The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 5

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39. Street party. 1977

This was a street party in Brantley Road to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.

 

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40. Photilities Perry Barr

Mr Vic Bird (called "Dicky" by his customers) and his son, Graham, ran Photilities, a photographic supplies shop in Wheeler Street, Lozells until its
demolition in the 1960s. Vic moved his shop here, on the corner of Leslie Road and Willmore Road just off the Birchfield Road/Wellington Road junction at Perry Barr. It is now a private house again.

 

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41. Mount Street Recreation Ground

July 1985

 

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43. Winson Green Road. Late 1970s

 

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44. The Goal Post Cafe. 1970s

170 Winson Green Road. Thanks John.

 

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45. St Vincent Street

Ladywood, Birmingham

 

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46. Closed shop

Smethwick, Warley A derelict shop on the borders of Handsworth and Smethwick.

 

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48. Smethwick street

 

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8. Witton Road

Witton Road shops near the Trinity Road traffic lights. The buildings still exist but all of the businesses have changed. Around 1948-1950 the
leftmost shop of this group was Mr Hill'snewsagents shop where I used to go to collect my reserved copy of the "Eagle" every week. I can still
remember the wonderful smell of the papers and magazines of those days in there. The next one was Lizzie's, where we bought "KayLi"
(sherbert), liquorice root, and later, Woodbines in fives or even singles.

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The wallpaper shop at the junction of Norris Road. All of these have now gone and have been replaced by housing.

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Raymond Terrys shop was autioneer
he once asked my widdowed Nan to marry him

 

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19. Mansfield Road. May 1979

The junction of Mansfield Road and Witton Road. The Guild public house is visible at extreme right and the tower of the Catholic church is beyond
it. The right hand side of Witton Road hasn't changed much but all of the buildings on the left have been swept away and replaced by modern
housing.

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My playground
we lived 5 houses down from SHC

 

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27. Witton Road

A few yards nearer to Mansfield Road than the previous photo.

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The Outdoor and Mrs Newys Shop
Pauline her daughter used to help run it

 

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11. Witton Road Post Office

At the junction with Trinity Road. The Post Office remains today but all of the background buildings have been replaced by modern housing.

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What a lovely building. Now called Fashion House.