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now i know ive already posted a pic of the building in the background but i cant remember seeing this perticular shot...of course i stand to be corrected....ashted service station saltley rd...1957

pic courtesy of carl chinn
 
Lyn - I am almost sure that the bus stops to the right are by the public toilets where the miners strike took place later in the 1970's. Mabz
 
hi,all mayfield they were.and there was a red phone box there too.which was handy when it was raining,that is if you could get in there,lol
 
Lyn. Youve done it again. That service station is the one I used all the time. I lived just up the road in Duddeston Manor Rd, so it was my local. Its also where my Dad took me to get my very first motor, which was either an Austin A30, or A35, I can never remember which. And your right, there where toilets and a phone box there. Thanks again Lyn, I dont know what I would do without you. Barry.
 
Hello Lyn,

Have posted this photo before and ones of the same view, but don't worry, there are so many photos on the site now, it's hard to find one which no one else has seen.
Keep looking ,we all need a breath of fresh air, and may be one of us will come up with a real gem, and like your search for the Vine, it will happen one day.
Look after yourself and keep your chin up, John.
 
Can anyone help? I am interested to know if there was a scrap car dealers that went by the name of Ward and Peters which was on or near this site.
Thank you all for any help.
 
Sorry John, I must have missed the photo when you posted it. But, as you say, there are that many photos on here it is easy to miss one. Barry.
 
hi all..so glad you all liked the pic..john somewhere in the back of my mind i thought i had seen it before but was pretty certain i hadnt posted it...glad i did though as bazz missed it first time round...

lyn
 
Lyn

Here's a couple more to go with your's. The first one is from roughly the same era as your one. The second is a bit later and a tiny bit more crowded, but brings back memories of cold dark nights.



Phil

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SaltleyGasWorksNUMPicket-1.jpg
 
hi richard please dont think me thick or owt and although i love posting pics of all areas saltley and around there was not my patch...but thanks for posting the info...also i have no idea who eric bolton was....

lyn
 
strange you should say that bazz as unless we had two miners strikes my memory of it was that it was round about 1983/4

lyn
 
Didn,t we have a strike when Ted Heath was in power which caused the three day week that was in the 70s. The Saltley stand off was later with Arthur Scargill. Dek
 
The Battle of Saltley Gate as it became called by the press was on February 2nd 1972. It was led by Arthur Scargill and it was this struggle by the NUM that made him a national figure. It also played a deciding roll in Bringing Ted Heaths government down.

Phil
 
thanks for that info phil...could you tell me what strike i am thinking about that was in the 80s please...

cheers

lyn
 
Phil Thanks for putting me facts right i knew King Arthur confronted Maggie Thatcher in th 80s didn,t realize he was at Saltely. Was he leader of the miners union that long. Dek
 
Lyn

I think you are talking about Orgreave in 1984 a struggle that ended with the decimation of our mining industry, and set "that woman" on the path of ruining every bit of industry this country had left.

Phil
 
Hi all. where Asted service was it is now a supermarket.
do you remember the Olive Branch pub in Adderly Rd.
my father in law used to be the manager of the pub
hios name was Jack Conboy.used to get all the railway
in it.
regards.
 
GER22VAN said:
Can anyone help? I am interested to know if there was a scrap car dealers that went by the name of Ward and Peters which was on or near this site.
Thank you all for any help.
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Ernie

Can't find a Ward & Peters, Could it have been C.C.Ward & Sons 126 Cato Street. They also had yards in Great Francis St & Lord St.

Phil
 
RICHARD. PHIL. All I know is that my mother had told me that my Uncle had worked there at some point in time ( In the said area ). I just wondered if it was a fact but my Uncle and my Mother have since passed on.
 
pmc1947 said:
Lyn

Here's a couple more to go with your's. The first one is from roughly the same era as your one. The second is a bit later and a tiny bit more crowded, but brings back memories of cold dark nights.



Phil
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Hi, Phil,

Your picture of Saltley garage brings back a little childhood memory of when my dad was trying out a second-hand car he had just bought and took me with him.

We drove down Gt. Lister Street to the top of Saltley Road, when the engine cut out...

"Ugh!, Ugh!, he grunted, and pointed to the petrol gauge. "Petrol...", he said.

And, do you know, that car rolled all the way down Saltley Road to the bottom of the hill where he simply turned into the service station at the bottom and asked the attendant for a couple of gallons...!!!

Talk about luck...!

Cheers,

Jim (pedlarman)
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GER22VAN said:
RICHARD. PHIL. All I know is that my mother had told me that my Uncle had worked there at some point in time ( In the said area ). I just wondered if it was a fact but my Uncle and my Mother have since passed on.
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Ernie

So what time frame are we taking about, the 20's & 30's possibly?

Ph
 
PHIL. I feel quite sure that it would be in the 1920's or 1930's as I know that in the 1940's he was at the Metro Cammel in Saltley.
 
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