Hi Everyone,
Does anyone have any memories, photos, stories of the old Council Works situated on the canal side of Montgomery Street in Sparkbrook? It's just opposite the listed Marlborough Pub on the crossroads of Sydenham Road, Anderton Road and Montgomery Street. The address is 272 Montgomery Street B11 1DS.
It's now known as Montgomery Street Business Centre. We are a group of tenants that work and run small businesses there including engineering, metal polishing, vespa restoration, food production, catering, laundry and a cafe to mention a few.
We got together to start a campaign to prevent the Council auctioning off our site to the highest bidder last December. We've succeeded so far and we're in the process of negotiating with the Council to buy our site. We intend to run it as a not-for-profit Co-operative and improve and preserve it for generations to come. Montgomery Street Business Centre is now the last remaining business start-up hub left in Brum.
We'd love to hear any memories, stories, photos of the site along with the other businesses in the area