Building in Bristol Road, Selly Oak

[BrumBum]

Can anyone remember and put a name to the building on the Bristol Road near the canal and railway that used to have some sort of clockwork or battery display in the window? It was on your left as you headed into the city centre.

 

[pjmburns]

Was it a shop or was it a beautiful old ivy covered building?

 

[BrumBum]

Was it a shop or was it a beautiful old ivy covered building?

Janice,

Thanks. I do remember some ivy I think. It was an unusual building, but it was attractive. It was like a retail frontage but to a factory of some sort.

Peter

 

[Grea]

I think you maybe referring to the Birmingham battery company, not sure it made batteries though.

 

[Grea]

Birmingham Battery

 

[pjmburns]

Birmingham Battery

That is the one I spotted which is why I asked about the beautiful ivy coloured building.

 

[BrumBum]

Birmingham Battery

Many thanks. Yes, I think that is the building, but sad to see it in that state. The display window I am thinking about was in the bottom right of the picture as you look at it. The fact that it was Birmingham Battery fits with my recollection of a permanently moving model - battery-powered I guess. I can't remember what it was a model of.

 

[BrumBum]

That is the one I spotted which is why I asked about the beautiful ivy coloured building.

Janice,

Thanks again. Another bit of Brum that is no more.

 

[mikejee]

Grea is correct. The firm had nothing to do with electric batteries. Originally the firm was a manufacturer of brass pans using a battery of tilt hammers, thus giving rise to the name of the company, which was retained after ceasing to use this process around 1885, when it concentrated on the manufacture of copper and brass tubes, wire and sheet.

 

[Pedrocut]

There is a thread for the Birmingham Battery and Metal Co…

Birmingham Battery & Metal Co Selly Oak

Hi everybody i was wondering wether or not did any member on the forum ever work at the birmingham battery selly oak when back in time they used the horses i was speaking to a couple older gentlman about it and they was telling me of the days when they worked there with the horse and cart and...

birminghamhistory.co.uk

 

[carolina]

Sainsbury is on the site now

 

[BrumBum]

Grea is correct. The firm had nothing to do with electric batteries. Originally the firm was a manufacturer of brass pans using a battery of tilt hammers, thus giving rise to the name of the company, which was retained after ceasing to use this process around 1885, when it concentrated on the manufacture of copper and brass tubes, wire and sheet.

Thanks for that. Still no clearer on the moving model then, pity there are no old photos anywhere.