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Bellamy & Co (Bham) Ltd

A family garage that started trading before cars were owned by the masses has finally called it a day after five generations.
Bellamy & Co was one of only a handful of independent garages still trading in Birmingham before calling it a day in April 2003.
The business started trading in Granville Street in 1890 using a horse and cart as transport.
Pictured is garage owners Charlie Bellamy and his son Brian.

Heavy transport was the business to be in at the turn of the century.

A picture from when the garage first opened in Granville street.

This and the following pictures were taken shortly after the closing of Bellamy & Co. These pictures show the format that was typical of so many garages throughout the city, an island with two or more petrol pumps, a kiosk that was barely big enough for one person, workshops and a family run business.

This picture shows the location of Bellamy's garage on the corner of Clement St. and King Edwards Road, Ladywood.

Time to go, sweep the forecourt, collect the water cans, lock the pump's, put the chain's across, cash up, make sure the cat's out, turn off the electric and let's go for a beer.

NOTICE

BELLAMY & Co (B'HAM) LTD
WILL CEASE TRADING
AT 4.00PM ON FRIDAY
11TH APRIL 2003
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK
ALL OUR PAST CUSTOMERS
FOR THERE CUSTOM OVER THE
PAST YEARS

This page contains pictures and text from The Birmingham Evening Mail, Saturday April 12 2003.