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Furniture removals
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Hope you and Hillary are well yes removals transport as not been mentionione before
Well years ago it was either pick fords or whites removals for your removals of domestics house removals
Pick fords was the tops in the field years ago international or local home and industrial hevvy lifting gear like iron fairy cranes of all sixes
With there load loaders and police escort I worked for pmt machine bumping on a load loader machines sellers of Coventry
I was the young drivers mate and our depot was in Brookfield avenue of western red red just down from the old work house and summer field hospital
Best wishes Alan,, astonian,,,,,
Hope you and Hillary are well yes removals transport as not been mentionione before
Well years ago it was either pick fords or whites removals for your removals of domestics house removals
Pick fords was the tops in the field years ago international or local home and industrial hevvy lifting gear like iron fairy cranes of all sixes
With there load loaders and police escort I worked for pmt machine bumping on a load loader machines sellers of Coventry
I was the young drivers mate and our depot was in Brookfield avenue of western red red just down from the old work house and summer field hospital
Best wishes Alan,, astonian,,,,,
Radiorails
master brummie
Likewise a PMT machine is unknown to me, but to anyone familiar with the Potteries and North Staffordshire will instantly recognise the initials as those of their local bus company. :biggrin:
Hi mike and Alan
Sorry for this I used a lap top to type the thread and I am sorry to say it does not always come out as it should it so e times miss spell word or
Misses words out I use this for quicknes
The word pmt is a named company in Coventry at that time I do not know whether they are still operational
But pmt. Stands for Pollard machines. And tools they sell huge large machines to engineering companies across the globe
From a simple lathe drillers capstans up to the highest swiss manufacture electric computers machines man as ever producuce
We served all the British car makers from across the British isle you name it we sold it them and installed them in even the JCB company
American we used to have a high low loader along with police escorts on there bike from Brookfield to London , Manchester Scotland's we would be gone for days
Across the British isles deleliver them and machine bump them into business so was terrible to get around
We used to to some farmer whom had barns and we would be asked to get it in and with the use of a block and tackle try and get it into the top of the barn
After raising it and lowering it on to barn floor it would crack through the floor and smash silly people we would roller bars from the load loader to inside the premise
I was up forty feet using a winch to hold and pul the ratchets to hoist it up but the dammed ratchet gave way and all went hell fire
The bar gave away and I went flying down to the road and I was out cold with half my head caved in and I was rushed to hospital by ambulance
Spent time in there and off work for six months and through that I packed the job up
But getting to the pmt it is not a machine its the company name and he was a Swedish bussines operating in Brookfield best wishes Alan
Astonian,,,,,,,
Sorry for this I used a lap top to type the thread and I am sorry to say it does not always come out as it should it so e times miss spell word or
Misses words out I use this for quicknes
The word pmt is a named company in Coventry at that time I do not know whether they are still operational
But pmt. Stands for Pollard machines. And tools they sell huge large machines to engineering companies across the globe
From a simple lathe drillers capstans up to the highest swiss manufacture electric computers machines man as ever producuce
We served all the British car makers from across the British isle you name it we sold it them and installed them in even the JCB company
American we used to have a high low loader along with police escorts on there bike from Brookfield to London , Manchester Scotland's we would be gone for days
Across the British isles deleliver them and machine bump them into business so was terrible to get around
We used to to some farmer whom had barns and we would be asked to get it in and with the use of a block and tackle try and get it into the top of the barn
After raising it and lowering it on to barn floor it would crack through the floor and smash silly people we would roller bars from the load loader to inside the premise
I was up forty feet using a winch to hold and pul the ratchets to hoist it up but the dammed ratchet gave way and all went hell fire
The bar gave away and I went flying down to the road and I was out cold with half my head caved in and I was rushed to hospital by ambulance
Spent time in there and off work for six months and through that I packed the job up
But getting to the pmt it is not a machine its the company name and he was a Swedish bussines operating in Brookfield best wishes Alan
Astonian,,,,,,,
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BernardR
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This perhaps needs a separate thread as the post started by Jim clearly state Furniture Removals not Machine Tools sales and moving thereof.
Radiorails
master brummie
Now to re-focus the thread:
I recall seeing large furniture vans in the south of Birmingham/Solihull areas which were a pleasant shade of green - not a dark or very light colour.
But I cannot remember the company name. I bet someone here does. :friendly_wink:
I recall seeing large furniture vans in the south of Birmingham/Solihull areas which were a pleasant shade of green - not a dark or very light colour.
But I cannot remember the company name. I bet someone here does. :friendly_wink:
Alan
I cannot think of the names just right. But it could have been Robinson's and they had a office base on the corner of mosely. Road
And Brighton road by the traffic .rights for years a lot of there big vans was
Marked out side there offices which was a huge building and several different companies used to operate there business there
It was some think house eventually they demomolished the building and the removals all went as well
It was directly oppersite the mosely dance hall
Best wishes astonian, Alan,,,,,
I cannot think of the names just right. But it could have been Robinson's and they had a office base on the corner of mosely. Road
And Brighton road by the traffic .rights for years a lot of there big vans was
Marked out side there offices which was a huge building and several different companies used to operate there business there
It was some think house eventually they demomolished the building and the removals all went as well
It was directly oppersite the mosely dance hall
Best wishes astonian, Alan,,,,,
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BernardR
Guest
Hi Alan (Radiorails) I think i know the company you mean 'Brewer and Turnbull' maybe? If so my ex Brother in Law used to work for them they had a depot in Shirley. Seems they may still exist in some form elsewhere will try to find out.
