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Solihull

Hi guys;
does anybody recall the solihull roofing company of solihull
they had the contract for all the moderations and the roofing within the birmingham area
with the birmingham redevelopements[ birmingham council ]around the selly oak area of birmingham and most areas
my old friend micky caldweller was the general foreman for the company
and he was born and lived in abbey street hockley off the lodge rd by scribbons the bakery ; ?.
Have a nice day everybody best wishes astonian;;
 
Hi Alan

I remember them well, they did quite a lot of work for me. Ithink they are still trading.
 
Hi mort ;
nice to hear from you again been a little while yes they was a good honest company ,i do not whether or not they are still
trading but they got the big contract i think they took over where bryants left off at whitmore street smal heath
my friend micky started there as a young one and worked for years for them ;
from boy to manhood and worked his way up to senior foreman [ he was a grafter from the start ]
it was funny how we met when we was young, there was a young girl called carol in our youth days
and when we parted micky whom i did not know at the time started to court her ,after i packed her up
and thats as to be fifty years ago at least i beleive they moved to tysley next to a place called the truck stop in tysley
and the firm sold him the house next to there yard ; i don,t know whether they are stil there when i go to the office today i will pass the yard to tpo my bussiness just around the corner from it
will speak soon ,have a nice day ; alan ; astonian;;
 
Hi guys
yes they are till in bussiness they are where i said they was in tysesley i passed there modern yard two days ago
they are in wharf rd about 200 yards from the old truck stop ; along side the houses
a big good clean yard and and a new sign above there high shuttr gates
best wishes astonian ;; alan ;;
 
The latest article from British History Online discusses the The Buildings of Architect Ernő Goldfinger. This is Goldfinger House in Solihull. What a masterpiece !

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The Buildings of Architect Ernő Goldfinger

Discover the modernist buildings of Hungarian-born architect Ernő Goldfinger, including Trellick Tower, Balfron Tower and 2 Willow Road.
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It later moved to Station Road - until 1960s. I remember it being there, and going in it, until Mell Square was built. When a new PO and Delivery Office was built. The Delivery Office is still in use but now a Solihull PO only exists courtesy of WHSmith.
 
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1960s
I can remember when Mill Lane and Drury Lane (now pedestrian links to Mell Square from the High Street) were actual roads with cottages.
Only vague memories as I can only have been about 9 or 10 - I think when work began.
The first shops opened in 1966 apparently
 
1953 map. I have memories of standing at a bus stop opposite Drury Lane as they pulled down the Royal Oak Pub (i only knew t was a pub and not its name :D )
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The Post Office on High Street opened in 1857. It moved to Warwick Road in 1911 and then on to Station Road in the 1940s. That building was opposite what is now the entrance to John Lewis (with the revolving door) and was at the time the last building in the Station Road row of shops, the footpath finishing with a hedge and a couple of phone boxes. The PO eventually moved to Mell Square in the 1960s.Former Post Office.png
Photo from Google Street View 2010. The shops in the left were built in the 1950s (?).
 
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