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Soho Road Handsworth

When a child,my family's only way of buying school and normal clothing was by "provident Cheque", no other means, even though my dad had 2 jobs and my mom worked.!!
 
Shortie said:
Sorry Stephen, Handsworth Historical Society have confirmed that The Little Red Shop was next to Darlingtons and both were opposite Linwood Road, more or less. Darlingtons was not on the corner of Boulton it was on the corner of what you call an Entry which I was suprised to find was Barn Lane. They are going to see if they have a photograph of it, it is thought they may have. My mother's shop was at 10 Linwood Road, which was on the corner of Dawson and Linwood Roads and we could see Darlington's and The Little Red Shop from the shop door. In 1907, Darlington's and the shop next door (an ironmongers in those days too) were both owned by Darlingtons. I have a copy of the 1907 Kelly's directory on the back of the 1913 Handsworth map.
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The Little Red Shop wasn't next to Darlingtons, I used to go with my Granddad to buy things from there. Darlingtons was on the corner of Boulton rd (left)
 
Crabslaw, I totally agree with you. In the 1940's -1950's I often went to buy 1off screw or nail for Dad's home DIY projects. You didn't have to buy a complete packet of screws or nails like today. The wonderful Little Red shop was on the opposite side of Boulton Road whereas Darlington's was on the other side of Boulton Road. Nostalgia - those were the days coming out of the second world war
 
brummy-lad said:
It certainly appears that the Handsworth Historical Society got it wrong, I hope this helps to correct the mistake highlighted by Crabslaw.
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yes john well spotted by crabslaw and thanks to you for confirming.. for the sake of getting our historical facts correct where we can it must be pointed out..i came across a big boo boo in a new book last week.author was informed in case she wanted to correct error in any other books but didnt seem that bothered :rolleyes: good job we have our eagle eyed members and my motto is when in doubt do your own bit of research

lyn
 
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