Newhall Street

[josietrue]

charlie
yes we have i love looking through them and found meny that have brought some lovely memory back to me
thank you to you all
josie

 

[Stitcher]

Newhall Street, 1980s

 

[Pedrocut]

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Newhall Street, 1980s

Assuming that the lowest point of Newhall Street is at the crossroads with Charlotte Street, which way are we looking?

 

[Morturn]

I think the photographer is standing just up from Great Charles Street, looking towards Colmore Row. Cornwall Street on the left, followed by Edmund Street

 

[Pedrocut]

Yes I think that’s right. Looking again there are two two dips in Newhall Street. This one looking down to Cornwall Street.

https://earth.app.goo.gl/epQ9

 

[mikejee]

I have merged two Newhall St threads.
I presume this cutting refers to the building below now still standing



But , if so, then it seems to have deviated from the original purpose by 1950, when the OS map describes it as the Public Assistance Offices

 

[Dave89]

Hi,

My first job in 1960 was at the Westminster Bank, 98, Newhall Street.
Can anyone tell me what is there now?

Kind regards
Dave

 

[Vivienne14]

This was the Colmore Sale Rooms and Auction Mart at #3 Newhall Street, Viv

Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[A Sparks]

This was the Colmore Sale Rooms and Auction Mart at #3 Newhall Street, Viv

View attachment 176069Source: British Newspaper Archive

Interesting!
I see the owner lived in Birchfield, the Victorian houses in that road are still there.

 

[Vivienne14]

Thanks ASparks I’ve just had a look. Most of the road seems to be terraced villas with name plaques still on the buildings. I suspect Holly Bank would have been where Salisbury Road joined Birchfield Road. I think at some point Birchfield Road was widened and consequently several houses were probably removed in Salisbury Road. Perhaps it was one of those. With a name like Holly Bank it sounds to me like a detached house too. All guesswork though. Viv.

 

[mikejee]

This photo was on a site trying to identify unknown photos. It was identified as 35-37 Newhall St, architects Newton and Cheatle, and constructed with materials from Gibbs and Canning terracotta manufacturers . It was destroyed by bombing during the war I am not certain whether it also includes at least another building next to 35-37, but this is arguable and not clear. 1950s map below after bombing

 

[BrummieGeoff]

A view looking up Newhall Street from Bread Street (later Cornwall Street) to Edmund Street, dated as c1887. Presumably these buildings were demolished in the development that constructed the buildings in Mike's photo.