Hiya found noticed this by random , this helps pin point the exact location of the car garage first on the right of this photo https://epapers.bham.ac.uk/492/1/bb0321.jpg
Bristol Street Motors
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Who Can Remember The Little And Old Shops Of BRISTOL road Motors ,
On Bristol Road , Where They Began ,
Long Before They Became Multi - Dealers Of Cars
And Long Before They Got Involved With Fords Dealership ,
It Was Started BY Harry Cresswell AND His Brother Maurice ,
Many MANY Years Ago.
They Had A Couple Of Depots Where They Bought ThereCars
And Valeted Them To High Stannards And Serviced Them
One Was In The Highgate Area, Just Cannot Think Of The Name
Right Now. The OTHER ONE Was In Victoria Street Winson Green
And Thats The One I Worked At Manny Years Ago
[ To Long For Me To Speak ABOUT ]
His Deot Manager Was A Chap Called Freddie Wakelin
Harry And His Brother Came Like Clock Work To Check THAT Was
Everythink His Running SMOOTH
One Day I Went Into The Office ,And ASKED For A Rise In My Wages ,
AND Harry Looked AT Fred ,[ I Was Only Young Then ]
And He SAID Okay Son . He Offered Me Threpuny PIECE Rise ,
I Said Thanks , And Walked OUT OF The Office
All The Older Guys Started To Smile At Me When I Walked Back On To
The Shop Floor And Asked ME How I Got On ,
I Told Them What They Said , The Following Week They Started To Get
Resstless And They Started To Approach Freddie For A Rise
Which nThey Never Got .
A Week Later They Started A Chap On VALETTEDING
Apparently This Guy Had Been A CHAUFFER , For Some Big Noise
It Wasn,t Long Before Harry Had Him Sent Down To Bristol Street
AND He Became There CHAUFFER ,
Afew Weeks LATER I Went Into The OFFICE ,AND Asked Them
Would They Give Me A Refference, To Join The Army ,
And They Both Did And Wished Me Good Luck
AFTER ALengh Of Time I Got Some Home Leave ,
I Went Back To See Them ALL , But By This Time They Had Gone
Into Dealership With Fords On A MASSIVE Scale
There Was Security Everywhere aND Loads Of Camera,s
IGave My Name To The Security Officier On The Gate
Even Thou I Had Never Met Him Before , He Said YOU Are That Chap
WHOM JOINED The Army, I Said Yes , He Said I,VE Heard All About You , The Guy Whom Went Into The Gathers Office For ARISE
He Let Me In ,
The Cresswell Family Are Still DEALING In Cars
Down On The Hagley Road West Dealing With The Old Specialality
For Films And TV Movies
And His Daughter As CONNECTION ,With AMember OF tHE Royal
Family
HAVE A NICE DAY EVERYBODY BEST WISHES , ASTONIAN ;;
Slight correction . . . The American brothers that owned Bristol Street Motors were Harry & Albert CressMAN. 'Little' Harry was Harry Cressman's CHAUFFER. I worked for them for 14 years and started when they only had the Main (New Car) showroom plus "No1" & "No2" used cars close by. Geoff Pountney & Graham Garner ran "No1" & Bernie ? ran "No 2". Harry Cressman sadly died in 2008 after a long fight with cancer. It was a great Company and launched me into a working lifetime in the automotive trade.Bristol Street Motors
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Who Can Remember The Little And Old Shops Of BRISTOL road Motors ,
On Bristol Road , Where They Began ,
Long Before They Became Multi - Dealers Of Cars
And Long Before They Got Involved With Fords Dealership ,
It Was Started BY Harry Cresswell AND His Brother Maurice ,
Many MANY Years Ago.
