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Aidan said:
Thanks Maxwell - really fascinating detail - are they from a published book?
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It looks like im ignoring you Aidan, but we did im each other regards this, ( for benefit of other members ) Max
 
Apologies if any of these photos have been posted before . Max
 
Thank you for sharing these pictures, Maxwell. I wonder what the load was being carried in the cart on the right hand side of the 1912 picture.
 
Richie said:
Here's one I don't like looking towards (what was) Easy Row. Richie (except for the classic cars and the classic architecture in the foreground.
Is there anyone out there expert in cut and pasting and joining photos together?View attachment 56185
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Richie cant see your upload !! can you upload again ? Max
 
The 2nd picture on post 168 was a scene i used to look out on in the the late 60s, i worked opposite ( King Edwards Place ) I remember going to work In the morning and the cleaner of the cast iron mens urinal at the bottom of King Edwards Place next to the pub, had done his work and i had got mine to do ( harder work than his, but a bit more pleasant lol )
Any One remember the Tow Rope cafe which was opposite the "Bogs" . Max
 
Richie said:
Max. You click on the word "attachment" at the end of the sentence. That's how some sites do it nowadays. If that doesn't work I'll try it via one of those third party album sites. Richie.
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Clicking on "attachment" only brings up a page that says
"Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"

Clicking on "Administrator" brings up
"Not Found The requested document was not found on this server."
 
Lloyd said:
Clicking on "attachment" only brings up a page that says
"Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"

Clicking on "Administrator" brings up
"Not Found The requested document was not found on this server."
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As Lloyd says Richie, its an invalid attachment. Max
 
I have posted these maps to show where Broad St was in 1731, you will see it ran into Dale End and parallel with Moor St, the map of 1795 i cant see Broad St at all ! (but that could be my eyes). The map of 1893 shows Broad St in its present position. Max
 
So the original Broad Street was actually the present High Street-Dale End. There is a blue plaque at this point commemorating the first office of Taylors and Lloyds Bank whose address is always given as Dale End yet I have seen a photo in the Lloyds TSB achives showing the branch there with the High Street name plate affixed to it.
 
I must admit that I had missed the Broad St on the 1731 map. That part of Dale end does , however seem to be definitely marked as Dale End in the 1810, 1778 and 1750 maps, and also in the 1553 "conjectural" map (though this obviously may be wrong). It would be interesting to see a map pre 1731 to see if the conjectural map was accurate, or whether it changed to Broad St and then back to dale End
Mike
 
Thanks Richie ( I still treasure the pic you got of the Midnight City ) . Max
 
Thanks Richie, I had forgotten that there had been a private road in front of Baskerville House. You forget these things when you have got used to walking in pedestrian area.

Coming back to Dale End. End is described in the dictionary as a "villageship" which I think means a small village, see the number of "ends" in the Black Country. As Broad Street is shown on the 1751 map as just beyond the Welch Cross, I suspect that it could be a continuation of the market and therefore Pig Lane could be a local name for this Broad Street.
 
mikejee said:
I must admit that I had missed the Broad St on the 1731 map. That part of Dale end does , however seem to be definitely marked as Dale End in the 1810, 1778 and 1750 maps, and also in the 1553 "conjectural" map (though this obviously may be wrong). It would be interesting to see a map pre 1731 to see if the conjectural map was accurate, or whether it changed to Broad St and then back to dale End
Mike
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Its interesting on the 1731 map it shows that Broad St at one end is attached to the Beaft (beast) market, could this be where Pig Lane comes in ? . Max
 
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Traditionally the cattle market was in High St (called beast market on the map), fish in Dale end and general goods and farm produce in "high toen", where the bull ring met High St. Pigs were once sold (no date given) in New St. The recently-formed Commisioners , around 1800, transferred cattle up the road to Dale End,and eventually smithfield Market was built. Info from Gill & Briggs, History of birminghamMike
 
According to the same source, Aidan, horses were sold in high st after pigs , but at the same time as the cattle market was in High st, Horsefair would have been after this
 
Surely Lyn Its an artist impression the cars dont look real ? Max
 
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