Until the mid-sixties, Bournbrook was the home to Ariel motorcycles owned by first Charles Sangster then his son Jack Sangster, and with their main factory in Dale Road.
His second son Jack Sangster went on to become one of the most influential pioneers in the British motorcycle industry.
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Sangster was born in Kings Norton, Birmingham, the second of three sons of Charles Thomas Brock Sangster, an engineer, who since 1902 was the owner of Cycle Components Ltd, better known as the motorcycle brand Ariel.