{"id":2386,"date":"2026-01-12T22:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/?page_id=2386"},"modified":"2026-01-23T17:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:05:18","slug":"shops-of-top-hagley-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/?page_id=2386","title":{"rendered":"The Shops of West Hagley and Top Hagley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

West Hagley Shops<\/a><\/h3>\n

West Hagley has become the main shopping area in Hagley as time has moved on. Click on the title above to read about the history of West Hagley shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shops of Top Hagley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many years ago, shops were located near the junction of Hall Lane and Bromsgrove Road, on the eastern end of School Lane, in Bromsgrove Road, on Birmingham Road near its junction with Bromsgrove Road and along Stourbridge Road. The outline of the history of these shops is availble by clicking their titles below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bostin’s Butcher’s Shop and Abbatoir – School Lane<\/a><\/h3>\n

The family business that was in two location, both in Top Hagley and in West Hagley. Click on the blue title to read the details of Bostin’s shop and other butchers.<\/p>\n

Bradley’s Grocery and Bakery – “The Stores” – Hall Lane\/Bromsgrove Road<\/a><\/h3>\n

A long standing grocery and bakery family business that became an antiques shop. Click on the blue title to uncover the story of Bradley’s shop.<\/p>\n

The Post Offices in Bromsgrove Road<\/a><\/h3>\n

The original post office before West Hagley existed and its successor. Click on the blue title to read who operated the postal services in Top Hagley.<\/p>\n

6\/8\/10 Birmingham Road<\/a><\/h3>\n

6\/8 Changed from a cafe into a sweet shop, then a grocery, then a post office, then an off-licence. No. 10 was a series of hairdressing businesses. Click on the blue title for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dick Sheppard’s Shop – Birmingham Road<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dick ran a general store next to the cattle market; it was destroyed by a lorry running out of control into it. Click on the blue title to read a customer’s description of the shop.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

West Hagley Shops West Hagley has become the main shopping area in Hagley as time has moved on. Click on the title above to read about the history of West Hagley shops. The Shops of Top Hagley Many years ago, shops were located near the junction of Hall Lane and Bromsgrove Road, on the eastern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2386","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhfs.org.uk\/hhfs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}