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BernardR
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Looks like I was wrong as the only photos I can find show a dark blue and red Luton van.
I post this on the basis that I am by birth a Brummie and now live in Oz.
One day I saw (down here ) a large van and on that section over the cab was the word in letters 4/5 foot high "TITS"
When a lot closer you could see it was T.I.T.S and underneath the title, Thomas Interstate Transport Services.
It certainly made them stand out.
One day I saw (down here ) a large van and on that section over the cab was the word in letters 4/5 foot high "TITS"
When a lot closer you could see it was T.I.T.S and underneath the title, Thomas Interstate Transport Services.
It certainly made them stand out.
Having moved house many, many times I notice that removal businesses have certainly changed the way they do things over time. I remember using tea chests for crockery, glass etc. You had to be careful with these as they were full of splinters. Sometimes they still had foil attached to the chests - I assume that was to keep the tea dry (?). Now they deliver those flat cardboard boxes and cardboard wardrobes. All ok of course and they do the job (unless it's absolutely tipping down on moving day) but tea chests were much more substantial, especially if you were moving some distance. One thing they still use from the past is blankets for covering mirrors or protecting furniture. But I do wonder how they get their blankets; army surplus or are they still made ? I think the removal vans themselves have got bigger and bigger too. Much bigger than the vans in post #1. Expect we all have much more 'stuff' these days. And I've always admired how hard removal men work, in all weathers until the job's done. Real, hard graft. Viv.
Radiorails
master brummie
Indeed it was Brewer & Turnbull, Bernard. It was over sixty years ago when I last saw their vehicles. Somehow the junction Haslucks Green Road/Stratford Road/Olton Road? rings a bell.
I look at this Forum at least once a day and think I might just back out, so much is written that I know nothing of. But, now and again, a post captures mu thoughts, such as this one. :friendly_wink:
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BernardR
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You have the location spot on Alan and don't even think of backing out as I enjoy your contributions. Not absolutely certain but feel the location may have been swallowed up the Electricity Co HQ soon to become housing.
Though I have not found evidence I feel you are probably correct on the colour scheme at some time.
Though I have not found evidence I feel you are probably correct on the colour scheme at some time.
Brewer and Turnbill are still going strong and much bigger, based at Deykin Avenue. These companies now seem to use the term 'logistics' to describe their business. Not sure but think it relates to office/ business removal, although it could refer to domestic removal too I suppose. Viv.
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Radiorails
master brummie
Tea chests were also a vital part of any skiffle group: I know I played one at an RAF show. :biggrin:
That's true Judy. I like the stencilling on these tea chests (for sale ! on eBay). I bet many people have a few of these stashed away in their loft spaces containing family treasures.
Mike, that horse drawn removal vehicle looks very nicely restored. Though you certainly wouldn't fit today's standard household effects into it. Not only did Victorian families generally have less possessions, I expect many more people rented houses complete with furniture etc. So moving would have been much easier I suppose.
Radiorails - didn't know that. Hope you got a good sound out of them! Viv.
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Mike, that horse drawn removal vehicle looks very nicely restored. Though you certainly wouldn't fit today's standard household effects into it. Not only did Victorian families generally have less possessions, I expect many more people rented houses complete with furniture etc. So moving would have been much easier I suppose.
Radiorails - didn't know that. Hope you got a good sound out of them! Viv.
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oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
One or two furniture removal pics on the forum (there's probably more) and a van shown here from that well known shop we all liked.
The pic is here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1260&p=509287#post509287
Unusual removal here but maybe the only way possible. The chaps seem to have done this before and hopefully Nellie's furniture made it safely to her new house.
The pic is here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1260&p=509287#post509287
Unusual removal here but maybe the only way possible. The chaps seem to have done this before and hopefully Nellie's furniture made it safely to her new house.
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I expect Nellies lovely furniture must have gone into the house that way too. I bet she'd have bought flatpack if it'd been available. Great photo. And I expect you needed a bob or two for the Lewis's removers. Looks upmarket to me. Viv.
Radiorails
master brummie
Now who remembers Mr. Shifter and his son - the PG tips tea ad.
Typhoo Tea, yes another firm with its origins in Birmingham.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzEBLa3PPk
Typhoo Tea, yes another firm with its origins in Birmingham.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzEBLa3PPk
Talking of packing in tea chests One of my brothers-in -law came out from Glasgow to join the family here in Oz and he was always supplying things, such as wet suits for 4/5 people when we went to the beach or shower tap blenders if we were fixing up a home.
I asked him once just how he had so much stuff and he replied that he had shipped out 13 tea chests of things he thought would come in handy. You couldn't do that with those flat pack boxes!!
I asked him once just how he had so much stuff and he replied that he had shipped out 13 tea chests of things he thought would come in handy. You couldn't do that with those flat pack boxes!!
