looking for anyone who knew my family who lived in Longmore street in the 50's Surname AZIZ
Looking for information on Longmore Street in the 1950's what type of street was it, from the pictures posted it appears to have plenty of pubs. Was it working class street, what type of properties were there, ie business homes mixture, rented properties, type of business there, and what is left there now. Has the street been totally demolished and rebuilt.
Longmore St, had:
3 pubs,
1 fish and chip shop,
2 general stores,
1 Ironmonger, ( tool shop),
1 army Navy store,
1 second hand car dealer ( bombsite)
1 undertaker,
3 back to back entries ( 1 on the right,2 on the left)
the 48 bus run up there,
and one furniture store, across the road from the Midland bank.
roads leading off Longmore St where River St and Sherbourne Rd,
each end of Longmore St was Balsall Hearth Rd, and Belgrave Rd,
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