Rubery Village

A Memory of Rubery.

I left Rubery when I was eight years old, about forty years ago, to relocate in Wales. I distinctly remember this street though, with the Fine Fare Supermarket, Colliers, and I think it was Kays shoe shop. Further on down the road was a cafe and a butchers and the Rose and Crown pub. My mum and dad bought a garden bench from there when they were closing, I think to become the Rose and Crown, and they still have it in their garden. We used to walk under the underpass of the M5 to get to the village from Rochford Close, which had a fish and chip shop and hairdressers and green grocers around the corner. We walked to Callowbrook primary school on our own. Times were different then. Happy Days!