Not a great quality image, but does anyone recognise this parade of shops ? Looks very busy. Possibly 1940s/50s (?). Viv
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Walsall Road Great Barr shopping parade
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Alf Rogers
master brummie
A lovely view of the shops at Great Barr, with Calshott Road just out of view to the right. Thanks for posting!
i would say here viv...same 2 peaked shapes above 2 of the shops and to the left the same black and white timber
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A Sparks
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I think the tower behind the shops in the distance would be the top of the Beacon Cinema?
Thanks all for identifying the shopping parade. I've added the details to the thread title. Viv.
That parade of shops probably had all the shops you really needed Dave. Built pre-supermarket shopping, probably built in the 1930s to support the massive 1930s housing development in this part of Birmingham.
I think the tower on the Beacon Cinema was it's saving grace. Otherwise it would have been a very plain building. Or maybe it's the drawing makes it look that way. Hopefully the interior was inviting ! Viv.
I think the tower on the Beacon Cinema was it's saving grace. Otherwise it would have been a very plain building. Or maybe it's the drawing makes it look that way. Hopefully the interior was inviting ! Viv.
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
Question, when did Midland Red stop using the yellow twixt upper and lower saloons? The BCT bus shows the picture is post WWII, as does the Ford car, but the EHA/FHA bus is in pre war livery.
Bob
Radiorails
master brummie
Bob, I don't know the exact date, Lloyd will know. The bus in the photo is not a Midland Red, looks rather like a West Bromwich corporation one.
Bill Basset
Brummie babby
I was born in and spent my childhood in Great Barr. The bus does belong to West Bromwich Corporation, on the number 6 route from Hamstead to West Brom town centre.
From the angle I would guess the photo was taken from a second floor window of the old Scott Arms pub demolished circa 1966.
i spent many a Saturday morning in the Beacon Cinema watching old war and cowboy films, all for the bargain price of 6d.
The cinema building also contained a number of shops on two levels, I can recall a bank, hairdresser and chip shop.
It seems odd to feature the Standard Ensign car in the foreground, other than there was a Standard/Triumph dealer “Heslops” just beyond the semi-detached houses on the right hand side of the photo.
From the angle I would guess the photo was taken from a second floor window of the old Scott Arms pub demolished circa 1966.
i spent many a Saturday morning in the Beacon Cinema watching old war and cowboy films, all for the bargain price of 6d.
The cinema building also contained a number of shops on two levels, I can recall a bank, hairdresser and chip shop.
It seems odd to feature the Standard Ensign car in the foreground, other than there was a Standard/Triumph dealer “Heslops” just beyond the semi-detached houses on the right hand side of the photo.