i think is a white wall which is laid back..as the vine inn was back off the pavement ive an idea that what appears to be writting on the wall may say the vine....the positon would be about right....

lyn




 
thanks for trying mike..i wouldnt want you to start pixilating in this hot weather..lol

i am more than happy with the pics that ray so kindly hunted out for me....

cheers

lyn
 
Hi Lyn

Would you send me your E-mail Address and I will try and improve it and E-mail a large picture which might be clear for you.

Ray


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thanks for trying mike..i wouldnt want you to start pixilating in this hot weather..lol

i am more than happy with the pics that ray so kindly hunted out for me....

cheers

lyn
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hi ray..thanks eveso..i will sent it via instant message...ps...ive just opened my 3rd box of tissues...lol

lyn
 
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