Granville Street Ladywood

[Sandra Wilson]

If the building is at 82 Granville Street,
in 1949 it is listed as

70-82 ...Donovan Electrical Co. electric control gear mfrs.

Not sure when they ceased manufacturing at Granville Street (still listed in Kellys 1969) but I saw a great many Donovan products in use, switch's, isolates and controls, over the years I worked in maintenance, should add it was mostly replacing them for more modern products.

Colin

I was working at Donovan Electrical in 1969, assembling large control panels, adding fuses, isolators etc. I remember Mr Donovan well. Great job with some great people!

 

[Sandra Wilson]

I worked at Donovans at Northcote Rd (not Albert Rd) as an apprentice between 1971-74, - I'm pretty sure they were taken over by Thorn EMI & moved to Bedford at that time (74), as I chose redundancy rather than relocate as a teenager.

Yes it was Northcote Road. I was there from 1969 - 1972 and only left to start a family

 

[Donbogen]

Lived on the 15th floor of Triedent house in the 90s best views of Brum ever

 

[Dionysius//88]

Thanks, any idea what was on that site before they built that eyesore

Yes Penns I remember an office block or distrubution outlet about 4 or so floors , prior to it's demolition we as kids got caught by a policeman throwing stones to smash the windows .We thought we'd save the demoliton men some time .