Headless Cross Shops

Here are a few of the Headless Cross shops I remember

Park Inn Pub

Morris Hardware

Dillon,s Sweet Shop

Arthur Davis Painter and Decorator (also Redditch Councillor)

Smiths  Bakers

Oscrofts Manufacturers

Bezants Builders

Rogers Clock and Watch Repairer

Cales Fishing Rod Maker

Walls Cabinet Maker and Hardware Shop

Cricketers Pub

Foresters Pub, Later Cockings Radio and later Lewis and Stroud

Jimmy Little Builder, and Second Hand Furniture Shop

Frank Ireson, Post Office

Viles  Grocer

Chinn  Fruit and Grocery Shop

Allbutt  Fsh and Chip Shop

Youngs Butcher

Jack George Shoe Repairs

James  Antique Shop  and Portrait Painter

Hullands and Son Bakers and Shop

Jacksons  Sweet Shop

Wesley Davis Hardware and Grocery and Milkman

Mr Bennet  Shoe Repairs

Jim Combes  Window Cleaner

Woodbine Inn

Garndener’s Grocery Shop

Phil Bird Butcher

Dr Wilson General Practitioner

Co-op Grocer

White Hart Inn

Bell Inn Pub

Jury Woodcutter

Court’s Farm

Dog and Pheasant Pub

Spencers later Weedons Grocers and Newsagents

Harry Quiney Builder

Cyril Moseley Piano Teacher

Harry Bright Builder

Dick Simon Barber

The Gate Hangs Well Pub

Billy Styler Barber

Police House (first house around corner of Mason road)

Pretty  Bakers and Shop

George Hill Builders

Cliff Bridgeland Butcher

Bristol Pub, later the United Services Club, the forerunner of the Rocklands Social Club

Messenger Shoe Repairer

Bonaker Baker

Tylers Shop (agent for bookmakers)

Rollins Builder

Maries Sweet Shop (71 Birchfield Road)

Seven Stars Pub

Albert Stamps Grocer (77 Birchfield Road)

Sid Wilkinson Meadway General Stores

Heath Spring Factory

Quiney  Family Butcher

Smith Grocer

Billy Brazils Sweet Shop

Scale and Compass Pub

W Hughes Glazier

Harper Farmer and Milkman

G Whitford Spring Maker

Field Tennis Racquet Restringer

George Russell Haulage

Newbould and Sons  Builders

Hawkswood Butcher

Hitchman Grocer

Gilbert Taylor Grocer

Hillman Post Office (after Frank Ireson retired)

Vale and Sutor Painters and Decorators

Harpers Factory

Graham Hopkin’s Garage

Jim Hopkin’s Radio Shop and Repairs

Miss Coate’s Private School

Wyatt,s Garage and Car Hire ( Mr Wyatt had been the Earl of Plymouth’s chauffeur)

Tillsley’s Wool Shop

Barratts  Fish and Chip Shop

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