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Callender's Cables, Birmingham

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Brock

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Hello,
I have discovered that my grandfather used to work at a place called Callender's Cables in Birmingham & I wondered if anyone could tell me where it used to be please? He lived in Small Heath so I assume that it must have been fairly close for him to walk or bus it to.
If anyone knows of any old adverts or posters for the company I would love to know where I should seek them out please.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
 
You haven't suggested a date but it may have been that he worked for them when they were laying cables in Birmingham rather than at a specific place.

In the 1940 Kelly's it lists Callender's cables at the following places:
Daimler House, Paradise Street (I think these were offices)
Nile Street and Sheepcote Street (engineers' contract office)
Waverley Road (garage and main stores)

Janice
 
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That's great ~ thank you so much for your help. It was very likely the Waverley Road depot where he worked I should imagine. I had tried to look it up on the internet but could only find London based places of work.
 
BICC had a Depot just the other side of Small Heath Park. Certainly it was there in the 1960s as I used to work for Midlands Electricity Board out of Second Avenue, Bordesley Green and we used to see those who worked for BI in and around the area.
 
Reddi said:
BICC had a Depot just the other side of Small Heath Park. Certainly it was there in the 1960s as I used to work for Midlands Electricity Board out of Second Avenue, Bordesley Green and we used to see those who worked for BI in and around the area.
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Oh, that's very interesting. He used to live in Arthur Street in Small Heath & I know that he didn't travel too far for work with there being so many available jobs all around in those days so that could be the very place then.
 
00000waverley%20road%20by%20the%20dole%20office.jpgAlthough you can't see it Callenders was directly behind the bus corner of Oldknow Road and Waverley Road the dole office was last right and we used to get to the aquadocks through a passage there
 
If you are talking about the 50s/60s, I may know someone who knew a lot of people who worked for BICC. If you could get some info on what job he actually did may help.
 
BICC adverts:

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I think that is the Town Hall on the left? Advert dated 1904.

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Also 1904 but location unknown. Any guesses?
Wonderful bit of Birmingham history from Ebay.
 
Agree that is the town hall, with the edge of the old Midland institute on the right, taken from Ratcliff place , but the background looks wrong as I would thimk it would be a solid line of buildings around queens college buildings. May be wrong.
Have tried to get other clearer , Could be Bristol road?

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They also had a depot just down from where I worked on Holloway Head in Birmingham in the 60's number 67-77 Holloway Head , doing my electrical appentice ship I called in there a few times. gularly but they'd moved into West Bromwich by then When I moved to wholesaling in the 70's I dealt with them regularly but they'd moved to West Bromwich by then
 
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