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Saturday morning job "up the cut" shovel the coal from the barge to the little truck with steel wheels for the buyer, wheel it to their home and tip it into the cellar then take the truck back and keep the 3d deposit they paid!! I wonder if there are any jobs still?

It may be that you remember Alf who rode the combo, his Wife Vera was a packer at MCA

Long time I know but I worked at MCA in 1963?? George Adcock was manager ( ex Premier) let me know if you get this, Brian

Bit late, they moved to Evesham, but his Wife passed away in recently

Aston Road 150 yds below Aston Autos on the corner of ????? then moved to Perry barr area

Just catching up, I also worked at MCA, started in 1963 for3 years. Brian

Hi Barry, Is your Mum "Christine" ? I worked at MCA in 1963 for 3 years when she worked in the office , You Grandad had a Vauxhall Cresta and the van driver Albert was always taking snuff. I rode my bike in front of your Mum's mini one night when it was foggy so that she would get home safe...

There were 2 sides to Aston Autos, The Bike and opposite the Scooters, there was also a machine tool shop attached to the bike side near the spares shop

I worked for MCA ( Motor Cycle Accessories) in 1963 Mr. Mason was the Boss, Albert was the van driver but it was also a part of Aston Autos, They let me buy a Leather Jacket ,with tassles, for £5 and a Triumph Tiger Cub for £5 on easy terms as an employee. Derek Timms worked on the scooter...

The Wilkes shop with the van outside ( laundry & dry cleaning?) was driven by Brian ??. Jean who was the shop assistant married Brian and moved to a house on the Yenton, Erdington and then to Marsh lane,Erdington. I believe they had 2 children. We used to get our comics each morning from there

Hi Thomas, We lived at 2/208, what ages were the kids, we are now 73,75,77 & 81 , did they go to All Saints do you know? Brian

We used M&B sports ground off Cape Hill for our school sports at HNR

we lived at 2/208 Park Road just past the corner of Abbey Street, left there in 1961

I recall walking to HNR school up Lodge Road and the residents asking us through the railings to get them cigarettes from the shop opposite

Fred Hanks was the Dad and their bike shop was in Slade Road, Erdington, Norman was always smiling as I remember, he used to collect spares from MCA when I worked there arriving on a old bike and box sidecar

I worked at Pearks on the flat after school, cutting the cheese and butter, cleaning up and delivering the groceries and also taking ham hocks to the Soho road shop, I got knocked of the bike by a No 8 bus in Icknield street and after that they did away with the part time kids.I got an after...

My Brother Ken was a compositor also, somewhere off Key Hill I believe

1947 is right, many thanks, here's hoping

did your Mum live on Tyburn Road / Kingsbury road? Harry Walker's Daughter worked there as well, she drove a metropolitan car

Many thanks, bit new to me