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I had one of those ... and I spent more time pushing it than riding it :) There didn't seem to be any suspension on the back end and it was rough riding over some of the potholes! (The Ariel 3)

There were the Rootes group & Singer producing cars, car parts on the Coventry Road, Small Heath, close to Mansell Road.

I think this maybe have been Hawkins. My sister worked there after she left school. I had forgotten about the pipe system for cash handling. Hawkins sold dressmaking materials as well as drapery. I recall another shop, perhaps Home and Colonial who also used the pipe system for cash handling...

I can remember going to the welfare clinic for my children in the mid 1960s for orange juice, roseship syrup and milk formula. Also getting babies weighed. I loved the orange juice and roseship syrup myself!!

I can remember one on the Coventry Road, between St Benedict's Road and maybe Heather Road? I loved the strawberry flavoured milk, and it was always cold.

Hi I've just been catching up on some family history and came across this thread. My family the Pillingers - lived and worked at the Regents Park Tavern from 1908 -1915. William was the publican and he ran it with his wife Louisa and son and daughter, although other members of the family lived...

Once again, many thanks for all this information and for the speed with which you've found it! The time and effort you have put in on my behalf is really appreciated and I am so pleased that I've found this site. Lindyloo - I spent far too many hours last night just drooling over some of the...

Lindyloo and Mike - Thank you both for the speedy replies and for the warm welcome too! From the info you've found in Kellys and my info from the census it seems that Leonard only ran the Wagon for 3-4 years. He was 24 in 1911, so quite young to run such a big pub I would have thought. I wonder...

Hi I've just been working on some family history and I discovered that a first cousin twice removed was the Publican at the Wagon & Horse, Sheldon around 1911. In trying to find a bit more information on the pub and its history I came across this site and was delighted to find so much...