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Josiah Parkes & Sons Stirchley
If my memory serves me right, Showells was first taken over by GKN (Guest, Keen, and Nettlefold), so the change of name to Josiah Parkes & Sons must have come later, but I left the UK in 1973 and only visited Stirchley again a couple of times after that while my Nan was still alive. I have a...- Fordrough
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Josiah Parkes & Sons Stirchley
It was indeed and I remember it well. It was a long, single storey building - more than a simple hut. As a young child in the early 50s I spent a lot of time there. While it was Edwin Showell & Sons my grandmother was the leaseholder of the canteen which also doubled up as the works social club...- Fordrough
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