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Slade Road Service Garage

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Lincolnshire poacher

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Anyone with any connections with Slade road service garage, Slade Road, Erdington between January 1953 and December 1958 please get in touch.
I worked there during this period and would love to hear from you.
 
Hi John,
That is just as I remember it. That was just before I had a row with Pete the Forman and threw a gallon of pink paint over him and walked out. Got myself another job the next day, can’t do that now.
When i left Norman was a partner with his brother Harry, there was another brother Bernard, did you know him?
Harry’s son Steven used to come into the workplace , wonder what happened to him.
Happy days
 
Looks relatively newly built in post #4 (1959). What was the pegasus-type sign for ? Petrol ?
 
The lady has a cat ! Awww..... Office cat and office lady ? Well, it was the 1960s, so the lady was unlikely to be a mechanic.
 
Maybe the lady looked after stores, she seems to be wearing an overall-type coat.

I think the sign above their heads reads: "Convector Paraffin" I remember paraffin heaters that pumped out heat. Maybe it was for those. You'd take your own can in to be filled up with paraffin. Liked the smell of paraffin. And still like the smell of petrol. Although I doubt you would like it if you were working with it all day.
 
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chocks2 said:
My Mother worked at the service station sometime in the mid 60's.
Here's a photo of all the staff taken I believe in 1958 (not my pic' so credit to the original photographer and owner)View attachment 210645
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I'm new to the forum, i am the young lad in the photo, stood next to my father Harry when he owned the garage. Anyone that is still around, please contact me, would be lovely to hear from you!
 
Vivienne14 said:
The lady has a cat ! Awww..... Office cat and office lady ? Well, it was the 1960s, so the lady was unlikely to be a mechanic.
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The lady in question was named Margaret, she was in charge of the office and did all the paperwork, invoices and everything, plus managing the wages. Don’t know where the cat came from, don’t remember it. I do remember that Harry the boss had a Boxer dog called Max who loved ginger biscuits.
 
Lincolnshire poacher said:
The lady in question was named Margaret, she was in charge of the office and did all the paperwork, invoices and everything, plus managing the wages. Don’t know where the cat came from, don’t remember it. I do remember that Harry the boss had a Boxer dog called Max who loved ginger biscuits.
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Remember wages? Always paid in little brown envelopes, how times change.
 
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