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    Garrison Lane

    RPD Ltd in 56 Garrison Lane(facing the park)was a major employer in the local area. Established in 1946 by 4 ex servicemen, one of them being my Father. Made rubber stamps for all over the world and invented the first Perspex rubber stamp in the world. A thriving business until its demise in the...
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    Coventry Street Digbeth

    Hi Stuart, Hope you do not mind me replying. Geoff is my husband and it was me, Gina, who used to work in the same office as your Dad. I was very sorry to hear he has passed. He was always so nice to us all and very much liked by all. I left the printers in 1968 so a few years ago now. All the...
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    Coventry Street Digbeth

    Shame about Graham. I remember Ralph and Jane. Don’t remember the other names. It was nice to reminisce.
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    Coventry Street Digbeth

    Hi, yes must have left not long before you started. I have to say I really liked Graham he was a nice person. Frank was in charge of the office and to put it mildly he was a creep! I remember some of the girls upstairs, there was Pam(a friend), Margaret, gone blank on the other names. John...
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    Coventry Street Digbeth

    With regard to my post about Knights Printers my name is Georgina and I worked with Sheila and Mary.
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    Coventry Street Digbeth

    I worked in Knight Printers in Oxford Street, Digbeth from about 1965-1968. I worked in the office. There was Cliff Lawrence, Gordon Lawrence and Michael Lawrence(Cliffs son). Also Graham Whitehill who used to do label work for Goodyear. My Mom used to do the teas and eventually had a shed put...
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    Coventry Street Digbeth

    We lived at 72 Oxford street in the 1950/60’s. The Smith family.
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