Tony wonders is anyone can remember an off licence in Beaumont Rd in the 1960s. He’s lived in Bournville for over 45 years and seems to remember residents taking a carrier bag to the off licence to disguise the fact that they were fetching drinks, but he’d appreciate any confirmation that this was true.
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John has e-mailed to say:
I remember one next door to 110 Beaumont Rd (home of the Whyborn family) in the late 1950s. I went to Kings Norton Grammar School with Robert Whyborn and from visits to his home I remember the ‘Outdoor’ on the left as you went into Beaumont Rd from Linden Rd. I think it was an Ansells but I can’t be sure.
Tony writes that he has found out from another source that the licensee was named Mick McCloud and he had this off licence in the late 1960s. Before that he was employed as a delivery driver with Cadburys.
My mum and dad (the Smiths) bought the off licence from Mick McCloud. My dad was the licensee between 1979-1987. They then sold it and the new owners turned it into a private residence. Hope this helps, let me know if anyone has found any pictures.
I remember the outdoor very well, I lived at 106 Midland Road and my mom used to send me down there for pop, sweet and a bag of scratchings at weekends. Fond memories.
Remember the outdoor on the corner of Ashmore Road and Midland Road,
Also the one on the corner of Rowheath Road and Watford Road where we got dad’s beer from.
I was at school in the early 1960s with a girl named Gwendoline Biddle, the daughter of the licensee of the off Licence in Beaumont Road.