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Seeking photos of a shop at 176 Icknield Port Road
- Thread starter Lynag
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i have moved this thread from maps and mapping to the correct section of the forum which is shops...
could you tell us the names of your gt grandparents please and what sort of shop it was.. i do have photos of IPR but looking at a map i dont think any of them will show the shop.. thanks
lyn
could you tell us the names of your gt grandparents please and what sort of shop it was.. i do have photos of IPR but looking at a map i dont think any of them will show the shop.. thanks
lyn
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Lucy and Rupert Green. Rupert was a butcher at H. A. Izon, 183 Dudley Road in 1921.
The shop at 176 IPR was a sweet shop but she sold groceries, pop, vinegar etc. I’m sure that many locals at the time would have been there. It was opposite the Bricklayers Arms.
I’m also looking for photos of the cake shop at 193 Dudley Road. This is where my Mom was born.
Thank you so much
ok thanks...bit busy at the min but i will see what i can find out later on today and i am sure others members may help
lyn
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master brummie
Lynag - Just looked at the webarchive version of Mac Joseph's long-gone Old Ladywood website, IPR page - see here - https://web.archive.org/web/20160402094542/http://oldladywood.co.uk/portroad.htm - There are some photos of interest if you scroll down through the page - one photo titled Looking Towards Dudley Road, I think shows the shop you are looking for - cars would suggest early 60s. There's also an old (1937?) photo of the Brick, with my grandfather sat outside on his bike. His sister, my great aunt Marion, at about the same time, was running a babywear shop at 220 IPR a bit further south along the road from the Brick - Bill Burton
brummy-lad
master brummie
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master brummie
John - Thanks for the aerial photo - best one I've seen showing the front of the old family home, next to the Harborne railway - and the back of Pimms opposite, where my dad worked - Bill
Perfect! Thank you for the photos and map view. It’s lovely to see the surrounding landscape.
You are a star! Thank you so much. Alongside the map view it is the shop we are looking for. My Mom is thrilled. Thank you.
We saw the photo of the Brick, and Mom did wonder if her grandparents were in it, but it wasn’t clear enough to be certain.
How lovely to have a photo of your grandfather
Mom‘s grandparents originally lived in back of 219 IKR, and moved over to 176, so they would surely have known your family! Were they Burton?
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master brummie
Over the years my Burton ancestors lived at a number of addresses at that end of the Port. Great-Grandfather Alfred John was born in in 1867 in the James Buildings. His brother Richard was born there too. In 1881 he moved to Eleanor Terrace, opposite the end of Gillott Road. They both had children called Alfred and Richard. Alfred was my grandfather (on the bike). the brothers and their sisters ended up at 209. In 1922 Alfred was at 215 and Richard at 219, next to the Brick. in 1922 Alfred married and moved to 222 and Alfred's sister Marion set up in 220 at the babywear shop. When the bombing started in 1949. Alfred moved the family to Northfield and Richard moved his to Smethwick. My mom&dad William Alfred and Phoebe Elizabeth (and I) moved to 166 in 1957 and lived there until it was demolished for road widening, that never happened. Grandfather moved back from Northfield to 26 Marroway St in about 1958. A lot of folk at that end of the Port worked at Pimms. There was a lady called Rose Tregannon there who lived somewhere near your 176.