{"id":1192713,"date":"2026-09-08T05:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1192713\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T05:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:56:18","slug":"closing-date-nears-for-100-year-old-birmingham-shop-as-rag-market-legend-says-last-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1192713\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing date nears for 100-year-old Birmingham shop as Rag Market legend says ‘last chance’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Birmingham fabric shop that was founded in the Rag Market in the 1930s is set to close for good in a month.<\/p>\n

Barry’s Fabrics on Moseley<\/a> Street in Digbeth<\/a> will shut up shop in October to make way for the new Smithfield Development in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

Barry Leon has been managing the fabric shop his grandfather founded nearly 100 years ago, taking over from his father in 1977.<\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>The historic Harry Potter and Gladiator magic made by humble 247-year-old family business in Digbeth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Barry’s sells dress, craft and soft furnishing fabrics to Brummies who go on to dress their families and homes with their bargain buys.<\/p>\n

The family-run business moved to Gloucester Street in its own bricks-and-mortar shop before Bullring redevelopment forced a move to Digbeth in 2000.<\/p>\n

Now Barry has a compulsory purchase order from the council, meaning the shop had no choice but to leave the current location.<\/p>\n

Barry’s announced the closure to customers last spring, sparking sadness in the community.<\/p>\n

It expected to close in 2025 but says that the complexity of the sale meant staying open longer than anticipated.<\/p>\n

Now the final closing date is on the horizon, with Barry’s shutting for good in October.<\/p>\n

Barry’s told shoppers they had until the ‘end of October’ to visit before the brand is gone for good in Digbeth, just shy of its centenary.<\/p>\n

It said it was ‘the end of an era for Barry’s and Birmingham<\/a> ‘.<\/p>\n

Follower Helena commented: “Very sad news but what a legacy Barry’s Fabrics has had – all good things must come to an end I guess.”<\/p>\n

Mandy Shone wrote: “This is just too sad. Been shopping with the lovely ladies at Barry’s for dance and production costumes for around 26 years.”<\/p>\n

Barry’s is open from Tuesday to Friday, from 10am until 5pm and from 10am until 5:30pm on Saturdays. It’s closed Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n

You’ll find it at 1 Moseley Street, Digbeth, B5 6JX.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Birmingham fabric shop that was founded in the Rag Market in the 1930s is set to close…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1192714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[29827,323266,855,748,10587,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":["post-1192713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-barry","tag-barry-leon","tag-birmingham","tag-britain","tag-digbeth","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117233882543410526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1192713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1192714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1192713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1192713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}