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Typhoo Tea Bordesley Street Digbeth

hi blueeye47 if you see the words gone but not forgotten underneath a members avatar it denotes that that member has sadly passed away..in deks case this was a few years ago now

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Typhoo Tea Factory

How weird - this us what I'm getting. Maybe I've got a setting that blocks it. Not very good with this techie stuff. But the main thing is others can read it as I can do a search again to go back to the page I originally looked at. Viv.. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
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Not sure that the statement that it has been derelict since 1978 is correct. One thing in the reference that horrified me was the statement that it was next to "the future home of Master Chef", which implies that that program is going on and on for years :rolleyes:.
 
mikejee said:
Not sure that the statement that it has been derelict since 1978 is correct. One thing in the reference that horrified me was the statement that it was next to "the future home of Master Chef", which implies that that program is going on and on for years :rolleyes:.
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As I've said before, that half of the building was in regular used from 1982-2001 (I worked there at the time) and the other half seems to be still in use by a college.
 
Seen at Latifs today (the old Typhoo factory) :)
 

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any stories or memories from workers at typhoo
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Hello Kenh
My wife, Thelma Barlow was her maiden name, worked as a comptometer operator in the office at Ty-phoo. She joined on leaving school in 1953 and was there to 1960. She left the company when we got married and moved away from the Birmingham area. She thoroughly enjoyed her days at Ty-phoo and is still in touch with a friend who was in the office at the same time. Photograph attached.img001 (2).jpg
 
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“This photograph owned by F. Parkin shows the damaged roof of Bordesley Street; the entire production area had been destroyed during the night of 9/10 April 1941.”

(The story of Ty-phoo and the Birmingham tea industry. Ken Williams.)
 
Very attractive packaging Pete. I remember the loose leaf tea but never really studied the packaging when it was around. Most houses would have a packet like this in the cupboard until teabags were introduced of course.
 
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