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Typhoo Tea Bordesley Street Digbeth

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It's happening everywhere, all of our factories are being moved out of the country, I'm clinging on to Yorkshire tea, still made in the UK.
 
Great Barr Kid said:
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.View attachment 179871
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Hi my grandmother worked there in the 50s not too sure of the year looking to see if
Great Barr Kid said:
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.View attachment 179871
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Hi my grandmother worked there in roughly 1952 not too sure untill when just looking to see if your wife might have known her her name was Ellen Peare also looking to see if anyone knew a man with the second name of Galvin that worked there around the same time any info would be great thank you in advance.
 
I managed to get through on the previous link. All you get to see is a table of contents and a back cover. There is something said about a library loan but I would assume you have to be a member of the library to see more. In addition the link/library is on archive.org which is blocked by some servers (including those run by Birmingham City Council) so you might not be able to get at it.
 
The book is available through the Internet Archive, and it looks like you may be that have to subscribe. It is free and I have not had any problems for over 10 years. Very useful for old publications.
 

The story of Ty-phoo and the Birmingham tea industry​

Williams, Ken1990

Why not visit your local Birmingham library and borrow a copy. 18 lending copies available........................
 
I love it. Hope the plans are realised in full. Just shows what can be done with original buildings.The factory has the advantage of a blue brick facade, so lends itself to a modern-day interpretation/look. Interesting that there's an internal street made from the old canal inlet. Seems to be quite a lot of thought has gone into this development.

Use of the title "Knowledge Quarter" is a new one on me.
 
Keith R said:
Brilliant that people can again live around here - probably Millionaires though.
Just keep the graffiti merchants away.....
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Oh…don’t start me off, Keith. What is it with the graffiti in Digbeth? Not the inevitable “tagging” by the feeble minded which is the equivalent of dogs urinating on lampposts to mark their territory, but the enormous, garish, childish, seemingly professionally applied abominations that deface numerous buildings there? Is this done with the agreement of the city council? Even worse, is it funded by them?
 

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Godber said:
Oh…don’t start me off, Keith. What is it with the graffiti in Digbeth? Not the inevitable “tagging” by the feeble minded which is the equivalent of dogs urinating on lampposts to mark their territory, but the enormous, garish, childish, seemingly professionally applied abominations that deface numerous buildings there? Is this done with the agreement of the city council? Even worse, is it funded by them?
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I know ...I used to work all around here for years....still a few back to backs when I started.....these are portrayed as the pits but on recent visits to the back streets ....not far from the Typhoo building it really is the pits.Was busy busy with all sorts of businesses but now run down with terrible paint all over everything.
 
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The story of Ty-phoo and the Birmingham tea industry​

Williams, Ken1990

Why not visit your local Birmingham library and borrow a copy. 18 lending copies available........................
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Managed to borrow a copy today from our local library. Very interesting indeed - just a few snippets showing succesive locations in Birmingham:

1779111551189.jpeg Original premises on New Street.1779111762918.jpeg
First "factory" on Castle Street. Were about to extend but built new factory on site in Digbeth instead which was extended in 1930.
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I'm very interested in old factories but the book is about much more - here's a few more phots.
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Well worth a read by anyone interested in the story of Typhoo.
 
When at Knights Printers in Oxford St - off Bordesley St we used to overprint Typhoo Tea boxes and during the 3 day week in 1974 while most of us was " enjoying " time off the guys on those machines had to go in as it was deemed as essential food packaging.......3/4 years later Typhoo was closing down with all the demo's through the Digbeth streets.
 
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