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Your mention of Reform Street brings to mind a small shop where racing cycles used to be built. The owner and craftsman was Major Nichols and I was fortunate to own one of his quality cycles in the 1960s. Regards, John
Thanks John I cant say I had heard of this cycle shop but it certainly made its mark I did a search of Major Nicholls and found this small youtube clip of one of the cycles going for auction its amazing what fantastic shops we had in West Brom Town back in the day, many thanks ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-W88S68Iyi2s.html
Those new builds are pretty swanky. I’m surprised with the amount of busy units in that street too. 😊 All in all a bother good video Phil. Keep up the good work 😊😊
Cheers Phil...I was racking my brains trying to remember the cycle shop we would pile into as kids..of course Shintons!..saved up for Bullhorn handlebars and streamers and handlebar tape .can almost smell the shop!!
I bought my first proper racer bike from Shintons and then I got Shintons to fit a hub dynamo made by Pifco to the front wheel, far superior to the normal dynamo, it cost me a fortune.
@awalkwithphil blimey racers were the best! we used to cannibalise and swop all sorts to get a ride!.we used to spend ages in Halfords just comparing the different specs and the old guys who worked there wouldn't bother us even though they knew we couldn't buy one
Hi Phil enjoyed the walk along overend Street I was interested in the Drop Forging works and the Spring works I remember opposite the bicycle shop was an ice cream parlour. And heading out from bull Street towards Dartmouth Park I remember a company called Northan Spring all the best Paul
Hello Phil..The children's day nursery on the corner of Herbert Street used to be the Drunken Duck Pub..Do you remember where B&Q used to be and behind that there was a fishing tackle shop,can't remember the name though but I know it was popular with local fisherman.
Yes, Jim I do remember it being called the Drunken duck for a time. Robinsons factory was next to the police station in New Street and when Robinsons were brought out by Firkins the site was demolished. After which B&Q built their store on the site. The fishing tackle shop was in New Street on the corner of Alfred Street and i believe it was called Ken Austin. Thanks for the comment
Overend Street today is unrecognisable from how it was during the 1950s . At that time I lived with my parents in Florence Road, just a short walk from where the old police station used to be. My mom used to take me to Wolverhampton by bus and we would walk along Overend Street to get the bus from Queen Street -it was usually a yellow and green Wolverhampton Corporation bus. I remember Overend Street being noisy and dirty from the forging presses- quite impressive from a kid's point of view ! As you reached the junction of Bull Street and Overend/Walsall Street, there was a general hardware store Bagnalls , which sold everything you could possibly need - none of this plastic wrapping you get nowadays. In fact it was like being in a time-warp, a bit like Open All Hours ! The shop disappeared years ago , when presumably the owner retired. I am not sure whether the original building survived.
Appreciate the comment Geoff great memories I remember a bagnalls but this was a hardware store in new street I also remember a chip shop that was by the white hart pub - thanks again
@@awalkwithphil I think I could be getting mixed up with the hardware shop name but there was definitely a small shop which I thought was called Bagnalls aear the junction of Walsall Street/ Reform Street/Overend Street. Maybe they moved to New Street at some point ?
@@geoffwbaU There may very have been a small shop there Geoff. These small shops that catered for all the local neighbourhoods were a necessity back then, now of course these shops have nearly all gone
I really enjoyed that mate. Are you going to continue down the breaches road I'd love to know its history, I heard it used to be for the rich. I'd love to know the history of Europa avenue and Mountbatten close ( there's a memorial in Mountbatten close why I don't know ) lots of lost history in West Bromwich.
I will be filming around this area again soon and will certainly take a look a Mountbatten Close. I did a video of Beeches Road a few weeks back here is the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bMWjM0Ei-aA.html many thanks for the comment
The sela sweet factory was established in 1882 by Arthur and Elizabeth Roberts and was in Thynne Street, Ive been meaning to have a look down there so will hopefully visit soon. The factory moved to Newport in Wales and Sela House was sold for £330,000 in 2007. Thanks for the comment
