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Witton Road

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RayM said:
I lived at 107 from 1951 until 1972 when I got married and moved to Erdington. The neighbours were Mrs Whomesley and the Pearce's. I went to Prince Albert Primary school and then to King Edward's Aston. Great memories of the library, Model Mecca and many of the other shops mentioned on here.
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I lived at no 95 till 1973
 
aschuck said:
Just come across these great photos of Witton Road . My wife’s great grandad had a furniture store 252-254A Witton Road for 1920s until 1959. It was just past the junction with Trinity Road on the left hand side. The building is still there! His name was Howard Wimbush Terry and he died in 1959. We have often wondered whether anyone on the Forum remembers this shop or if there are any photos of it?
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Was he related to Raymond Terry
 
This shop was just past Trinity rd
the last photograph other 2 cock up
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Donbogen said:
This shop was just past Trinity rd
the last photograph other 2 cock up
As in missfire with bow and arrow the cock feather upwards when drawing Edit. First 2 photos now removed
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It’s a great photograph. This appears to be Howard Wimbush Terry’s son. From my wife’s research she found that Raymond ran a similar shop to his father dealing in secondhand furniture (maybe financed by his father?) Raymond also had a brother Gordon but neither of these sons were found to marry or have children
 
aschuck said:
It’s a great photograph. This appears to be Howard Wimbush Terry’s son. From my wife’s research she found that Raymond ran a similar shop to his father dealing in secondhand furniture (maybe financed by his father?) Raymond also had a brother Gordon but neither of these sons were found to marry or have c
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Raymond Terry was a auctioneer he asked my Grandma Rose Preston a widow to marry him she declined
 
Terrys was only open on Saturday mornings there was always people waiting outside for him to open
if there was something new in the house and you asked where it came from it was always Terrys
i have my Nans hand held mirror yes it came from Terrys
 
I was in Brum today this 95 where i lived
You can see the bay window cill is not level this was due to a Jerry bomb landing
Across the rd down the openning all the windows were blown out and there were cracks in the walls i could get my hands in thats where the spiders lived
 

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How strange, but you do hear of this. My in laws lived in a house that had been used as RAF headquarters during the War. They lived there for about 30 years and periodically saw an airmen, always in the same place, near the kitchen door off the hall. It never bothered them, I'm not sure how I'd feel!
 
lmr3103 said:
How strange, but you do hear of this. My in laws lived in a house that had been used as RAF headquarters during the War. They lived there for about 30 years and periodically saw an airmen, always in the same place, near the kitchen door off the hall. It never bothered them, I'm not sure how I'd feel!
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Yes previous owner a policeman used to sleep with lights on
95 Witton rd was spooky for me as a kid
 
Used to work for Danish Bacon in the late 60's and Fred Perks and Mr & Mrs Bevan were customers of mine, I photographed Lynne Bevan's wedding. I remember there was a knitwear shop next to the butchers which was run by a young lady on behalf of her aunt. All gone now but not forgotten
 
Midnightflyer said:
Used to work for Danish Bacon in the late 60's and Fred Perks and Mr & Mrs Bevan were customers of mine, I photographed Lynne Bevan's wedding. I remember there was a knitwear shop next to the butchers which was run by a young lady on behalf of her aunt. All gone now but not forgotten
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I recall a Mrs Bevan been mentioned in our house
 
Morturn said:
It was called the Model Mecca shop. The guy who owned it used to sail a radio controlled boat over Witton lakes. It was unusual as it had Gannet 15cc engine in it. Most boats had these diesel engines, but this was like a proper four stroke with a little sparkplug, and external rockers and pushrods.
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I am remembering now the model shop, looked in the window so many times but never had any £ to spend. The dreams were great, thank you for rekindling!
 
I saw one or two mention the now closed Guild pub on Witton Road. I'm wondering if those around back in the 60s would have known Ozzy Osbourne's dad who would probably have gone for paint or two there.
 
The top picture looks like the chap is waiting for the bus. If I remember rightly you could see the bus from that position coming round six ways island ?
 
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