Wheelers Garage, 774 Bristol Road South 21/5/1964. Boots chemists has relocated a little closer to Church Road since 1964 as it now at 750-752 Bristol Road South. The Boots shop on the left is now the home of HSBC bank/West Bromwich Building Society. All the buildings to the right of Boots have been demolished and is now Home Bargains store. (photo: Geof Thompson)
Martin Wells remembers: My Dad used to fill up at Wheelers Garage (used to get 'filled up' - personal service in those days) he always asked for a couple of "shots" of Redex. I think it was, petrol was 4/6d a gallon. Our phone number was PRIory 4898 (named after the priory near the woodlands I think). We were the only house in the close to have our own line and not a party line (very posh!)
I have a 1959 Morris Minor Convertible that was sold by Wheelers Garage. It has the dealer sticker above on the bodywork :-)
ReplyDeleteMy late Dad's neighbor had one in his garage, they drove it 1 x per Month (Presthope Road) might be you? (smile)
DeleteI worked there in 50s60s great place
ReplyDeleteIf you could share memories, and your name, would be great :-)
DeleteI worked there early 60s wages were £2.17 a week don’t think we had rises in those days, Len Waterhouse owned the company.
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