Nans Sweet Shop

A Memory of Erdington.

Just remembering my nan's shop in Station Road, Erdington; she sold anything and everything. Her name was Annie Allen and she was married to Charles Allen, their son, my dad, was also Charles Allen. I remember the sweet smells and also the damp. Nan was a tiny lady and could only just see over the counter. My memories of her are selling sweets from a jar, cutting the ham with a knife and the old bacon slicer, then selling the parrafin. She sold the shop in the late 50s after my granddad died, and retired to Streetly.

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