The "little" shops of Balsall heath.

[bookworm]

Would it be possible for anyone to tell me the name of the owners of the little shop on the corner of Ladypool Road and Turner Street in the 40's and 50's?
Also, the owner of the wool and baby shop on the opposite corner of Ladypool Road and Beechfield Road?
I have read through so many posts I am going boggle eyed so thought I would take a short cut and ask all you clever people. Thank you all.

[Phil]

Would it be possible for anyone to tell me the name of the owners of the little shop on the corner of Ladypool Road and Turner Street in the 40's and 50's?
Also, the owner of the wool and baby shop on the opposite corner of Ladypool Road and Beechfield Road?
I have read through so many posts I am going boggle eyed so thought I would take a short cut and ask all you clever people. Thank you all.

Bookworm


In the 50's number 37 on the corner of Turner Street was Mrs Mary Taylor Confectioner and number 50 on the corner of Beechfield Road was O Fellows drapers.

[bookworm]

What can I say Phil but you are brilliant! Thank you so much. I remember the name Taylor now but would never have guessed at Fellows. Thank you again Phil.

[Phil]

The junction of Arter Street and Balsall Heath Road shortly before demolitiom in 1967. The newsagent shop on the right at number 291 was Heslingtons and the bricked up doorway on the corner of Arter Street number 294 was at ine time Lowes Hardware shop.

[roy one]

and in its day it may have looked like this

[Phil]

Roy


The bricks would have been more of a reddish colour.

[roy one]

Roy


The bricks would have been more of a reddish colour.

yes phil  but its an old photo and the colour has faded 

[Braidy]

Hi everyone,


I'm currently converting a small industrial building in Balsall Heath and wondering if anyone remembered it in its previous lives. So not a shop in the obvious sense but certainly little and perhaps where people went for their car/fuel needs post war?


Address is 14b Ombersley Road, next to the corner shop, but the front is actually on Woodfield Road. I bought it from the man who used to repair Saabs and he kept all his old car parts in it.


I'd especially like to know if anyone remembers it as a car garage or similar. I've had to remove a fuel tank from the ground and there's an old metal cover for the pump with a couple of shells on it. Obviously, it makes me think there was a connection to selling Shell fuel but that may be coincidence.


I know it was built around the turn of the previous century and that it was used by a roofer before the Saab guy. Apart from the fuel tank and fuel pump cover I know nothing else.


Anyone remember it?

[Phil]

Hi Braidy


As I think I have mentioned previously the property prior to being used by Holdoms Roofing was a garage owned by J Barratt. As far as I am aware this business opened around 1935 and closed at the end of the 50's. It must have remained empty between that date and when Holdoms took it over.

[ksag]

I just want to say thank you for all of the posts and pictures.  I'm doing family history and discovered that my Mother was raised in this area as a child during the War.  Also, my Nana lived on Balsall Heath road from around 1910 to the 1950's when she had to move due to the demolition.  She had a seamstress shop there for 40 plus years.   Thank you again..

[Empson]

Bertie, back in the 40’s and early 50’s I think Ted lanes used to be Muddimans”. It was still a green grocers with a wet fish slab as well.  When my mother was pregnant with my sister in 1942 he sent her a banana with our next door neighbour. We all shopped there or at the co op over the road. The other shop we used for groceries was George Masons. Managed by Mr Wiltshire. He looked after the shop and the Bacon machine. He let me turn the handle sometimes if it was n’t busy and he always had a tin of boiled sweets under his counter. Unwrapped of course as it was war time.  I can’t remember the name of the girl who ‘patted’ up the butter ration but she was nice too. Nor the more mature lady on the dry goods counter sugar in blue bags etc.
 
This was community shopping at it’s best. Guess it happened everywhere at that time.
Empson