Here’s an interesting weekend post from reader David Evans, who asked a good friend what shops she recalled from her childhood in Walsall Wood. Can you add to these? All contributions gratefully received.
This old photo shows the High Street looking North, with the canal behind the photographer.Picture taken from 'Memories of Old Walsall Wood' by Bill Mayo and John Sale.
Hi Bob
Following David Oakley’s excellent list of the High Street shops in Walsall Wood of the 1930s and 1940s, I asked a dear old friend of mine for her list. She was born in the house next to the Traveller’s Rest Pub, just over the canal bridge, going towards Walsall. This is as she dictated to me…
The bridge… on the side in the photo:
First there was a wooden shed where they sold cabbage and greens
Ecobs chemist, You went up the side entry to the dentists, upstairs above the chemists shop
The chapel
A second-hand shop, sold china and things
Nicholls builders yard
Holmes greengrocers [Is this related to the one that used to be in Brownhills? -Bob]
Felton pork butchers
Cherry beef butchers
Ankins cake shop
Cherry chocolates shop
The Hawthorn Inn
Two houses
The Post Office with Smith Chemists
6 houses
A butchers
Smiths bakers
Whitehouse gents’ outfitters and shoe shop
Ecob the chemists, after he moved there
A shop that sold household goods, washing powders and things
The White House… radio later on
Headleys
A drapers
Cooks
Blakemore fruit and veg
Boot repairs (Martins… possibly father of the one who went to war)
Booths newsagents
A chocolate shop
Mens barbers (Woolastons)
Butchers… he went to live in Wales
Lancasters corner shop
The Traveller's Rest: it was a sizeable hostelry. Image from 'Memories of Old Walsall Wood' by Bill Mayo and John Sale.
Cross the road
Co-op
A house
Co-op butchers
The church
A chinaware shop
A house
A barbers
A butchers shop
The pub; the Red Lion
House
A bank
Houses
Itchins cobblers shop
Tills fruit and veg shop
Chas Hales pet shop with monkey
Houses
Funeral directors
Blakemores fish and chip shop
Nearest to canal bridge
Matt Cherry a barber who cut the ladies curls off!