bullerboY Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I worked at Brook Shaws as a Shorthand/Typist when it was on the corner of Norfolk Street and Charles Street and I remember Mr. Shaw and his daughter very well. The building was a dirty cream colour and the windows spelled out B R O O K S H A W. Is there anybody who remembers this and perhaps worked for the firm before they moved to Gibraltar Street? I remember having to find my way by bus up to his house one day to take some papers for his signature and being taken for a ride on the miniature railway which encircled the garden. I remember this building well as a lad I had to fetch parts and you went downstairs to the parts department,didnt they sell tractors from there as well also sold them on West Bar,wasnt the building a stucco finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multiparvo1 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Yes you would describe it as stucco I suppose. I remember they did a lot of work with farmers in Derbyshire and beyond. I also remember people ringing up desperate to get hold of a Ford Anglia or Ford Prefect but there was a long waiting list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
820vitesse Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Yes Pat. If I had been working with anyone else I would have been sacked lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertbsmith Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Yes, me! I was a car salesman around that time, selling second hand cars. My name is Bob Smith and I was about 19/20 at the time. Les Rennick was the manager and other salesman were, Peter Hall, John Howe, Terry Swallow, Geoff Bamforth, Brian Hardwick and perhaps a few others. Great team! Kath Saxton and Gladdys were keeping the cars in tip top condition. Love to see u all again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_blue_owl Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I had a mate called Paul 'Nipper' Widdop who worked at Brook Shaws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Hi to FALLS and all the other contributers to car dealerships. I know the posts are quite old but I only found this site by accident when traling through Google the other day and being an ex pat from Sheffield now living in the south of England for the past 40 odd years it stirred some long forgotten memories as I was in the motor trade ( among other things ) for most of my working life . My first job as a 14 yrs old boy was at Brook Shaw Union Street and I was there when Brook Shaw himself was still alive ! I remember he died on a visit to the Ford plant at Dagenham sometime around 1945/6 collapsing on the loading jetty after the tour around the plant, the garage staff had been treated to the trip by him and I believe by Ford as well. Just after WW2 cars coming in for repair were still much more primative being mostly of the 1930's vintage, there were a very small trickle of new cars coming in but the wating list for a new car could run into 2 or 3 years as most went for export to pay our debts, ( how familliar this sounds again ) and even then for a couple of years the new ones still had the same basic engines and suspensions of their predecessors all very primative by modern day standards and so were working practice as I remember, I think there were a few lorries being produced but again all we saw were mostly old ones ! Ford had a clever and probably economical method of producing engins in those days, a basic 4 cylinder side valve design simply scaled up in size from 8 to 10,then 12 and finally 14 HP and reliying on the ex lincoln motors V8 in 24 and 30 hp versions, and they were side valve as well ! Happy day ? well looking back through the usual haze of nostalgia I think so. westmoors This post from the 'Car Dealerships' thread may be of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat cooper Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Hello. My husband started work at Brook Shaws on leaving school. That was in 1969. His name is David Cooper.[/quoteHi,Pat,remember me to Dave I had the garage across the road from where you live,I knew John Usher,Mick Shirtcliffe,PaulAdams and Pete Gill. Hello. Hope you are well and keeping busy. Dave send his best wishes. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBC2 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I remember a Mr. Finney who was on the tractor side and a Mr .Holland both from the 1950's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubber15a Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hi Pat, I worked with Dave at Brook Shaws ask him if he remembers Kelvin.Can he also remember our little song wiggy,wiggy wiggy and the other song we used to sing Norman German helmet homo sexual Ping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black eyes Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 My mate worked there in the sixties Dave Hillman he was the electrician had a black ford pop dg143 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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