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Lincoln Street Motors

Hi olold
The garage on the very first corner of your moderen day photo, which incicently
Is a cracker of a picture would be meriden street.
And as far back as i can recall there was always a motor dealer/ car sales which actualy
Had taken the whole corner up by those traffic lights and it always had expensive cars in the show room
It was the expensdive ones of the era going back in time as i recall as a kid
Way back in the forty /fifty onwards there paint work on there show rooms was never clean
Always dirty and blistard and peeling off and dirty windows
A couple of doors along going back up meriden street was mr king of the Banana trade in around the
Old bull ring as it was in those days he had his bigger ware house just across the road
Where alot of traders was selling in those days he was always dressed smart just .ike a cockney spiff
He supplied all the traders for all thefe bannas as he was the biggest importer in the bull ring
When i used to walk along meriden street passing his gates i used to think about those big spiders
What comes in them boxes what my mom used to tell me as we was walking to her mom and dad
On new cannal street which continues along from meriden street
 
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Astonian said:
Bristol Street Motors
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Who Can Remember The Little And Old Shops Of BRISTOL road Motors ,
On Bristol Road , Where They Began ,
Long Before They Became Multi - Dealers Of Cars
And Long Before They Got Involved With Fords Dealership ,
It Was Started BY Harry Cresswell AND His Brother Maurice ,
Many MANY Years Ago.
They Had A Couple Of Depots Where They Bought ThereCars
And Valeted Them To High Stannards And Serviced Them
One Was In The Highgate Area, Just Cannot Think Of The Name
Right Now. The OTHER ONE Was In Victoria Street Winson Green
And Thats The One I Worked At Manny Years Ago
[ To Long For Me To Speak ABOUT ]
His Deot Manager Was A Chap Called Freddie Wakelin
Harry And His Brother Came Like Clock Work To Check THAT Was
Everythink His Running SMOOTH
One Day I Went Into The Office ,And ASKED For A Rise In My Wages ,
AND Harry Looked AT Fred ,[ I Was Only Young Then ]
And He SAID Okay Son . He Offered Me Threpuny PIECE Rise ,
I Said Thanks , And Walked OUT OF The Office
All The Older Guys Started To Smile At Me When I Walked Back On To
The Shop Floor And Asked ME How I Got On ,
I Told Them What They Said , The Following Week They Started To Get
Resstless And They Started To Approach Freddie For A Rise
Which nThey Never Got .
A Week Later They Started A Chap On VALETTEDING
Apparently This Guy Had Been A CHAUFFER , For Some Big Noise
It Wasn,t Long Before Harry Had Him Sent Down To Bristol Street
AND He Became There CHAUFFER ,
Afew Weeks LATER I Went Into The OFFICE ,AND Asked Them
Would They Give Me A Refference, To Join The Army ,
And They Both Did And Wished Me Good Luck
AFTER ALengh Of Time I Got Some Home Leave ,
I Went Back To See Them ALL , But By This Time They Had Gone
Into Dealership With Fords On A MASSIVE Scale
There Was Security Everywhere aND Loads Of Camera,s
IGave My Name To The Security Officier On The Gate
Even Thou I Had Never Met Him Before , He Said YOU Are That Chap
WHOM JOINED The Army, I Said Yes , He Said I,VE Heard All About You , The Guy Whom Went Into The Gathers Office For ARISE
He Let Me In ,
The Cresswell Family Are Still DEALING In Cars
Down On The Hagley Road West Dealing With The Old Specialality
For Films And TV Movies
And His Daughter As CONNECTION ,With AMember OF tHE Royal
Family
HAVE A NICE DAY EVERYBODY BEST WISHES , ASTONIAN ;;
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Astonian said:
Bristol Street Motors
-----------------------
Who Can Remember The Little And Old Shops Of BRISTOL road Motors ,
On Bristol Road , Where They Began ,
Long Before They Became Multi - Dealers Of Cars
And Long Before They Got Involved With Fords Dealership ,
It Was Started BY Harry Cresswell AND His Brother Maurice ,
Many MANY Years Ago.
They Had A Couple Of Depots Where They Bought ThereCars
And Valeted Them To High Stannards And Serviced Them
One Was In The Highgate Area, Just Cannot Think Of The Name
Right Now. The OTHER ONE Was In Victoria Street Winson Green
And Thats The One I Worked At Manny Years Ago
[ To Long For Me To Speak ABOUT ]
His Deot Manager Was A Chap Called Freddie Wakelin
Harry And His Brother Came Like Clock Work To Check THAT Was
Everythink His Running SMOOTH
One Day I Went Into The Office ,And ASKED For A Rise In My Wages ,
AND Harry Looked AT Fred ,[ I Was Only Young Then ]
And He SAID Okay Son . He Offered Me Threpuny PIECE Rise ,
I Said Thanks , And Walked OUT OF The Office
All The Older Guys Started To Smile At Me When I Walked Back On To
The Shop Floor And Asked ME How I Got On ,
I Told Them What They Said , The Following Week They Started To Get
Resstless And They Started To Approach Freddie For A Rise
Which nThey Never Got .
A Week Later They Started A Chap On VALETTEDING
Apparently This Guy Had Been A CHAUFFER , For Some Big Noise
It Wasn,t Long Before Harry Had Him Sent Down To Bristol Street
AND He Became There CHAUFFER ,
Afew Weeks LATER I Went Into The OFFICE ,AND Asked Them
Would They Give Me A Refference, To Join The Army ,
And They Both Did And Wished Me Good Luck
AFTER ALengh Of Time I Got Some Home Leave ,
I Went Back To See Them ALL , But By This Time They Had Gone
Into Dealership With Fords On A MASSIVE Scale
There Was Security Everywhere aND Loads Of Camera,s
IGave My Name To The Security Officier On The Gate
Even Thou I Had Never Met Him Before , He Said YOU Are That Chap
WHOM JOINED The Army, I Said Yes , He Said I,VE Heard All About You , The Guy Whom Went Into The Gathers Office For ARISE
He Let Me In ,
The Cresswell Family Are Still DEALING In Cars
Down On The Hagley Road West Dealing With The Old Specialality
For Films And TV Movies
And His Daughter As CONNECTION ,With AMember OF tHE Royal
Family
HAVE A NICE DAY EVERYBODY BEST WISHES , ASTONIAN ;;
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Slight correction . . . The American brothers that owned Bristol Street Motors were Harry & Albert CressMAN. 'Little' Harry was Harry Cressman's CHAUFFER. I worked for them for 14 years and started when they only had the Main (New Car) showroom plus "No1" & "No2" used cars close by. Geoff Pountney & Graham Garner ran "No1" & Bernie ? ran "No 2". Harry Cressman sadly died in 2008 after a long fight with cancer. It was a great Company and launched me into a working lifetime in the automotive trade.
 
