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Maria Magenta
master brummie
And all those amazing hats!
farmerdave
master brummie
Very close! I believe the date when the event was held was the 7th July 1906. Dave
sospiri
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Lyn,
A nice reminder, but I am afraid that many that were still standing when I left Birmingham in 1961 are rapidly becoming a distant memory. I note the waxworks next to the Central Hotel in the Bull Ring - that building was one that we lost in WW2 I presume? I can't recall being taken into the Bull Ring until the end of the war when I was 8 years old. My actual memories of the war period were restricted to Aston & Sparkhill. I must have been taken through the centre to get between the two, but my only memory of the central area was going past Perry Pens in Lancaster Street on the number 6 tram as my father and numerous maternal relatives worked there.
Maurice
A nice reminder, but I am afraid that many that were still standing when I left Birmingham in 1961 are rapidly becoming a distant memory. I note the waxworks next to the Central Hotel in the Bull Ring - that building was one that we lost in WW2 I presume? I can't recall being taken into the Bull Ring until the end of the war when I was 8 years old. My actual memories of the war period were restricted to Aston & Sparkhill. I must have been taken through the centre to get between the two, but my only memory of the central area was going past Perry Pens in Lancaster Street on the number 6 tram as my father and numerous maternal relatives worked there.
Maurice
hi maurice post 1746 is the saddest i think.what a splendid sight chamerlain square once was but .everything you see in that one has gone and was nothing to do with the war...the josiah mason college was a splendid building as was the original library..king charles grammar school..queens hotel..the exchange building..snow hill station gone..not to mention the woodman pub on easy row.the list is endless.....such a shame that visitors to this city are not able to look up and admire them... not much left now to admire...im afraid that bcc have destroyed our city far more than hitler ever did and of course will continue to do so until all we have left are photographs of a city centre i was once proud of..just to add that yes i know we must have progress such as road widenings etc but most of our lost buildings were demolished just to rebuild other buildings on which less than 45 years later have also been demolished..just does not make sense to me
lyn
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sospiri
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Good morning Lyn,
I think that like most things it is to do with making money, and that's takes preference over anything else. I spent a lot of time in the original library and generally borrowed six books of sheet music every week - mainly classical at that time - to improve my sight reading and general piano technique. I also was amazed to find an original trade directory from the late 1700s on open shelves and did actually borrow it. I wonder how much stuff got stolen from those days!
Maurice
I think that like most things it is to do with making money, and that's takes preference over anything else. I spent a lot of time in the original library and generally borrowed six books of sheet music every week - mainly classical at that time - to improve my sight reading and general piano technique. I also was amazed to find an original trade directory from the late 1700s on open shelves and did actually borrow it. I wonder how much stuff got stolen from those days!
Maurice
maurice i suspect quite a lot of valuable books went walkies in those days...having said that in recent years the library that has just been demolished lost many many old photos..they are a bit more strict these days counting out and in the archives that we view but a bit late in the day for archive material that is now lost...agree with you about the money making aspect...
lyn
lyn
Hi Lyn,
Thanks again for lovely pics. Like Maurice I also left Bum on 1961 and like you regret how the BCC have torn the heart out of the city and suburbs.
At one time in the late 50's I was doing some classes in the Old University building and thought what a fire trap it was as all the floors and interior divisions were wooden and we were all smoking in those days.
It's the same here, I was looking through a book 'Lost Melbourne' only last night and was horrified at how many of the buildings have gone since the 60's.
As Maurice says it's not just to make improvements but to make a bit of money.
Just realized what a hypocrite I am as we settled today on the sale of our investment house which is to be replaced by apartments. In our defense we have been able to share the purchase of a older house (in good condition for our son and his ladyfriend ).
What goes up must come down eh !
Cheer Tim
Thanks again for lovely pics. Like Maurice I also left Bum on 1961 and like you regret how the BCC have torn the heart out of the city and suburbs.
