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Alex's Pie Stands

APB Another Proud Brummie said:
Very interesting.
Alex's clientele were more of a social crowd who used it as a meeting place. He had the best pies by far. The Mobile was a 24ft long purpose-built trailer and was towed from Hollywood by Land Rover to its site on the redundant tram terminus lane directly outside the main entrance to the station, arriving at 6.30pm. The hatch would go up at 7pm and I used to close at 4am just after the 4am buses left.
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I can remember my last cup of tea bought from the stand outside Snow Hill Station one night in 1956 as I said goodbye to everyone knowing I had to return to the station next morning to catch a train to RAF National Service....A phase in my life changed that night...another one started.... :)
 
I only remember the Snow Hill pie stand. Would go there when waiting for the night service home from outside Greys. On a Saturday night (well about 11.30/12.00) you could pick up the Sunday Mercury there too. Viv.
 
What interesting comments veering from the complimentary to the derogatory. I also remember it and used it occasionally about 1976-78. What nobody has mentioned so far is that it was a hangout for "boy racers" who would hurtle around the inner city ring-road at outrageous speed. One I remember in particular was a Mark I Ford Escort into which had been shoehorned a 3 litre Ford V6 engine. It was impressive to watch (and hear) but I cannot condone the speed at which it was driven.
 
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