Sweet shop Stratford Road Sparkbrook

[cearnegiant]

I lived in Gladstone road Sparkbrook in 1950s.My Mom worked at a sweet shop on the Stratford road by Palmerstone road.I remember it was on line of shops by a Funeral Directors called Dyson Richards.Anyway at the sweet shop they made there own confectionary.My Moms job was making the iced pink and white sweet mice.Cannot remember name of shop,but got sick of eating the reject iced mice

 

[Phil]

Hi I think the shop would have been Edward Mosley Confectioner 286 Stratford Rd Sparkbrook. I thought I had a photo of that block of shops somewhere but I cant seem to find it. If I come across I will put it up for you.

Phil

 

[cearnegiant]

you are right,Remember now. Thankyou for that

 

[KathyP]

Wonder if this is the shop by my uncles butchers shop. (Harpers) I used to walk up from Sparkhill Baths and my uncle would give me some money to go and get a candy floss which they made while you waited.

 

[cearnegiant]

Very well could be,My Mom said that the hygiene in the back of the sweet shop was really bad.But you and I are still here.so could have not been that bad.Mom would buy her meat from Harpers,do you remember if they sold rabbits?

 

[KathyP]

Do you know, I am not sure, quite possibly. I remember my uncle had a lad who helped in the shop (Ted) who was a terrible torment. I remember him telling me that chickens swallowed grit to help grind up their food and then he cut a chickens stomach open to show me. Ugh, gruesome. And he used to chase me round the shop with chickens feet tied up on a piece of string. I was only 11 but I've never forgotten it.

 

[cearnegiant]

Can imagine you would not forget that.My aunt would take bag of cooked chicken feet to the Picadilly cinema on the Stratford road.She would sit and eat them whilst watching a film.Beats a bag of popcorn.