WEST BROMWICH STONE CROSS, a depressing shopping area

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  • @awalkwithphil
    @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา +5

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  • @awalkwithphil
    @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Hope you enjoyed this visit to the Stone Cross shopsl in West Bromwich. Consider subscribing to this channel by hitting the SUBSCRIBE BUTTON in order for me to continue making films in and around West Bromwich and it will also ensure you are alerted to new video content.
    As always, all comments, questions, and feedback are welcome. Thanks for watching!!

  • @mukkaspec3333
    @mukkaspec3333 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    My memories of Stone Cross are Sneads Newsagents, The Chippy, The Video Rental Shop, Threshers Off License, Mobil Petrol Station, Global Travel Shop, West Bromwich Building Society and it's clock, The Cross Pub obviously and of course the Subways !

    • @Durgesuth
      @Durgesuth 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@mukkaspec3333
      Remember Pete’s travel and stone cross chip shop with Ali Shakir and family
      Down the road was Petite Florist run by Gladys Nutter … Dave Nutter was her son … Mr Macs down March Lane and Gordon Dale the Demon barber 😂

    • @mukkaspec3333
      @mukkaspec3333 9 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      @@Durgesuth Yes indeed. All of those. Dave was my mate and Janie Macs for a number 6 with three matches for 10p.

  • @Amanda12325
    @Amanda12325 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Omg the rubbish outside Greggs😩 I half expected to see a rat run into the shop

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      shocking really

  • @marktimmins3589
    @marktimmins3589 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I can remember Stone Cross motor spares being there from the 80's. Around the corner was mad Harris the barber! Osbornes the butchers has been for a long time, it was Hughes Butchers before. Also the blind shop was Fred Evans grocers. I'm pretty sure there used to be a Firkins on Stone Cross too. The Stone Cross local used to be Glowbelle Travel shop. I did a week work experience in there!

    • @Durgesuth
      @Durgesuth 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@marktimmins3589 mad Harry’s and Gordon Dale down Marsh lane Globel went bust

  • @ostrowski3469
    @ostrowski3469 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Another informative vlog mate! Love your videos!! Looking forward to your historical visit to Europa avenue and Mountbatten close.

  • @cymrujoy
    @cymrujoy วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    A decent place with decent people living there. Happy memories of there.

  • @paulhill196
    @paulhill196 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi Phil I remember a clinic up on the left up Jervoise Lane this is were I got all my jabs as a kid all the best Paul

  • @Bingo-zd1gp
    @Bingo-zd1gp วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Hi Phil I went to school down Westminster road on stone Cross called millfields school back in the 80s and 90s they used to take us to the shops there thank you for a brilliant video keep up the good work from Marie 😁

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks Marie for your support

  • @paulhill196
    @paulhill196 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Hi Phil enjoyed walking around Stone Cross I remember a Milk Bar and a news agent on the road heading up to West Bromwich side and a Bundy Clock and the Stone Cross pub had a Gentleman's only bar and an off licence I can see the area has not changed much apart from the type shops and the flats were the Cliffton once stood all the best Paul

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks Paul for the info, much appreciated

  • @SusanSanders-m9i
    @SusanSanders-m9i วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My husband an i and family used to ti cliffton bingo alot my husband family now in sandflied rd an elford rd but used to live in carisbrooke rd happy memories😅

  • @Caggyhanded
    @Caggyhanded วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    At the end of WW2 there were some military buildings abandoned near the Stone Cross pub which some families moved into to live, my family was one of them, they were known locally as ''The Hutments'', little is known of them today but they are shown on our birth certificates as place of residence ''The Hutments''.

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Appreciate that very interesting and informative bit of history many thanks

    • @Durgesuth
      @Durgesuth 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@Caggyhanded
      They had big Bertha aircraft guns down Walsall rd by the Navigation inn to guard Bescot and Mills foundry who made tank mines and grenades

  • @paulhill2891
    @paulhill2891 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The stone cross Clifton cinema shut in 1964 I saw zulu in there that passage way you looked down came out on Bustlehome lane and the kebab house was a old type iron mongers before it was a supermarket and raj balti was a chip shop called the Rumbletum

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา

      Rumbletum....😃 great info again Paul Many thanks

  • @marktimmins3589
    @marktimmins3589 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    There passage way goes to Bustleholme Lane. I think one of the Ladbrokes units was Popeyes video rentals.

  • @garytroman5657
    @garytroman5657 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I remember the shops from the 70/80s.......look terrible now.....and that block of flats is an eyesore....

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They look so out of place

    • @Durgesuth
      @Durgesuth 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@garytroman5657
      The builder went bust and the work was left abandoned It got flooded that’s why the penthouse apartments have never been occupied because of leaks

  • @Durgesuth
    @Durgesuth 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Anyone know if Gordon Dale is still around the Demon barber of Marsh lane … second only to Mad Harry of Beverley rd

  • @glennjones2635
    @glennjones2635 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The scaffolding on the flats is due to the cladding being replaced after the Grenfell tradgedy

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks Glenn, I never knew that. That Explains whats going on...appreciate the info and update

    • @glennjones2635
      @glennjones2635 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I have inside information Phil as I know someone who lives there, the blinds shop still opens but they like to choose when they want to open the shutters, nice video Phil

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@glennjones2635 😃😃

  • @paulhill2891
    @paulhill2891 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Just to say the passage used to come out on Bustlehome lane I walked through it every day on my way to school not sure if it stiil does

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา

      I had a feeling that's where it went, many thanks

  • @Durgesuth
    @Durgesuth วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi, Tge flats are having the cladding removed because it didn’t meet fire regs
    The passage way you mentioned is known as the Gully and leads to bustleholme
    Ran balti is closed down amazing place … didn’t have any reviews in 20 years but would guarantee it had a healthy turnover on the books
    The cinema was demolished and started with Gypsy’s working in a Sunday and ripping out the asbestos boiler house and transporting the debris to god knows where
    The barber shops have mostly appeared over the last few months but a couple are genuine establishments
    The nail bars are dubious
    Maybe you could do a vid on Friar Park ?

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks Durg for the info and update I will visit Friar Park very soon.

  • @sharonwest4983
    @sharonwest4983 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Lived on stone cross, the alley way leads to bustleholme lane, which leads to the sandies and charlemont farm.Stone cross is not a good area to live, got worse there, wasn’t that good before.

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've visited Stone Cross many times over the years and I never knew about that alleyway, many thanks

  • @DiscoDavesPubReviews
    @DiscoDavesPubReviews วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Too many eating places for such a small area.

  • @ToniLeddington-gr5bk
    @ToniLeddington-gr5bk วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I can barely watch it now. Is it nail bars and fast food?
    Me and my mom used to go to the bingo hall. At the matinee.

    • @awalkwithphil
      @awalkwithphil  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Bingo was great fun, it would be nice if it was still a social club.

    • @Bs-gw3tt
      @Bs-gw3tt ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Too many bums in benefits