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Ansells was also next to HP Sauce,( Mum used to take us there to breathe in the malt !!!!) Aston Auto's was a long shop, with the bike showroom and spares sales on one side and the scooter sales and service opposite, Christine mason was the Boss's Daughter who worked at MCA in the office, George...

MCA was a part of Aston Auto's, one being the spares and the other, machining, Bikes & scooters, MCA was run separate though by "Mickey" Mason, his Daughter worked in the office, The upstairs rooms at Aston Auto's was storage for carriers, crash bars etc, Ron Timms who who serviced the scooters...

I started at All Saints around then (1952) and recall the slate with the wooden edges but thought we used chalk? I later joined the 14th Boys Brigade held at Benson Road School, march up St Michaels Hill every Sunday to Church, I was a good boy then !!!!!

I used to collect bits from " Millers" when I was the errand boy at MCA on Lichfield road

I went to All Saints in 1952 and to HNR in 1958 , what is it you are looking for besides photo's

I remember it on a "bench" in the garage, I also moved to France for many years and then back to Devon

Hi Alan, The car was rebuilt twice after I did it and the colour changed, not sure if it was all relevant to the year. Did you happen to live in Redditch? I called on a guy there named Alan with a Schmitt

Hi, The car was rebuilt by me and Nick Poll ( who now lives in France) and sprayed Mazda Red, the car is now in France , so will have a different reg. number

FEX 432

The Shmitt used to have reverse, stop the engine, switch the points over and start up, in theory 4 speed reverse

I also had 2 Isetta's (1 x red 1 x yellow) & a Messerschmitt, though I was in my late 40's then, at 16 I worked at MCA ( Motor Cycle Accessories) for a few years, part of Aston Auto's, my first Isetta is now in Japan, the 2nd I am not sure where and the Messerschmitt is in France. My first bike...

I got to thinking that when I was 13 , after school. I used to work in the Quarter, sweep the floor and sort the bits for stones, gold etc then take a bag of ????? to the assay office and collect the stamped stuff then back and wrap the registered parcel things and off to the Post Office, would...

My Brothers shop is still in Vyse St, G.H.Moore & Son, been in Vyse Street for at least 60 yrs, handy as we lived in Park Road originally

Does anyone remember Butch & Mo who ran the Murco Garage on CV? he used to also race with Tamworth Jalopy Club

My Father drove for Walker Bros. transport, Wharf Street, Hockley, B18, from 1950'ish for many years, does anyone out there have pics of the vans or flatbeds, Dad drove W24. I have many memories of visits to, Cadbury's, Birds Custard, Wilmott Bredon and Rowntree's also fond memories of "lucky...