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    Battle Of The Somme 1 July Centenary

    I would like to record and remember MAJOR ALFRED ARMSTRONG CADDICK, 8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment who died aged 44 on this day 100 years ago, 1st July 1916. He is remembered with honour on the Thiepval Memorial. He had been on active service since the outbreak of the war serving...
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    the beehive soho hill hockley

    Hello JUDY, were you thinking of someone called Malcolm Bennett who lived further down towards the Roebuck pub on the same side as the Beehive and just past Park Avenue. If so his Father features on post 47 "Beehive Regulars" on the other thread, second from the left. He was an optician with...
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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

    THE GRAND HOTEL In 2015 Hortons commissioned Tom Bird, a talented Birmingham based photographer, to make a photographic record of the Grand project. Here is a link to his images beginning in the basement, rising through the public spaces up to the new build roof and finally into the courtyard...
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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

    The latest photograph released by Hortons` Estate Ltd., showing the newly restored facade of the Grand Hotel above the retail outlets on Colmore Row, now the scaffolding has been taken down to street level.
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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

    Hello VIVIENNE, the areas in the posts you mention that are open to the elements are the level below the former roof area now removed and show work in progress for construction of the new one. A system for waterproofing is installed at the next level below this one to stop rainwater cascading...
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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

    This is the final image. Allan
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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

    I recently went on a guided tour of the GRAND HOTEL to see restoration work being carried out on the Victorian facade of the building and the present state of part of the inside, including the well known Grosvenor ballroom. These images include a look over the new roof on the Church St. side...
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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

    This view over the roof of St Phillips cathedral is the first glimpse of the top three floors after completion of refurbishment and part of the protective curtain removed, leaving a see through screen. The photograph is likely to be published by Hortons Estates Ltd., soon and has been provided...
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    Local PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS

    Hello MIKE, here are another 3 images. The first is him playing golf and standing outside his club shop. In the second he is far right. There is no information about when or where the last photo taken. Regards Allan
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    Local PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS

    Hello MIKE, I was not able to see your photo which is a pity. Do you have any more information about Arthur which could be included in the Sandwell Park archives ? Here are three more images The first is a cartoon from the Sports Argus printed sometime before the first world war. If you...
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    Local PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS

    Hello MIKE, the two photos shown in the first post of this thread are now re-posted and I am pretty sure this is the same Arthur Hancox, your Grandfather`s brother. Arthur was the professional at Sandwell Park G.C. who came here at the start of the first world war. He later joined up...
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