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    High Street Birmingham

    Yes. No.26 is on the east side of High Street facing the junction with New Street.
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    New Street City Centre Birmingham

    This doesn't look like Birmingham. There was only one Hyam's & Co store in Birmingham in the late 19th / early 20th century and that was in New Street opposite King Edwards School. This is not a photo of that store. Perhaps it is a photo of one of the others Hyam's stores, outside of Birmingham...
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    New Street Station From1854

    This is a quote from Chris Upton's 'History of Birmingham' (1993, p102): "Hebrew cemeteries in Granville Street and Betholom Row (off Bath Row) were rendered unusable by the cutting of railway lines through or near them. The bodies from Granville Street were transferred to the new Hebrew...
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    Bee Hive Inn Bull Street

    Beehive on Bull Street was originally known as the Ship and Rainbow. Its first known licensee was Matthias Webb, Landlord from 1791. The name was changed to the Ship and Beehive sometime after 1835. The name was again changed to Beehive c.1850. Atkinson's Brewery took over the pub and demolished...
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    Aston Road

    Here's a 1910 view of the library from Gosta Green with Aston Road on the right and Legge Street on the left. (Photo by Lewis Lloyd).
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    Aston Road

    From looking at some old maps and Kelly's Directory: No.265 is on Aston Road. It was occupied by Nathaniel Budd & Son, Rick Cloth Maker, in 1934. The building to the left of N. Budd & Son's is the public library which is on Gosta Green, at the junction with Aston Road, Legge Street and Fisher...
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    New Street Station From1854

    According to warwickshirerailways.com the photo shows LMS 2-6-0 'Horwich Crab' at the east end of platform 1 New Street Station. Date is given as c.1928. Photographer: Arthur W Flowers.
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    W Wort, photographer, Oscott

    William Oldham and Bradney Cooper occupied the New Street / Pinfold Street top floor studio in the 1870s and 1880s both as partners and later separately, Henry Joseph Whitlock worked from No.11 New Street for thirty years. Several members of the Whitlock family were photographers in Birmingham...
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    W Wort, photographer, Oscott

    From c. mid 1880s to mid 1890s John Arthur Draycott occupied the prime photographic studio site on the top floor of the building on the corner of New Street with Pinfold Street - 82A New Street
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    Birmingham Priestley Riots

    There's a small amount of information on the Taylor banking family here: http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Wednesbury/Lloyd/Banking.htm
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    Ye Olde Royal Temple Row

    See my post #12 in this thread for a brief history of the site and some sources for further information. In 1920's it was 'Ye Olde Royal Restaurant.' Managers for this period include: 1921 Victor Charles Weyers 1924 and 1930 William Ernest Stephens (Source Kelly's Directory of Birmingham).
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    A Tarlington - artist

    'Old Houses in Deritend' includes the Golden Lion Inn, now in Cannon Hill Park. 'High Street Deritend and Floodgate Street' includes the Old Leather Bottle pub, demolished around 1900.
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    High Street Birmingham

    From the house numbers the building on the right with the lamp is 30, 31 or 32 High Street. I've checked Kelly's Directory for 1888 and 1892 and there is no pub or beer retailer on that section of High Street. The 'lamp' might be a 3 globe sign indicating a pawnbroker business, but none is...
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    The Moat - Moat Row & Moat Lane

    Here's a watercolour of the Birmingham Manor House with moat dated 1775. Although there had been a manor house from medieval times, this version of the manor house appears to be Georgian. The spire on the right of the picture is St Martin's. The manor house was demolished and the moat filled in...
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    Cobden Hotel and Coffee House Corporation Street/Cherry Street

    Fifty Schilling Tailors on the corner of Corporation Street and Union Street
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