Notable Landmarks: Rabone's, the famous maker of quality tools and measuring equipment was based on the corner of Heaton St and Whitmore St. moving from the Hockley Brook end: St Simon's Mission was on the eastern side of the road adjoining Icknield St School, whose rear entrance was on Heaton St (Probably some connection between the mission and the school but I've not checked).
Heaton St was very much a road of 2 halves: eastern side many privately owned houses of good quality and on the western side council houses with back to backs at the rear, sometimes as many as 8 dwellings sharing two toilets some distance away, usually with a communal brew (wash) house. There were a number of small shops in the street and an off-license, the majority being converted from terraced houses, the front room becoming the trading area.
At the Hockley Brook end on Whitmore St was the old tram depot which became the main bus depot for the area, I remember on weekdays at about 4.00pm each evening the buses would leave the depot and test their brakes on Heaton St on their way to their route, the buses would roar up the road and screetch to a halt 5 or so times as they proceeded along Heaton St. before leaving the road at the junction with Lodge Rd.
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