They Had A Couple Of Depots Where They Bought ThereCars
And Valeted Them To High Stannards And Serviced Them
One Was In The Highgate Area, Just Cannot Think Of The Name
Right Now. The OTHER ONE Was In Victoria Street Winson Green
And Thats The One I Worked At Manny Years Ago
[ To Long For Me To Speak ABOUT ]
His Deot Manager Was A Chap Called Freddie Wakelin
Harry And His Brother Came Like Clock Work To Check THAT Was
Everythink His Running SMOOTH
One Day I Went Into The Office ,And ASKED For A Rise In My Wages ,
AND Harry Looked AT Fred ,[ I Was Only Young Then ]
And He SAID Okay Son . He Offered Me Threpuny PIECE Rise ,
I Said Thanks , And Walked OUT OF The Office
All The Older Guys Started To Smile At Me When I Walked Back On To
The Shop Floor And Asked ME How I Got On ,
I Told Them What They Said , The Following Week They Started To Get
Resstless And They Started To Approach Freddie For A Rise
Which nThey Never Got .
A Week Later They Started A Chap On VALETTEDING
Apparently This Guy Had Been A CHAUFFER , For Some Big Noise
It Wasn,t Long Before Harry Had Him Sent Down To Bristol Street
AND He Became There CHAUFFER ,
Afew Weeks LATER I Went Into The OFFICE ,AND Asked Them
Would They Give Me A Refference, To Join The Army ,
And They Both Did And Wished Me Good Luck
AFTER ALengh Of Time I Got Some Home Leave ,
I Went Back To See Them ALL , But By This Time They Had Gone
Into Dealership With Fords On A MASSIVE Scale
There Was Security Everywhere aND Loads Of Camera,s
IGave My Name To The Security Officier On The Gate
Even Thou I Had Never Met Him Before , He Said YOU Are That Chap
WHOM JOINED The Army, I Said Yes , He Said I,VE Heard All About You , The Guy Whom Went Into The Gathers Office For ARISE
He Let Me In ,
The Cresswell Family Are Still DEALING In Cars
Down On The Hagley Road West Dealing With The Old Specialality
For Films And TV Movies
And His Daughter As CONNECTION ,With AMember OF tHE Royal
Family
HAVE A NICE DAY EVERYBODY BEST WISHES , ASTONIAN ;;
Yes Eric, I was there then - we had to work Sundays, especially when the "Cardrome" (with three floors) opened - remember that on Coventry Road? Harry, especially, 'pushed the limits', a fearless entrepreneur . . . .
Kurt’s last venture was ‘World of Cars’ in Lionel Street I think. In the 80s Kurt used to buy ex hire cars from JerseyYes Eric, I was there then - we had to work Sundays, especially when the "Cardrome" (with three floors) opened - remember that on Coventry Road? Harry, especially, 'pushed the limits', a fearless entrepreneur . . . .
Lincoln St Motors had a workshop in Weaman Street near corner of Edward Rd... my cousin Jimmy Black started his apprenticeship there in 60's....Manager was Tony Dugan, a very smart, well spoken gentleman with small moustache, who every evening, went into The Snug of the Clock Pub (Moseley Arms) until he made his way home to Gilberstone Avenue Yardley at about 8pm.........1970's-80'sLincoln Street Motors was where I worked from 1975 to 1986,first at their Datsun dealership in Moseley,and then the'rink' as we referred to it on Summerhill.Sadly for the last 4 months that I worked there it was with Price Waterhouse Cooper who were administrating the wind up.
Paul, what is a No appreciate tag?Could I ask the "Administrators", why I am the only member, on line with (NO appreciate) tag on my site????????????
Paul, if you look at your own profile by clicking on it on your name, you will see that you have had over 500Could I ask the "Administrators", why I am the only member, on line with (NO appreciate) tag on my site????????????
Its working fine when I look at it (see post #41), so it could be your security or browser setting
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Paul, then the problem is with your computer. As this is off topic for this section, I suggest you post the question in an appropriate thread in the computer help section here.Thank you Morturn but it still appears on your site without it and all others have it??