Northfield UK

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

By-pass casualties

When Northfield by-pass was built many houses were demolished including these old cottages and Travelers Rest pub that were opposite shopping center on Bristol Road. Did you live here once?

Tessall Convenience Store

1107 Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2QP

The site was a Post Office until a few years back. The current lease holder has retired and the lease is up for grabs for around £1300 PCM. Competition in the area is quite strong for grocery stores and as you can see graffiti is still rife in area. More info at Right Move.