A. M. Oldham, draper, at the Circle, 1930s
1930s · Kingstanding Road
Oldham’s on Kingstanding Circle, 1930s.
Bernie Ryman writes on Voices of Kingstanding: “This is a photo of my wife with her mother out side their shop, A M OLDHAM at the Circle Kingstanding [653 Kingstanding Road].” In a later comment he adds that it was the first shop to open at the Circle, in 1930.
Notes
Voices of Kingstanding shows this photograph twice; one copy is captioned “Oldman’s”, a slip for Oldham’s.
About this place: Kingstanding Circle · Shops of the Circle
Local memories
What people who knew this place have said about it, in their own words. These are memories, not checked facts.
“No one seems to mention A M Oldhams Drapery shop It was the first shop to open at the circle Kingstanding in 1930 They would stay open until nine at night But during the war had to close at six pm”
“Oldham,s shop was next to Jones fish shop, and Palmers Sweet shop, it was sold to P almers about 1949 … The Oldhams went to live in Great Yarmouth.”
“Now I recall the drapers by the sweet shop in the 50s. My mother (who came to live in Kingstanding in 1931), of course, would never refer to it as Palmers, but Oldhams and that how I knew the name.”
“I have a newspaper cutting sent to me from my cousin Reg Smith … This newspaper cutting is of Oldham the Drapers”
“… I would have passed Oldhams but must be honest it was the picture that stirred my memory, I have always loved Tudor looking buildings.”
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