tyseley was once a thriving industrial area with thousands of people working in the area for major companies such as ti reynolds (formally reynolds tubes) and corona, attracting a large number of bicycle and motorcycle manufacturers to the area, and component suppliers. other companies based in the area in the past include abingdon motorcycles (later becoming "king dick tools"), dawes cycles, girling brakes, slumberland, smiths crisps, mem electrical, harmo exhausts, wilmot breedon and also the factory where co-operative society (cws) toys, motorcycles, prams and bicycles were made. they marketed their toys as 'tyseley toys'.