Kings Castle

Aldridge Yesterday and Today
February 17, 2021 ·
A picture showing King's Castle at the end of the High Street. (John Sale)
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  Aldridge Yesterday and Today
  I remember the little white basket of 10p singles slipping out of the top 40 charts. I used to love rooting through them.
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  Christina Wohlforth
  I went there with my brother and sister when we first moved to Aldridge. We took our dog Panda with us and whilst we were inside we tied her lead to the bin outside. We were looking through the records upstairs when the lady behind the counter called o…
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  Paul Robert Tonks
  Bought so many records here!
  
  Ian Mitchell
  Great shop ; bought my first single there - Pretty little angel eyes - Shawaddywaddy ! Also , after getting our first stereo , my Dad bought some great albums from there - Beatles greatest hits , Glenn Miller , Doris Day , Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Shand…
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  Andrew Stait
  Use to love my parents taking me there. Aldridge looks so well cared for, all neat and tidy in that photo.
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  Andrew John
  That’s just brilliant. Records upstairs. Bought my first album there - Regatta de Blanc !

• Lesley Cleveley
  Happy memories of times spent in the record department at Kings .Also going to the opening ceremony. We were so excited about a shop like Kings opening in our village.
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  Gary Mincher
  Got my first single from there blockbuster by sweet a great shop
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  Susan Morton
  I remember this going upstairs and buying my records
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  Jane Hetherington
  I used to love spending Saturday afternoons in Kings, I think the record department was upstairs!
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  Karen Hewitt
  I loved this shop, can see it now upstairs and all the records LPs and cassettes lol. Bought my first single from there by "buster". Remember my dad buying all his James Last albums 2 x
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  Sue Page
  Great little shop. Remember my Dad taking us in there to the upstairs section to buy the latest record with our pocket money. Happy days!
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  Jackie Neath
  Spent a fair amount of time in Kings and a few pennies, happy days
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  Karen Cooper Turley
  My Nan and grandad lived in Aldridge and would take me and my sister every Saturday for our magazines. Loved rummaging around in the discount baskets.
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  Mark Hyde
  The shop was originally opened by Ken Dodd. Still have the single he was giving awayHappiness
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  Sue Mason
  I used to work in the records and book department around 1973 ??? loved it !
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  Mike Hawes
  Remember it opening, it had everything, even bus passes in the up stairs record dept. It was one of the few places open saturday afternoon and later Sunday morning
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  Christopher Dean
  I bought all my records there....you could even listen to them first.
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  Ian Davidson
  bought my very first album upstairs back in the early seventies (Queen's Night at the Opera!!!), that was such a long, long time ago. . . . .
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  Chris King
  Yep my bike would regularly be leaning up that window!
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  Melek Lisa Yildirim
  Spent hours and hours going through the LP`s at Kings. Purchased my first single from there. Happy days
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    Louise Thompson
    Was just going to say,that is where I bought my first record from aswell,I think it was upstairs !
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  Lindsey Chapman
  Bought my first record there and loads more after! And lots of sweets after school
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  Gill Beddowes
  They had a good selection of LP's that you could sift through to your hearts content
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  Jo Butterly
  My Dad took me there for my first single.......Seven Tears by the Goombay Dance Band released in 1980. Happy memories.
  Jackie Attwood
  
  I remember the footprints going up the stairs
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  Joyce Peel
  This brings back so many memories. Loved that shop, so much to see. Remember going upstairs to buy my records
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  Db Bear
  Great memories, loved that shop
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  Deirdre Ann Snape
  It was a fantastic store
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  Mark Sheldon
  How old is this picture guys? It’s great.
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  Vera Cartwright
  Good memories, records upstairs ooo showing my age
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  Helen O'Shea Parker
  It was a great shop
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  Mary Price
  KEN DOD WAS there I took my eldest daughter that day
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  Mich Hennessey
  Remember it so well
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  Emma Jane Styling
  Eddie Brookhouse your beautiful family cottage was ripped down for this
  
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  Dena Smith
  Ahh those were the days
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  Kim Gilbert
  Back in the day
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  Paul Higgins
  Got my first single from there: Boney M- Ma Baker. God fogive me.
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  Liz Frankel
  Happy memories
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  Rob Brookhouse
  I remember it
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  Maz Cleaver
  My pocket money spent there. 1972.