Not built until 1950's see posts above. Opened by the Queen in 1955A drawing of the building when constructed in 1939 as a Technical College. Viv.
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I was told that they had a lot of problems with the construction, they could not get firm foundations because of running sand. Can anyone else add to this?
Hi Mike, noticed a few recent posts from you quoting New Scientist magazine. In those days I was regular subscriber. In addition in 1960 I was a day release student at Gosta Green doing HNC chemistry. The company I worked for sponsored a fulltime female research student and a couple of sandwich course students.Here is an advert for staff in 1959, when it was Birmingham College of Advanced Technology
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I've been going through the piles of old magazines I had before sending to recycling. I regularly took it for man years and don't like throwing things away, but eventually it is unfortunately necessaryHi Mike, noticed a few recent posts from you quoting New Scientist magazine. In those days I was regular subscriber. In addition in 1960 I was a day release student at Gosta Green doing HNC chemistry. The company I worked for sponsored a fulltime female research student and a couple of sandwich course students.