hi all you handsworth people can you help out,the big stone built house at the side of the working mens club on the main rd what was it and is still been used for anything or just going to wrack and ruin like some other buildings thanks jim

Hi,
I seem to remember it being a crisp factory behind the house. I don't know if the people who lived in the house had anything to do with the factory!
Cal.

hi all you handsworth people can you help out,the big stone built house at the side of the working mens club on the main rd what was it and is still been used for anything or just going to wrack and ruin like some other buildings thanks jim

Is this the place? I remember some years ago it was a wines and spirits wholesalers. They kept a a few large vans at the back. I believe these would deliver to pubs and clubs. They also did all the other bits like crisps nuts scratchings etc.

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yes i think thats the building but i dint think there was a rd between the club and the building

yes i think thats the building but i dint think there was a rd between the club and the buildingMedlock Drive is on one side of the club and Challenger Tyres is on the other side.

Medlock Drive is on one side of the club and Challenger Tyres is on the other side.

NO !...Medlock Drive separates the club - and the mentioned house
Challenger tyres is next to the club.

NO !...Medlock Drive separates the club - and the mentioned house
Challenger tyres is next to the club.

I think that is what Rudeboy meant ? Question is how long has the Medlock been there ? Somewhere in the deepest recesses of my memory I seem to remember it not being there............was Medlock Drive inserted as and when the medlock estate was built.

hi all you handsworth people can you help out,the big stone built house at the side of the working mens club on the main rd what was it and is still been used for anything or just going to wrack and ruin like some other buildings thanks jim

Hi Jim The house in question was a warehouse for soft drinks and crisps but it is still empty and getting more run down year by year. Cant remember the name of the company but it was a Mc something. Hope this help.

Hi
Where the Medlock Estate is now, in August the fair used to be there. There was no Medlock Drive there then! I can remember this in the 50s and early 60s.
cal

Thanks all checked with council its nowt to do with them told mi son who lives on orgreave ln you have to chech via land registry to find out who ownes it ,thanks again

yes it was a soft drinks warehouse as i used to play on the garden of the bungalow next door and we could see into back yard.

It was indeed a drinks supplier to the pub trade. My parents used them around 20 years ago for their pub. The name of the company was McKennings.

...to save you all wasting time ... i,ve often tried to buy this place ,(along with many others!) but the owner says he will not ever sell - even to an open cheque !!!!! - even though it has been unoccupied for at least 10 years ? and decaying by the day !!! - How sad is that ?

NO !...Medlock Drive separates the club - and the mentioned house
Challenger tyres is next to the club.Is that not exactly what I said?

Medlock Drive is on one side of the club and Challenger Tyres is on the other side.

...how you put it sounds to me like you say the club is on one side of Medlock Drive - and Challenger Tyres is on the other side of Medlock Drive !!!!????
My reply was just to clarify , if anyone else thought the same !

hi bracken have you a name,email or phone no of person who ownes this place then,thanks jim

last time i so anyone looking out of the up stairs window was about 2 years ago it was an asian family as to medlock estate it was built after 1962 i worked on the last fair to be held on that land in 1962 before it moved to handsworth wreck

hi bracken have you a name,email or phone no of person who ownes this place then,thanks jim

the owner is the ice cream man who lives in woodhouse