I  GREW UP IN ASTON, COPELEY STREET AND  LEFT SCHOOL TO WORK  AT 'LLOYD'S GARAGE' IN PARK LANE ASTON FOR 4 YEARS.

BEFORE THIS I HAD WORKED AT 'STARTINS' ON ASTON CROSS BUT LEFT AFTER SIX MONTHS, CLEANING SPARK PLUGS ALL THE TIME WAS VERY BORING, AND THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN GIVING ME OR THE OTHER LADS ANY SUPPORT TO TAKE ON AN APPRENTICESHIP.

 

I ONLY HAVE MEMORIES OF THIS GARAGE, I WONDER IF THERE IS A PHOTO OF PARK LANE ANYWHERE ?.

THE GARAGE WAS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF PARK LANE BETWEEN BARTON STREET AND POTTERS HILL, GOING TOWARDS SIX WAYS, ALF LLOYD RAN THE BUSINESS.

YOU ENTERED THE GARAGE THROUGH AN ARCHWAY BETWEEN THE HOUSES, THERE WAS A LADIES HAIR DRESSERS SHOP TO THE RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE OWNED BY THE GAFFERS WIFE.

 

I WORKED THERE WITH A CHAP A BIT OLDER THAN MYSELF, TIM LESTER, WE HAD SOME GREAT TIMES.

 

WE SERVICED AND GARAGED LOCAL CARS AND ALSO SOLD A FEW THAT THE GAFFERS SON IN LAW BROUGHT DOWN FROM HIS GARAGE THE  'THREE SPIRES GARAGE' IN LICHFIELD.

WE TOOK ON 'MOT's AS WELL, BUT THATS ANOTHER STORY.

 

REGARDS GEOFF WASSALL