Scootering

The Classic Scooter Company

The owner of The Classic Scooter Company on Pershore Road in Birmingham is a lady called Wendy Lloyd – business entrepreneur, TV camera operator, philanthropist, stunt double and petrolhead. A woman with so many different hats, metaphorically speaking, that she could open her own milliner’s emporium.

Originally from Lichfield, a cathedral city to the north of Birmingham, Wendy started out as a camera operator at the very young age of 17 back in 1999. Her job was to film football matches, then run outside with the tape at the final whistle, hopefully beating the crowds, before handing it to a motorcycle dispatch rider who would whisk it off at high speed to be edited and

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