Hi AnnRNR, was trying to think of that shop you mentioned that was more near the Kingstanding road end, used to be Littlewoods originally, it'[censored] now, but maybe it was Modmarts that you remember? Whatever the name i used to dread the place, being dragged up there by the old man to get some clothes! Terrible place indeed, once came out of there with 'wooden shoes' not clogs even, just some wide toed heel clicking wooden shoes, that would wear out within a month or so. And the embarrassment of being seen in there by someone you knew, oh dear, that has bought back some memories. And the swimming baths two, i also learned to swim at those baths, every sunday morning for about 3 hours-used to come out of there like a wrinkled prune. Then straight into the chip shop, where chips cost something crazy like, 15p. I remember upstairs two. The good old days eh?
When i got older i actually bumped into a man who said he was part of the men that removed the baths, he had the most enviable job of 'clearing the underneath part' below the pool and showers. Told me that the amount of "yuk" made up from peoples skin and hair was enough to make you heave. (about a ton of that must have been mine,ha).
Do you remember the cobblers shop that was a few doors away?, think Mindy's is on the spot now, the old fella used to sit outside tapping away with his little hammer, i was only young at the time, i was under the age of 10 for sure, maybe 7-8, if so then i would be talking about the years 1967-69, or there abouts, time surely flies, with a big jet engine behind it.
