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Second Hand Shop Stoney Lane

james houston

james houston

Mr Sparks
Does anyone remember an old junk shop in Stoney Lane Sparkhill,my Great uncle Jim Houston and his stepson Pat Hubble ran it in the 50's till the early 70's
 
James i think there was a number of junk shops ,one stands in my memory and that was Standevens? not sure if that is the one
 
There was one near the Stratford Rd end of Stony lane, near the shop that sole horse meat. if I remember it right, you had a job to get in there, it was packed to the limit.

nick
 
yes nick
you are correct i did put it on some years back when the houghtons ran the forum and it went the shop i mean closed around the 1958 --9
as i remember yes you are quite right it was always packed and the way thngs are going today we shall probaly see more of it coming back
have a nice day best wishes astonian
 
Yes Nick it was at the Stratford rd end of Stoney Lane,i remember being taken there by my dad when i was a lad ,as i recall uncle Jim was deaf and you had to shout loud to get him to hear you,his stepson Pat Hubble was a bit of a local entertainer and poet.
 
The Griffin family had a junk shop on the Stoney lane, opposite or near the junction with Brunswick Road. I believe Johnnie ran it from around 1966/67. They also had the Talk of the Town night club on the Stratford Road near the junction of Waldorf Road but closer to the church near by. I think Tommy ran that with his uncle Shamus Donleeve the Wrestler. Not sure have have his name spelt correctly. I went to the same school, played football, church and pub with them.
 
The only second hand shop on Stoney Lane that I remember was Standevens which was a couple of doors before Buck Chinns bookie shop which in turn was a couple of doors before Thompson's glass where my father in law worked all his life. So it would be just short of Fulham Rd.

Phil
 
Thats the one Phil I remembered. As I recall when we left Newton Road they advertised that they cleared all properties and cleared our house, but they left most of our furniture behind and my dad had to go back to clear the cr--p! He set fire to it all in the garden, and as it was previously made a smoke free zone. Yes thats right we had a visit and my dad was fined for creating smoke. Them Griffins had a lot to answer to my Dad!!
 
Are we talking Pawnshops here?I never went to school on a Monday morning, first job was to get the 13A bus to
Stoney Lane and me Dads best suit, watch and chain etc to the Pawnshop, wait in the Q, then take the beer money
for the week home.Do people really know how poor some folks were in the 1930s, Bernard
 
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