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susan
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Hi....this department store was in the High St ,before that in Aston,my Mum worked there in the 50's.....lovely staircase...any interest?
Hi..thanks yes....it as Mum worked here for years...do you remember the staircase....and...get his floorwalkers......blast from the past!..I will get more info from her.Taylors was 6 ways side of the High street, between Harrison road and Newman road. didn't Owen Owen take over the store?
Hi jennyann..thanks for replying...my Mum worked in the Ladies dept,I told her what you had written..it made her day...wonder what happened to the people she worked with? do you know anybody called Mona Wilks?Definitely Susan.....I am from Erdington and most Saturdays the decision to go shopping was made between going to Town or going "Up the Village". The era would be late l940's and through the l950's. I think Taylor's main High Street store lasted into the late l960's maybe longer.
I loved going to the main store. They did have a hardware store on the corner of Harrison Road and the High Street in Erdington. You received excellent service in the main store especially in the Ladies and Children's Dept. They had chairs for the customers to sit on whilst waiting to be served and I always liked it when they showed your Mom the lingerie items and laid them out on the counter. It seemed that a large range of items for sale and no trip "Up the Village" on a Saturday was complete without going into Taylor's.
The other store was In Potters Hill, Aston and I can remember their ads on the sides and front of some trams.
Was Taylors towards the end of Erdington called ... 5 Ways... have I got this right... it wasn't 6 ways was it? I can remember a lovely store there... Georgie
Hi Susan.
Yes Birches green school is still there, my grandson goes there, my other grandson starts next term.
Hi....this department store was in the High St ,before that in Aston,my Mum worked there in the 50's.....lovely staircase...any interest?
My last post wasnt connected to Taylors...sorry...meant to ask whether there was any news from anybody re the Taylor family...if not of the present,as Mum still asks about Michael Taylor...how about the history of how the store started,what was there before it etc?
I am Michael Taylor's nephew and can provide plenty of information on the present and past members of the Taylor family.