Mobile tyres fitting service in Shard End Birmingham
We offer the lowest priced tyres and a mobile tyres
fitting service for Shard End Birmingham. See our tyres price
check comparison. No call out charge. All leading brands
of car tyres, van tyres, 4X4 tyres & run-flat tyres. We
fit tyres at your place of work or home driveway. Tyres
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 Shard End 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 Shard End Birmingham
Shard End is an area of Birmingham, England. It is
also a ward within the formal district of Hodge Hill.
Shard End borders the village of Castle Bromwich to the
north and Kingshurst to the east which are situated in
the northern part of the neighbouring Metropolitan
Borough of Solihull.
Before the end of World War 2 Shard End was completely
rural with the only buildings being farmhouses, farm
outbuildings and tithe cottages.
Shard End’s most infamous resident was Abraham Thornton,
son of the owner of Shard End Farm (then part of the
Coleshill estate). He was charged with the murder of a
local girl, Mary Ashford, in 1817. The events of the
trial led to the abolition of two ancient legal rights -
the right of a close relative to demand another trial
although the defendant had been acquitted, and the right
of a defendant to defend himself by challenging the
relative to a duel. The duel did not take place and
Thornton left the area soon after his second trial to
travel to the USA.
During World War 1 much of the woodland between Shard
End and Kingshurst had been cut down to help with the
war effort. The Birmingham and District Association of
Boy Scouts were able to buy a patch of land at a bargain
price and set up a permanent camp there. This land was
half way between Kingshurst and Shard End. It was called
Yorkswood and opened in 1923. There were five camp
fields, covering an area of 25 acres. The total site was
over 200 acres. The site benefited from permanent
washhouses and latrines, a swimming pool, a training
centre and headquarters, guesthouse, warden’s hut and
other huts. A small brook from a fresh water spring ran
past the camp and Cock Sparrow Farm was about 100 yards
away to provide fresh milk. The entrance to the camp was
flanked by a series of griffin statues. These had come
from the roof of Lewis’s Department Store in Birmingham
when it was being renovated. After the camp closed in
1972 they were placed upon the housing estate (Kendrick
Avenue and nearby roads) in Kingshurst built upon the
site of the camp.
A plan of the new housing estate was produced at the end
of 1945 and compulsory purchase orders were issued in
1946. Building of the estate started in the late 1940’s
and was added to in stages producing some variety in the
housing. As usual, communal facilities lagged behind the
building of the housing. The library opened in 1967 and
was the first in Birmingham to use plastic membership
cards instead of the traditional cardboard tickets. Some
of the housing deteriorated in later years, but has
improved as tenants have bought their homes.
All Saints Church (Anglican) is situated in Coneyford
Road. It was opened by the Queen in 1955. It has the
distinction of being the first Church of England church
to be built and consecrated after the war, anywhere in
the country. There is also a Methodist and a Baptist
Church.
Shard End has its own community Centre on Packington
Avenue, on the opposite side of the road to the Police
Station. At one time this station had the largest
meeting room in the police sub division. There is a
shopping area, crown post office and surgery on Shard
End Crescent. Cole Hall Farm was derelict for a number
of years but has now been converted into a pub. There
are four primary and two secondary schools.
The River Cole, a tributary of the River Tame, runs
through Shard End, into Kingshurst. It forms the heart
of the "Project Kingfisher" local nature reserve
initiative. According to the 2001 Population Census
there were 23,154 people resident in Shard End.
Courtesy of Wikimedia,
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