Does anyone remember the Holder and Bishop factory in Balsall Heath Road? It was at No. 166. Raven Works, (between Cox Street West and Upper Cox Street) and was some sort of engineering factory. My grandfather was Arthur Claud Bishop, managing director from ( I think) the 1930s until the 1960s, although I don't know exact years. I don't know what they made, but during WW2 they did "important war work" - could it have been some sort of munitions? Perhaps that's why bombs were dropped around it. They missed but the bombed out area next to it was, I believe, used as a cycle speedway track. I don't know a lot about it and have never seen a photo (despite studying the background to photos of the speedway track on this site!). Be interested to know if anyone can remember it!
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