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The Shop That Stands On a Bob

motorman-mike

motorman-mike

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Back in the 50's in Alum Rock Road down on the left between the Rock and the Gate was this shop called "The Shop That Stands On A Bob" I can't remember what it sold but my cousin and me had long conversations as to how it got it's name when we passed it. We reckoned either it was built on top of a shilling coin or better still somebody called Bob was buried underneath it. Kids have great imaginations. Can anyone tell us after all these years the true reason for the name please?
 
Its a long time ago but I do remember the shop you mentioned and it was a discount type of shop that sold a bit of everything cheap. I used to get sent there and a number of other shops at the Rock as a child from Rocky lane Nechells for anything my mother wanted. Sometimes I got the number 8 bus there and back but most times I walked as there was no spare money for bus trips.

I think the shops cheapness is maybe why it was called the shop that stands on a bob (a shilling in those days or 5p now) but I dont really know the answer to that.

Also remember the cinema there. My friends family went every Sunday Afternoon to see films like Trapeze or a musical and as she was an only child I often got asked to go with them for company and they paid for me to see the film.
 
I remember this shop, which was a forerunner of today's Pound Shops. They sold cheap ... er... tat mostly but there were some good bargains. It was down by Hathaway photographics and a hardware store. Like the 30/- tailors, the prices did not reflect the shop name for long. Below there, I remember a single storey drapery/bedlinen shop with a tin roof ... was this called Manny's or Mannies? Across the road was Blooms furnishings where I bought my first full bedroom suite for about £18.
 
I think that shop was just above Edmund Road and before Ellesmere Road opposite a furniture shop called Hardy's.

I think that Mannies was next door to Hardy's.

Regards Rita
 
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My Aunt had a house in Edmund Road and her Daughter Rose had a Ladies Hairdressers on the same side.

Brill Postie once again
 
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