Pete, George Bate had a retail shop in Steelhouse lane, near the Gaumont Theatre in the late 1940,s I believe they continued there until they relocated to Colmore Circus.This was one of the first Birmingham gun makers that I visited circa 1950. I remember the visit well,because I was asked to plug my ears while they test fired a gun in the back workshop.Jack Rowe a Birmingham gun maker, made a plan of the Birmingham gun Quarter circa 1946-50 [F.Y.I.this is the gun quarter as a I remember it].The plan Shows the Bate shop on Steelhouse Lane.This sketch is reproduced in the book "The Birmingham Gunmakers," by D.Tate,page 10
