Mobile tyres fitting service in Handsworth West Midlands
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fitting and balancing is fully guaranteed. Also car
batteries. Our low prices for tyres and car batteries
are fully inclusive, no hidden extras. We don't have
expensive tyres depots so our prices are always low.
We offer a complete range of tyres backed up by our
efficient and cost effective mobile tyres fitting
service for Handsworth West Midlands. So, rather than having to
travel to a traditional tyre depot to have tyres fitted,
you remain at home or at work and we come to you. This
is much more convenient… and, it also greatly reduces
our operating costs so we are able to slash our selling
prices of tyres by up to 40%.
Unlike many companies selling tyres on-line we have a
head office call centre. This provides advice and
technical information on all aspects of tyres. Also, for
those who prefer to place their order for tyres by
telephone, rather than by buying tyres on-line, we have
a freephone facility (0800 028 9000).
We are proud of our Customer service record, and we
fully guarantee our work. Please feel free to call our
freephone telephone number if you would like personal
help and service, we are always ready and willing to
explain the choices and make sure you are happy with our
sales and service for car tyres and car batteries.
More about Handsworth West Midlands
Handsworth is a suburb of Birmingham in the West
Midlands, England.
As Handsworth Urban District it was part of
Staffordshire until incorporated, controversially, into
Birmingham Corporation in 1911.
The name Handsworth originates from its Saxon owner
Hondes and the Old English word weorthing, meaning farm
or estate. It was recorded in the Domesday Survey of
1086, as a holding of William Fitz-Ansculf, the Lord of
Dudley, although at that time it would only have been a
very small village surrounded by farmland and extensive
woodland.
From the 13th century through to the 18th century, it
remained a small village until Matthew Boulton who lived
at the nearby Soho House set up the Soho Manufactory in
1764 on Handsworth Heath. Accommodation was built for
the factory workers, the village quickly grew, and in
1851, there were over six thousand people living in the
township. Forty years later over thirty-two thousand
were counted at the census of 1881, and by 1911, this
had more than doubled to 68,610.
The development of the built environment was sporadic
and many of Handsworth's streets display a mixture of
architectural types and periods - among them some of the
finest Victorian buildings in the city. Handsworth has
two grammar schools - Handsworth Grammar School for boys
and King Edward VI Handsworth Girl's Grammar School. It
also contains Handsworth Park completing in 2006 a major
restoration, the vibrant shopping of Soho Road, St.
Mary's Church, Handsworth containing the remains of the
founders of the Industrial Revolution - Watt, Murdoch
and Boulton - and the unique bookbindery, source of
specialist and antique books about the area - 'Bookbane'
- in Nineveh Road.
Birmingham historian Dr.Carl Chinn noted that during WW2
the boundary between Handsworth and the outlying suburb
of Handsworth Wood marked the line between being safe
and unsafe from bombing, with Handsworth Wood being an
official evacuation zone. (ref: Carl Chinn (1996) Brum
Undaunted: Birmingham During the Blitz, Birmingham
Library Services) During the Second World War, West
Indians had arrived as part of the colonial war effort,
where they worked in Birmingham munitions factories.
Post-war, a rebuilding programme required much unskilled
labour and Birmingham's industrial base expanded,
significantly increasing the demand for both skilled and
unskilled workers. During this time, there was direct
recruitment for workers from the Caribbean.
The West Indian population in Birmingham numbered over
17,000 by the 1961 census count. In addition, during
this time, Indians, particularly Sikhs from the Punjab
arrived in Birmingham, many of them working in the
foundries and on the production lines in motor vehicle
manufacturing.
Handsworth has produced some notable musical acts: Steel
Pulse, Joan Armatrading, Benjamin Zephaniah, Apache
Indian, Musical Youth, Ruby Turner and Bhangra group
B21.
Handsworth Park has hosted numerous events: The
Birmingham Tattoo, The Birmingham Festival (both
originally called Handsworth- rather than Birmingham-)
and the Flower Show, and in 1967 The Birmingham Dog
Show. The Handsworth Carnival grew out of the Flower
Show and Carnival; Caribbean style carnivals began in
Handsworth Park, in 1984, with a street procession via
Holyhead Road. In 1994 the carnival was held in
Handsworth Park for the last time. The following year it
was moved from the park out onto the streets of
Handsworth, since which time it has been known as the
Birmingham (International) Carnival. In 1999, it was
again held in a park, but this time in Perry Barr Park.
Handsworth Park also hosts an annual Vaisakhi Mela.
Courtesy of Wikimedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handsworth%2C_West_Midlands |
