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Wheeler Street Lozells

Yes shaun ;
there was a tubbs family living in wheeler street along with george woods tubbs was an old friend of my mate ray groccott
whom at the same time had a house fire at the top end of wheeler street years ago he had to be rehoused by the council
the Mc Craes lived in wheeler street or park lane as well best wishes Astonian
 
mikejee said:
Both were on the west side of the street, The Albion at 91 (in red) and the Acorn at 185 (in blue)
Mike
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hi mike i wonder if you could mark out where the rose and crown pub was on the map on post 26 please...

thanks mike..

lyn
 
Lyn
Rose & Crown in red

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thanks mike thats great...i just wanted to make sure that the pic i have of the rose and crown was right and it is because you can see st pauls church on lozells road in the distance...

many thanks mike...

lyn
 
rose and crown pub on the corner with gower st...you can just see st pauls church in the distance..nice to have a pic of this end of wheeler st...

hi tiggy if you have any pics of wheeler st we would love to see them..

lyn


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hi tospy..im pleased with this one..nice to see what the top half of the street looked like..

lyn
 
reposting a few wheeler st pics...

rose and crown..corner of wheeler st and gower st..

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looking towards new john st west...the tower block you see being built is geach tower...

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slightly older one to yours topsy but still showing crabtrees on the corner...in the distance you can just see the gunmakers arms...

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I can't find any reference in the directories, at least since WW1, of it being described as Y3 olde Wine Shop. It is always just a grocers, though presumably a licensed grocers. I expect the "wine shop " bit was just to attract custom. However it can be stated that the last time it saw a Crabtree behind the counter was between 1933 and 1936, as from 1936 till its demolition it was run by an Arthurs and then a Wooley, though still using theb /Crabtree fascia. Mind you that is scarcely rare. It is still cadbury but run by the Krafty people
 
Thanks also Mike. Walked passed and used that shop hundreds of times and didn,t even notice the Wine sign above. Mind you when you are young you only tend to notice Curly Wurleys and Lollipops etc.
 
smashing pic topsy...i well remember being dragged around the shops in wheeler st...

cheers

lyn
 
A couple of friends from Lozells School lived in the shops just below salters. My friend Susan,s mom had the Hairdressers I think it was called Doreen,s.The second one down i think.
 
My Uncle and Aunt George and nellie Lowe had a hardware Shop in the 60`s in Wheeler Street can`t remember the number of the shop though
 
acorn1958-1.jpg our dad sitting in the acorn pub wheeler st checking the racing results...may 1958




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Smashing pic of your Dad Lyn. This is a pic of my sis/inlaw outside their house 1950s. Morells chemist was next door on the corner of gower st.Shame about the selotape
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thats a lovely pic topsy..just look at that pram...did your sis in law acually live in wheeler st then and is that gower st running accross.. because i think thats a pub on the other corner and i was just trying to work out which one...
lyn
 
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