does any body remeber knee bros 16 temple st bristol any photos or infomation
Neil B:
does any body remeber knee bros 16 temple st bristol any photos or infomation
Did they run bent 
Hello Neil,
Two photos of Knee Brothers steamers.
When Temple Street was all demolished they only had a depository in Boyces Avenue Clifton. This was a victorian shopping arcade that never opened as such and Knee Bros used it as a store. As you walked down the arcade the shop fronts were either side and a curved staircase at the end led up to the balconies. There was an office at the entrance and I went there to copy the photos that were hanging on the walls. There are a couple that I cannot find.
I had a look round the place and I can remember wooden crates full with tins of saddle soap that had been acquired as first world war army surplus.
Teddy Knee was the last survivor and I know he died at the place in his nineties. Something sticks in my mind that he was on a toilet that fell through the rotten floor. Teddy was related to the Pye transport family and the firm was wound up after his death. The depository building was in a bad state but was restored and after all these years is now open as a shopping arcade.
Cheers Phil.
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Didnt they used to have a place at Trowbridge ?
H J Knee removals ? . . . i dont think they were orthopedic surgeons btw
Suedehead:
Didnt they used to have a place at Trowbridge ?
H J Knee removals ? . . . i dont think they were orthopedic surgeons btw
they were a legend