Bywaters

[JohnJames]

Quite a few companies described their premises or products as 'model'. It seemed odd at the time, to me, but I eventually found out that it simply meant that it was something to be imitated or compared to favourably.

I remember that it was very logically laid out, with live pigs coming in at one end and a huge variety of pork products leaving despatch at the other end of the complex, with all the various production areas in separate sections dependent on product.

 

[JAMMAY]

I worked here from 1965 till 1969 in the meat assembly dept preparing the ingredients for sausages,mincing the meat adding the salts and seasoning. The main entrance was in Greenway St, but there were others one was behind the pub we used to call the Wrexham, where we spent many a dinner time. One of the perks was we always had hot pies from the bakehouse when we were peckish. I met some great people there we had some good times. Did anyone else work there?

I also worked in Bywaters Greenaway St started August 1960

 

[linbin]

I also worked at Bywaters , I married Allan Williams who use to make all the pastry for the pie and sausage rolls . I worked in the office sales department. I would bring all the paper work saying so and so want this and that

 

[acklam19]

Hi all. In the late 40 and 50s one of the highlights of the week for us kids was to watch the unloading of the animals at Bywaters which I think took place on a Sunday because they blocked the Coventry Rd to get the right angle for the lorry ramp, sometimes one would escape and send us all running for safety on top of the old Air raid shelters opposite, our favourite of course was if a cow got out then it was a sight to behold as they tried to recapture it
Regards. Acklam19.

 

[Richard Dye]

Bywaters paper bags. According to the bags, Bywaters had a model factory in Small Heath. Viv

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Just looking at the pie on the bag makes my mouth water! A large slice of that and a pint (maybe two) would be wonderful about now!

 

[Vivienne14]

Even though mum worked for Bywaters I don’t remember ever having one of their pork pies, probably because I wasn’t a big fan of pork pie. Mum must have brought them home because she loved pork pie. She especially liked them just a little warm. And we had plenty of cheese from the shop - remember her cutting it with a wire. I also remember her slicing ham on the slicing machine, lovely stuff. I’m pretty certain the Bywaters shop she worked at was the next shop along to Kirtons newsagents in this photo ( ie to the right of Kirtons). The #29 bus is travelling along Kingstanding Road. I remember a sense of being high up when you looked out of the shop window across to Hawthorn Road whereas the shops further to the right are lower down. Viv.

 

[Richard Dye]

Even though mum worked for Bywaters I don’t remember ever having one of their pork pies, probably because I wasn’t a big fan of pork pie. Mum must have brought them home because she loved pork pie. She especially liked them just a little warm. And we had plenty of cheese from the shop - remember her cutting it with a wire. I also remember her slicing ham on the slicing machine, lovely stuff. I’m pretty certain the Bywaters shop she worked at was the next shop along to Kirtons newsagents in this photo ( ie to the right of Kirtons). The #29 bus is travelling along Kingstanding Road. I remember a sense of being high up when you looked out of the shop window across to Hawthorn Road whereas the shops further to the right are lower down. Viv.

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Ah yes! The 29 bus and #5 tram were my most used transportation, and we have a cheese cutter that uses wire that seems to be a magnet for grandchildren!