The shop on the corner of Cherry Street was Baranbys before they moved to the GW Arcade, I think.
The Hornton family who owned the shop in Stephenson Street owned quite a lot of land and property in the city centre and also owned Horts wine bar in Five Ways I think--is it still there?
Hi Malvern,
No, the shop on the corner of Cherry Street was The Model Aerodrome, as identified by Lencops in a previous post. Their original shop was in Stratford Road, with their kit-manufacturing 'factory' at the rear. A few doors from the Stratford Road shop was Ballard Brothers model shop, if you could actually describe it as a shop - it was more like a permanent jumble-sale.
Other Birmingham model shops were The Model Mecca on Witton Road, more for boats than aircraft; Bob's Models on the Stratford Road in Sparkhill; Jim Davis Models in Erdington. Great places to hang out on a Saturday afternoon!
Big Gee
hey sorry guys but what the heck memories are made of this,
I know this isn't Aston but can anyone help settle an argument I have had with a friend, I recalled a wonderful toy shop which may have been a model toy shop which was located at the corner of Stephenson Street and
Navigation Street, just past the old entrance to New Street Station before
redevelopment, I loved to look in there it was a treasure trove to me as a child. When we used to go to catch a tram to the Lickeys I always lingered
looking in the window but never went inside. My friend disputes this and said I'm thinking of a shop near the back of Rackhams somewhere. Help
I can't recall the name.
Tried to get spare parts for a Mamod steam powered wagon from Bobs, Hobs Moat Rd, they did`nt have any they only deal in new models of what they sell: Not very helpful at all, Bob is RIP i believe, new owners now. Len.I believe my Aunt used to work in Barnbys store in Birmingham.
Didn't they become The Midland Educational shop at some future date?
Bob's models i believe were on Coventry Road, opposite Small Heath park, they are now on Hobs Moat Road in Solihull.
Good model shops are very hard to find, remember Beatties?
Try these folk, Len:Tried to get spare parts for a Mamod steam powered wagon from Bobs, Hobs Moat Rd, they did`nt have any they only deal in new models of what they sell: Not very helpful at all, Bob is RIP i believe, new owners now. Len.
The Bearwood Models name still exists, the last owner of the shop, Bob Chester-Lamb, runs a specialist large scale model railway business under that name from his home address in Upton on Severn, I still see him occasionally.Seeing the name Bearwood Model Supplies remind me that they opened a branch at the top of the Parade in the late 1950s, very convenient for me, working in Baskerville House.
Peter