You might recall then when the Cressman brothers tried to get past the Sunday trading laws Nigel, they were prosecuted by Birmingham trading standards officers and fined for selling cars on Sundays they defied the court twice and were fined more each time, they gave up when the judge told them if they came before him again the fine would be £50,000
 
Yes Eric, I was there then - we had to work Sundays, especially when the "Cardrome" (with three floors) opened - remember that on Coventry Road? Harry, especially, 'pushed the limits', a fearless entrepreneur . . . .
 
Nigel Edwards said:
Yes Eric, I was there then - we had to work Sundays, especially when the "Cardrome" (with three floors) opened - remember that on Coventry Road? Harry, especially, 'pushed the limits', a fearless entrepreneur . . . .
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Nigel Edwards said:
Yes Eric, I was there then - we had to work Sundays, especially when the "Cardrome" (with three floors) opened - remember that on Coventry Road? Harry, especially, 'pushed the limits', a fearless entrepreneur . . . .
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Kurt’s last venture was ‘World of Cars’ in Lionel Street I think. In the 80s Kurt used to buy ex hire cars from Jersey
 
Harry Cressman was Birmingham’s most succesful car dealer and Bristol Street Motors had their own Beech King Air turboprop aircraft at Elmdon in the 70s, operated by Central Air Services based in Hangar Number 1
 
Lincoln Street Motors was where I worked from 1975 to 1986,first at their Datsun dealership in Moseley,and then the'rink' as we referred to it on Summerhill.Sadly for the last 4 months that I worked there it was with Price Waterhouse Cooper who were administrating the wind up.
 
jillymac said:
Lincoln Street Motors was where I worked from 1975 to 1986,first at their Datsun dealership in Moseley,and then the'rink' as we referred to it on Summerhill.Sadly for the last 4 months that I worked there it was with Price Waterhouse Cooper who were administrating the wind up.
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Lincoln St Motors had a workshop in Weaman Street near corner of Edward Rd... my cousin Jimmy Black started his apprenticeship there in 60's....Manager was Tony Dugan, a very smart, well spoken gentleman with small moustache, who every evening, went into The Snug of the Clock Pub (Moseley Arms) until he made his way home to Gilberstone Avenue Yardley at about 8pm.........1970's-80's
 
paul stacey said:
Could I ask the "Administrators", why I am the only member, on line with (NO appreciate) tag on my site????????????
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Paul, if you look at your own profile by clicking on it on your name, you will see that you have had over 500
 
if you look Morturn, at all the other members sites,at the bottom, they have thumbs up, appreciate, +quote, <Reply, I don't seem to have the , thumbs up appreciate on my site at all ???
 
paul stacey said:
if you look Morturn, at all the other members sites,at the bottom, they have thumbs up, appreciate, +quote, <Reply, I don't seem to have the , thumbs up appreciate on my site at all ???
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Its working fine when I look at it (see post #41), so it could be your security or browser setting

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I specialise in obscure Birmingham history, so can tell you Lincoln Street Motors owned an aircraft in the early 80s based at Elmdon, here is a picture of it, it’s now at Gloucester

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G-BFEK | Reims-Cessna F152 II | Private | Michael Brazier | JetPhotos

A Staverton Flying Cub 152 is seen here on finals to Runway 22 on a blustery autumn day. The aircraft was built in 1977 at the Rheims facility in France and has been with various Staverton companies since 1981. The current owner is registered as Cardinal Sin Ltd. G-BFEK. Reims-Cessna F152 II...
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