Mobile tyres fitting service in Kings Norton Birmingham
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We offer a complete range of tyres backed up by our
efficient and cost effective mobile tyres fitting
service for Kings Norton Birmingham. 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 Kings Norton Birmingham
Kings Norton is an area of Birmingham, England. It is
also a ward within the formal district of Selly Oak.
Kings Norton derives its name from the Norman period,
when Kings Norton was part of the King’s forest, however
the Domesday Book records the village as ‘Nortune’,
noting that even in Anglo-Saxon England immediately
before the Conquest the land the village stood on was
owned by the King. Therefore Bromsgrove was the King’s
town and Kings Norton the King’s North Town. Kings
Norton is now divided into several parts with the
ancient village green still intact.
During the twentieth century the area grew as the City
Council built Hawkesley a housing estate to the
south-east, largely on the far side of the Birmingham
and Worcester Canal and entirely on the far side of the
A441 Redditch Road. Kings Norton is home to the
world-famous glass manufacturers Triplex (now part of
Pilkington). Modern Kings Norton lies on the A441
Pershore Road South which runs between Birmingham and
Redditch to the south. It also has a railway station on
the Cross-City Line, although this station is actually
located just inside Cotteridge, the neighbouring
district to the north, and on the opposite side of a
valley. The line of Icknield or Ryknild Street, a Roman
road running northwards from Alcester via Metchley fort
in Edgbaston towards Sutton Coldfield and beyond, can be
traced through the eastern edge of the district.
Historically, it was part of Worcestershire, until added
to Birmingham in 1911 by the Greater Birmingham Act.
St Nicolas Church dates from the 13th century, and the
spire dates from the 15th century. In addition, the
Green contains two later mediaeval building from the
15th century, the Old Grammar School, and the Saracen’s
Head Inn. In the Summer of 2004, these two ancient
buildings were the winners of the BBC’s “Restoration”
competition and were awarded over ?3 million towards the
cost of major refurbishment.
Kings Norton was the scene of a couple of minor episodes
from the English Civil War. In the first of these, a
force led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine, numbering some
300, was resting on Kings Norton Green. There, they were
surprised by a smaller group led by Lord Willoughby of
Parham. A skirmish took place, in which fifty of Prince
Rupert’s men were killed, and twenty were taken
prisoner. The Parliamentarian force lost twenty men.
This took place on the 17th October, 1642. In a later
episode, Queen Henrietta Maria arrived in Kings Norton
with an army of around 5,500 men that she had raised in
Yorkshire. It is believed that she stayed the night in
the Saracen’s Head, while the army camped on land behind
the church, now Kings Norton Park (giving rise to the
modern road name “Camp Lane”).
Since the 16th century a ‘Mop Fair’ has been held on the
Green, on the first Monday of October. A Mop Fair was a
hiring fair where people would go looking for
employment, but although no longer used to help
employment it is an important event each year with its
stalls, fairground attractions and the traditional
ox-roast.
Courtesy of Wikimedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Norton |
