Burtt's Garage

Bellow, May 2002: An original petrol pump at the garage in Hole Lane where, in 1929, the brothers W.S. and E.G. Burtt first ran the petrol station. Sir Adrian Cadbury recalls Mr Burtt having to pump up the petrol from the underground tank until the glass dome on top of the pump was full, when the petrol then had to run down the hose into the car. As the process had to be repeated many times it took a very long time to fill the tank! Today it is known as RCT Motors and has been run by Robert Tilley (now retired) for approximately twenty five years.  The colour photo above is another pump that's complete to illustrate how it looked once. (J. Smith)

Hole Lane Pump in 2002

old business card

The pumps was made in Liverpool

Hole Farm Painting

Hole Farm, Hole Lane. Painting by Frank Taylor Lockwood, born in Huddersfield and died in Selly Oak in 1961. He did over 300 paintings, including one of St Lawrence Church and the Fayre at the Lickey Hills, this painting and more of his work can be found in Birmingham Art Gallery.

Electricity Arrives

Two houses built in Hole Lane with the 'all electric' principle. Open to public in February 1926. These photo's were in the Bournville Works magazine.