Wimpy Bars in Birmingham

[mikejee]

But the Official Bank of England calculator says that 55p in 1973 is equivalent to £6.15 Today. 55p in 1978 would be equivalent to £3.09 today

 

[Lemonella]

I do remember a cafe where Greggs is now which used to sell takeaway sandwiches and jacket potatoes, as well as a table service for basics like sausage, egg and chips, etc ( one of my favourites!). Sadly now gone.

I used to waitress in a small cafe that was at the top of the steps that went down to shops and bullring.

 

[ManBaz]

Many people will remember the Wimpy on New Street. Personally I don’t remember ever going in there. This advert seems to suggest a Whoppit and a ChaCha will pull in the customers, but I’ve absolutely no idea what they are. Were they ice creams ? The one thing I recognise is Cona Coffee. I had a Cona Coffee maker at home. Was a bit of a faff to use. Having visited other Wimpy’s in much later years I do remember the breakfasts with the circular sausage, although I doubt they served this in the 1950s.

Viv.

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Did Old McDonald kill Willy Wimpy?

 

[Dionysius//88]

viv it could be my memory failing but i am sure the wimpy i used was on the same side but further up towards the town hall...this would have been in the early 70s...maybe someone will remember if they moved from next to the odeon...the arden hotel yet another great loss

lyn

Saturday afternoon after the racing around doing more looking rather than shopping it was always good to stop and buy a burger . The shop we used was two or three shops up from the Forum picture house if you did'nt go in to eat they opened the front slide window and you ordered there . I could'nt say if this was a Wimpy mainly because I'd never seen opened front windows on the one on Broad St or the one next to the Odeon .

 

[lmr3103]

I actually thought the Wimpy i used just the once was further up towards Corporation Street, on the opposite side of New Street, could easily be mistaken though.

That’s the one I remember although I never went in it.

 

[lmr3103]

The 1966 Kelly’s lists Wimpys at 8 Stephenson Street and 139a New Street.