Louise Lorne Rd Moseley

[Elefjay]

Does anyone have any recollections/memories of Louise Lorne Rd Moseley from back in early 1970s or even late 1960s. I have been out of Birmingham for many years but I am a born and bred Brummie. I was just reminiscing of being a teenager and the Saturday jobs I had. Around about 1972-73 I worked for a friend of my father who had a Car repair premises and attached yard in Louise Lorne Rd. There were several similar premises there. I seem to remember it was accessed by a very rough road/track. Ive looked on Google maps and Google earth and cannot imagine where this was exactly. It seems that the road itself is there with many residential properties but bears no resemblance to how i remember it. Does anybody else on here have memories that would match mine?

 

[mw0njm.]

hi. I can remember a yard down a bit of a track.on the left. ( going down the rd). its where I got my welding bottles from..he was a car repairer.and a scrap yard

 

[mw0njm.]

i been thinking there was abut 6 car repair yards along that rd, the first on the right was a scrapyard run by paddyl lewlass

 

[Elefjay]

i been thinking there was abut 6 car repair yards along that rd, the first on the right was a scrapyard run by paddyl lewlass

My dads friend i worked for was named Ray White, his Garage/Yard was on the left hand side ( coming up from the bottom of the road), i think the place next door was owned by a guy named Pete. I wonder what happened to all those businesses and what year did they cease to exist?

 

[RobT]

There's some comments about Louise Lorne Rd & Car repairers in this other thread

Moseley Area Pictures & Information Wanted

Can Any Forum Members Help Me Out? I Am Compling A Book On The History Of Moseley Village And Am Looking For Pictures & Information On The Area. Memories And Anecdotes Are Most Welcome. Kind Regards Moselian

birminghamhistory.co.uk

 

[pjmburns]

Map from around 1970.

 

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[Dave P]

In the early 80's Peter DeJong had a workshop somewhere along there repairing & restoring Mk2 Jaguars

 

[oldMohawk]

In the immediate post war years there was a business building (shaded) in Louise Lorne Road which is marked by an arrow from Moseley Road ... note the change in alignment of the houses.

image source 'britainfromabove'

 

[Taxi Tom]

The motor workshop was Austin/BMC dealer Startins , who had showroom in Moseley village ,that then became TSB bank and then pub by various names, by traffic lights.
Louie Lorne Rd ran straight between Alcester Rd and Trafalger Rd
The lane/ gully that crossed it was in fact a street. The only street in Moseley named Mount Street and this was where the yards were.
Mount St not showing on map now but I had it in my Wakelin's street guide in the 1970's
Paddy Lawless had scrapyard for years up "The Lane" as we called it. He was well known
Eddie Flaherty ran a fleet of tipper wagon and JCB's
Tom & Pete ran a HGV repair yard Tom went on to run Scanlons at Acocks Green before Carol got it. Pete was a Welshman.
There were various car repair/ scrapyard type places

 

[Dave P]

The motor workshop was Austin/BMC dealer Startins , who had showroom in Moseley village ,that then became TSB bank and then pub by various names, by traffic lights.
Louie Lorne Rd ran straight between Alcester Rd and Trafalger Rd
The lane/ gully that crossed it was in fact a street. The only street in Moseley named Mount Street and this was where the yards were.
Mount St not showing on map now but I had it in my Wakelin's street guide in the 1970's
Paddy Lawless had scrapyard for years up "The Lane" as we called it. He was well known
Eddie Flaherty ran a fleet of tipper wagon and JCB's
Tom & Pete ran a HGV repair yard Tom went on to run Scanlons at Acocks Green before Carol got it. Pete was a Welshman.
There were various car repair/ scrapyard type places

The same Mr Flaherty who, with his brother, owned most of Wharfdale Rd industrial units alongside the canal and truckstop (old BCHC yard I think)?

 

[Demsey Steele]

Does anyone have any recollections/memories of Louise Lorne Rd Moseley from back in early 1970s or even late 1960s. I have been out of Birmingham for many years but I am a born and bred Brummie. I was just reminiscing of being a teenager and the Saturday jobs I had. Around about 1972-73 I worked for a friend of my father who had a Car repair premises and attached yard in Louise Lorne Rd. There were several similar premises there. I seem to remember it was accessed by a very rough road/track. Ive looked on Google maps and Google earth and cannot imagine where this was exactly. It seems that the road itself is there with many residential properties but bears no resemblance to how i remember it. Does anybody else on here have memories that would match mine?

HI. Interested in your knowledge of Louise Lorne Lane. I lived in a caravan on my fathers car repair shop in 1961. According to my birth cert.

 

[Demsey Steele]

Map from around 1970.hiView attachment 145690

Hi Janice. Do you remember Demsey and Mary Steele who had lots of very small children. Lived in a caravan on their garage land. Emrys Griffith worked for him in 1961. I lived there when I was born.

 

[Roger Goulden]

Does anyone have any recollections/memories of Louise Lorne Rd Moseley from back in early 1970s or even late 1960s. I have been out of Birmingham for many years but I am a born and bred Brummie. I was just reminiscing of being a teenager and the Saturday jobs I had. Around about 1972-73 I worked for a friend of my father who had a Car repair premises and attached yard in Louise Lorne Rd. There were several similar premises there. I seem to remember it was accessed by a very rough road/track. Ive looked on Google maps and Google earth and cannot imagine where this was exactly. It seems that the road itself is there with many residential properties but bears no resemblance to how i remember it. Does anybody else on here have memories that would match mine?

I used to deliver meat to a lady in Louise Lorne Road in the 50s from R W Wright and Sons. She always tipped well