Perry Common - The Ring - Birmingham

The Ring shopping area, I recall the hardware shop used to be 'Hunts Stores and Provisions' run by Mr & Mrs Wilson in the 60's and 70's. There used to be a butchers and a small laudrette next to Wilsons shop.The One Stop Shop was a hardware shop.
I recall they was a hairdressers shop where in 1967 I was with our 'gang' and we saw a Jeep park up outside with 4 occupants. We recognised them as the 60's pop group ' The Move'. I remember we scrambled around and found some discarded cigarette packets and scraps of paper from the pavement and we got their autographs. They were very friendly and we had a chat with them. We found out that a relative of one of the 'Move' either owned or worked at the hairdressers.I kept my autographed cigarette packet for years, until dad had a clean out in 1979 and it was just rubbish in the bottom of an old jug I used to have,I only found out a year after when I came to look for it, I was gutted. The community hall used to have a fantastic disco for us youngsters. (The Chinese takeaway used to be an off licence.The The ring itself was all concrete at that time with a grass verge and trees surrounding it. I also recall that the Army used to occasionally have a recruiting stand on the Ring with a large tent and tank. There was a small ring of grass at the centre with more trees.

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[kevkonk]

Wackers Disco was a broom cupboard, Jimmy Saville was worried about the competition from 'Smiley Wilson'. Was that his wife or sister he lived with?

[dirtythreeinch]

Lived in Capilano Road, the ring was our patch. Remember the Parky, evil get he was. Has,nt changed that much tho. Went to Hastings Road school, is that still there? bet it is, the germans could ,nt get rid of it. Happy days 1952 to 1970.

[corleone0714]

I used to go Perry Common Primary School 1988-1993... Great times. Lived on Witton Lodge Rd for a while too...

[IxIxIDoVidsIxIxI]

2:19 that ent there no more its a community center :) i live 5 mins away from here :D

[samkirbhead]

Aint seen this place in a few years :D

[TheLongfords]

the fish shop best in uk

[misterjory]

used to go perry common school round cornerr maynn...too sikk

[james16renenhan]

lol i live right by there wtf

[Dunleavy29]

LMFAO! Stetchford. Pleaseeeeeeeeee.

[SGISAMH]

Stetchford massive ...BRAP

[rawramp9]

think it was his sister. used to have some fun waitin till he put all the wooden boxes up then we pull em down he set his dog on us more than once