Hi Phil,
Wonderful photos, thank you very much for your help. You must have a very large collection of photos from many decades I can only begin to think of the amount of time it would have taken to amass.
I had forgotten that the George & Dragon had an 'Outdoor' but the memories soon come flooding back.
Other shops I now remember in that section were Nibbs the tobacconist, Blackburn Assurance and Court Steam Laundry (which appears in the Holmes & Son photo). There was also a grocers, a chemist and a newsagent but I cannot remember their names.
I do remember others shops a bit lower down between Mansel Road and Aubrey Road. There was Hardings bread and cakes on the corner of Mansel and a bit further down there was Staggs (Later Jones) cafe and Chandlers the greengrocer amongst others.
If you have any photos of these old shops and can spare the time to sort them out you would make an old chap very happy................
Here's to old times
Cheers