Evesham Street in the 1930's

Evesham Street was quite a place when I was a young lad. The Hungry Man pub was on one side of the top corner while on the far side, just above the old Congregational Church, ms Pitts garage. My dad worked there for a short time when he first started work. It was the Congregational churchyard that had to be demolished when the   Redditch Development Corporation built the Kingfisher Centre. On the other side was Samuel Milward's Pork Butcher's.  He used to stand outside the shop with his straw hat and striped butcher's apron. He ms a very jovial man, everybody liked him. Mr Millard was an extremely big man and his wife Constance, was very small and wispy, she was quite a musical person. They lived in a large house on the corner of Salop Road and Oakly Road. On the other side was Hollington's General Stores, then Heaphy's the Men's Outfitters. Just above the top of Evesham Street where the hill started, was a bakery. The owners (the Williams) were friends of my family and they let us stand in the upstairs rooms to watch the carnival when it passed by

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