Clock in or near Garrison Lane, Birmingham 9

[Maria Magenta]

I glimpsed it very briefly from the car the other day when visiting, and it was very familiar. The tower is not very tall, and I think that part of it is dark green. When I lived there (in Witton Street) I used to see it every day. It's probably attached to some sort of small factory. Very trivial, but can anyone tell me anything about it?

 

[Phil]

Maria,

Would this be the clock you are talking about? It used to be on top of the Rover Works (Garrison St) canteen and was in that little side street I think it was Langden St or something like that. Before that I suppose it belonged to Wrights Ropes.

 

[Maria Magenta]

I think it is - thank you!
maria

 

[Reddi]

The clock did belong to Wrights Ropes, if I remember rightly it was on top of the canteen building. Where the tram and bus is in the picture was a crossroads and is now a whopping great roundabout. Opposite and to the right of the building is Garrison Lane park and just further up from it was Garrison Lane Infants school. As a further point of interest the Garrison Tavern is just up the road from it, now starring in Peaky Blinders.

 

[Maria Magenta]

The clock did belong to Wrights Ropes, if I remember rightly it was on top of the canteen building. Where the tram and bus is in the picture was a crossroads and is now a whopping great roundabout. Opposite and to the right of the building is Garrison Lane park and just further up from it was Garrison Lane Infants school. As a further point of interest the Garrison Tavern is just up the road from it, now starring in Peaky Blinders.

I used to play in the park and went to school with the girl whose parents ran the pub in the 1960s - I find some of Peaky Blinders a bit disturbing!!
maria