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Shovelbottom motor cycles and cars
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BernardR
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Snap - But the spelling is close enough in my opinion for there to be a link albeit many generations before.
tom whiteley
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I remember shufflbottoms as a car sale business on the corner of ladypool and taunton rd, opposite the brighton pub, and the park, with the the bat slide, (who remembers that then?), they sold some strange cars, i remeber them having an amphibious car for sale, at one time, where are you gonna use that, in birmingham, along the cut?. Tom
A better image of of the photo in post #7: the Shovelbottoms site corner of Ladypool and Taunton Road c1945-1948. Photo shows BSA bikes with sidecars.
looks like the shop is still there and also the pub on the corner with ladypool road viv...although not a pub now
lyn
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There's a long history to the Shovelbottom's business. It doesn't seem to have any connection to the Shufflebotham grocery businss, so I shall separate out the posts about the two businesses in due course. Edit now done.
In answer to a question about the motor car business, they seem to have branched out into vans and cars around the early 1960s. Seems they'd been around since the 1890s.
In answer to a question about the motor car business, they seem to have branched out into vans and cars around the early 1960s. Seems they'd been around since the 1890s.
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A link to the Shu fflebotham grocery store business is here
