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Vals DIY Store 1980s

Hobbit

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Hi. I'm trying to find some information on what I believe was called Vals DIY store in Birmingham in the 1980s. My partner said he worked there as a teenage as his first job and I'm arranging a surprise party for him in the style of This Is Your Life so I would love to get some information on the shop and it would be amazing if I could get in touch with his old boss for some stories. Any help would be hugely appreciated.
 
Hi. I'm trying to find some information on what I believe was called Vals DIY store in Birmingham in the 1980s. My partner said he worked there as a teenage as his first job and I'm arranging a surprise party for him in the style of This Is Your Life so I would love to get some information on the shop and it would be amazing if I could get in touch with his old boss for some stories. Any help would be hugely appreciated.
hi hobit...do you know where abouts in birmingham the shop was as there may have been more than one ?

lyn
 
Some background info which might help. Attachments are all from the British Newspaper Archive.

In 1988 it became Focus, Val House, Hurst Street/Sherlock Street
 

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