Textiles, music, and bikes

It may be selling textiles now, but this shop at 10 Mount Pleasant, Bilston, clearly offered cassettes and cds not so long ago. The painted adverts are a reminder that this was once Hartill's motorbike and cycle shop. Abraham Hartill opened the shop in 1937, having moved from a smaller unit in the same block. He sold mainly second-hand motorcycles, some fifteen or so a week. Bicycles were also sold, and hire purchase facilities were provided. The sale of spares and provision for repairs completed the service. Hartills still operate a motorcycle repair business and MOT station on Caledonia Street at the rear of these premises.