Johnsons Hardware, Irene's Cafe

 

Nelson (sweet shop?) c.1966

Johntson's now the Eye Collective (2015)

Disney graffiti

 

Northfield has it's own 'Banksy' style street artist. This one found on the entrance to Allen Cross park, Bristol Road South, opposite petrol station. He did an earlier similar piece in Longbridge Lane on the wall of Cadbury collage. His work has been found as far away as Torquay.

May 2022 after a bomb scare at Sainsbury's Longbridge Lane store

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Dennings Hardware Store

 

This day 21-5-2022. RIP Adrian Hall who owned Dennings, 1283 Bristol Road South my local hardware store. I've been using his shop for well over 40 years, and he was always a perfect gentleman with all his customers. He'll be sadly missed. The funeral took part today and stopped briefly outside his shop where dozens of his old customers gathered in rain to say goodbye. The store was founded in 1963, now been taken-on under same name by an Asian family.

Barbers Shop, Cycle shop

Bristol Road South 1940s?

Another loft window removed May 2022, originally 4, and 6 chimneys

Colourised wide angle older image

Ley Hill Farm Estate

 

A view of the newly built estate from Hoggs Lane. Six tower blocks and maisonettes. Looks like gas street lighting still in use (or may have been converted to electric), possibly early 1960s. Image by Phyliss Nicklin, although has been edited. The estate was demolished in the 2000's having been there only since 1955. Nicklin was a student at Birmingham University that took 100s of vintage Birmingham images around then. The six towers were all 8 storeys high and contained 40 flats. Built by Wimpey. 

Windrush House	40	8
Standlake House	40	8
Saunderton House	40	8
Padbury House	40	8
Bradwell House	40	8
Appleton

The estate was accessed by The Holloway, a road that is parkland on one side and Council housing on the other. The newly built 2000 houses are part private and part rented with no tower blocks.

Christmas 1987

 

All these shops now gone. Bristol Road Northfield 1987 (opp Post Office)

Steel Road

 

Corner of Steel Road and Bristol Road South (A38) looking up Pigeon House hill c.1930s