At one time in the late 50's I was doing some classes in the Old University building and thought what a fire trap it was as all the floors and interior divisions were wooden and we were all smoking in those days.
It's the same here, I was looking through a book 'Lost Melbourne' only last night and was horrified at how many of the buildings have gone since the 60's.
As Maurice says it's not just to make improvements but to make a bit of money.
Just realized what a hypocrite I am as we settled today on the sale of our investment house which is to be replaced by apartments. In our defense we have been able to share the purchase of a older house (in good condition for our son and his ladyfriend ).
What goes up must come down eh !
Cheer Tim
sospiri
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Tim,
Private housing is not often really worth saving, unless it is quite old and was inhabited by famous people, so I think you're off the hook there. We're talking about public buildings, of some architectural worth, quite often paid for by some private benefactor not the local Council, though the Council may have somehow acquired ownership over the years. Rarely is some decent thought given to the replacement, just a quick investigation by the bean-counters to see if any money can be made. I have to admit to becoming more cynical by the day, but those responsible for these decisions rarely give me incentive to think otherwise!
Maurice
Private housing is not often really worth saving, unless it is quite old and was inhabited by famous people, so I think you're off the hook there. We're talking about public buildings, of some architectural worth, quite often paid for by some private benefactor not the local Council, though the Council may have somehow acquired ownership over the years. Rarely is some decent thought given to the replacement, just a quick investigation by the bean-counters to see if any money can be made. I have to admit to becoming more cynical by the day, but those responsible for these decisions rarely give me incentive to think otherwise!
Maurice
Lady Penelope
master brummie
I have several postcard albums with cards in from WW1. They belonged to my Mom's sister. Many of them are sets of rather maudlin cards such as 'Little Jim', 'What did you do in the war Daddy?', 'Fight the Good Fight' and 'Somewhere in France, Mother'. Others were sent as Birthday cards and there are quite a few funny ones. However, back to the point, there are some Birmingham ones too so I have scanned them and will post a few at a time. University and Cannon Hill Park first. I think 12 and 15 are the same and one has been coloured. The clock has the same time! I have flipped them before posting but they keep reverting so perhaps someone could 'right' them for me please.
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It doesn't seem possible to flip these apparently as they keep reverting. I will re-scan them and start again.
Meanwhile, these are vertical ones which should be OK. They are part of a set of 6 and I've already posted them some time ago on another thread. I've lightened them too as they are much too dark to see any detail otherwise.
Meanwhile, these are vertical ones which should be OK. They are part of a set of 6 and I've already posted them some time ago on another thread. I've lightened them too as they are much too dark to see any detail otherwise.
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pjmburns
master brummie
The grave is that of Adolphus F A Higgison (or Higginson) but I can't find if it is significant. He is on the 1891 census as a retired commercial traveller (retired at the age of 40).
Just found out his Father (Henry) was a noted Primitive Methodist Minister.
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
Old postcards give the flavour of an age in the clothes the peple are wearing, the cars (often quite hard to actually indentify), the public transport ( apart from 842 & 843, Birmingham trams looked the same for 20 years, but the buses changed drastically over a very short period of time), but what is fascinating about the second of these two postcards is that there is a picture of a bus on route 17, which was a cross city route that ran from Erdington to the Maypole and such pictures are few and far between particularly with the type of bus in the picture. With regard to your other postcards, take the maudlin WW1 ones to a dealer and get them valued, there could be a gem in there,, any of thePCCollectors on the BHF will give you further advice.
Bob
Lady Penelope
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Stitcher
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Forgive me if this has been posted before. It is one of a set of fictional images on post cards.
Hi Stitcher. Hope you are well.
Wouldn't it be lovely if that image was real! Viv.
Wouldn't it be lovely if that image was real! Viv.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
No Birmingham papers for the date on the Archive, but the event was mentioned in many others.
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Stitcher
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It certainly wood be very nice Vivienne, here is another one.
Stitcher
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