Bus drivers' tea stop in Icknield Street

[Tuppenny Rice]

My grandparents ran a cafe opposite Birmingham Mint, and it was where bus drivers had to stamp a time clock. My grandad Sydney Tibbatts did a thriving trade supplying the drivers with tea, which he would do by going out to the drivers, collecting their cans, and taking them into the cafe to fill and bring back out to them in their cabs. He was a short guy with shiny black hair and glasses. Does anyone remember him?

 

[Astoness]

hi tupppenny rice as you have already started a new thread for this cafe i will lock this thread as it will save any confusement about which one to reply on

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