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Wainwright's, auto electricians. The sign on the wall is for 'Oldham' batteries

I like the Jaguar Mk 10. They were as big as a dance hall in the back. The Volkswagen 'Type 3' is a car I've not seen for along time. Some of those had a heater that worked independently of the car itself. Petrol was injected into a chamber under the car, ignited and then the heat was blown...

I once had a Rover like that, mine was a 'J' reg in white with the 3500-V8 engine, automatic. Nice car.

Yes. Gordon was the workshop foreman, I remember him well.

I think there was a Roger Cartwright who worked in the body shop.

Keep your comments coming.

I had an Austin Westminster as well as it's equivalent, the Wolseley 6/110. A friend had the 'VandenPlas.' We all aspired to but never did to owning the 4litre 'R'. We thought we were the bees knees lording it about in our old rust buckets.

Ford Corsair parked on the front of 'Brown, Hopwood and Gilbert'.

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Ether More info about the company in 'Grace's guide'.

I once worked for Central-Motors.

The ownership of buses has changed over the years. E.g Birmingham city used to own and maintain their own fleet of buses and so required large garages to do so. Since privatisation, fleet operators prefer to hire buses for a fixed term. Included with the hire charge comes maintenance. One of...

Spent many an hour in there fitting radios.

Great. Thanks Andy.

WOW! Impressive.

Did you remain in your car all the time? What was the process. Drive up, stick arm out of window, jabbed and on your way?

In Brookfields where I grew up, Miskins and Suff was used regularly by my dad.

A 'Sapcotes' builders sign on the wall. They used to be in Camden st.

That's the one. I must have used dozens of these. I could never afford to buy a new one so I used to rely on neighbours giving me there old ones to tinker with.

Yes. That's another one I used. I also remember using one battery that had different voltage tappings on it. I tried various battery's to power an electric cart I made or to power a 'Lucas King of the road' 12volt spotlight. I knew nothing of 'Ohms Law' or electrics in general. I just kept...

I have a box for the batteries. I order a hundred at a time because they are so much cheaper to purchase that way. In the box there will be - AA - AAA - Cr2032 - plus all the other popular ones. Then the inevitable happens, the remote to the television packs in and guess what, of all the...