Rubery, Main Road c.1965

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I remember Elite fish and chip shop. Went to Colmers Farm 1957-1967 Fine Fare was opened by the Dagenham Girl Pipers. Avery’s was the shoe shop. Hadley’s we went for bags. Delaney’s toy shop. Dowlings for veg and straw for the chickens. And the little corner shop on Eachgreen Lane run by two dear little sisters, had a Barbers Tea motif paired high up on the wall. The cliffs we climbed down when our mom sent us to the ...see more

I lived in Cockhill Lane in the tall flats from 1958 till 1972. Went to Colmers Farm nursery and school. I attended St Chad's church and went to the Brownie pack. I remember me and my friend Ruth coming out of Brownies going to the Elite Chip shop and getting batter bits then walking home through the gully next to the hairdressers.....up into Callowbrook and Deelands then to our block which was Rushmore House. The butchers ...see more

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 ...see more

The Marl hole was the fun place for every Rubery kid, originaly there were three clay pits, the clay being used to supply the Brick & tile works which was situated at the end of the Avenue. The cottages along the Avenue and in Brook ROAd were built for the workers at the brick works. After the brick works stopped producing, the area was left to nature and the marl holes filled with water, and the area became ...see more