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Baldwin And Mason Hardware Aston

Smudger

master brummie
For a while after leaving the Army, i drove for a hardware wholesaler in Aston (or possibly Nechells) & for the life of me i can`t remember the name of the firm. Can anyone help?
Thanks, Smudger.
 
For a while after leaving the Army, i drove for a hardware wholesaler in Aston (or possibly Nechells) & for the life of me i can`t remember the name of the firm. Can anyone help?
Thanks, Smudger.
Hi, I remember a hardware shop in Aston, it stood opposite the ITV television studio, it was owned by Ansells Brewery and was called (The Big Broom).
 
Hi, I remember a hardware shop in Aston, it stood opposite the ITV television studio, it was owned by Ansells Brewery and was called (The Big Broom).
Thanks Steve, but this was a wholesaler, & i used to load the wagon with barb wire, nails etc. & deliver round Worcester, Hereford, Gloucester, as well as Brum. I could change my deliveries around so i could park up in Worcester & do a couple of hours fishing. Great job..
 
could be difficult without a street or road name smudger....even more harder without a definate area but fingers crossed someone may turn it up

lyn
 
Smudger

Roughly what year would this be? Why Nechells or Aston, was it borderline? Was it a manufacturer of nails & barbed wire etc or did it supply other types of hardware?
 
How about John Reynolds & Sons Ltd, Newtown Row, nail manufacturers, most nail makers made barbed wire as well?
 
AD Foulkes in Cheston Rd, they had several depots, I worked at their Stratford Rd depot..
There was also Baldwin and mason, Lancaster St, Aston..
 
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