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Birmingham Skyline

pollypops

pollypops

master brummie
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I took this picture from the Lickeys -I thought you might like to have a go at identifying the buildings. The building in the foreground used to be part of Rover. I am sorry about the crane that seems to be dangling something between buildings 6 & 7. The crane is actually in Longbridge where they are building a new college on the old Rover site.
I hope the picture is big/clear enough - I don't have the answers :confused2: and sorry, there are no prizes!
I wonder how many we can identify between us?
Polly :)
 
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Hi Polly,

I will make a start. 1 is the new Q.E Hospital. 13 is the university. Perhaps 11 is the Rotunda. On the horizon behind 3 and 4 is, I think, Barr Beacon.
Thats the best I can do.

Chris (Old Boy)
 
Right i,ve got a few i think 17 The Rotunda , 14,--16 the Flats on Hollaway Circus, 15 the glass fronted hotel also on Hollaway Circus ,11 The Hiatt Hotel Broad St,10 The B.T. Tower Newhall St , Fives Ways i think Alpha House N2 9,---No7 is the Uni Halls of Residence on Church Rd (built in1963 i work on it) No 1 The new Q.E. Hos. No 13 The Uni Tower i agree with Old Boy. Dek
 
This is looking good already - if we can identify most of them I think I will print it off and take it up to the visitor centre at the Lickeys.
Polly :)
 
hi polly...what a great pic...this has certainly got the little grey cells going..:D:D hope you manage to get them all identified....

lyn :)
 
I know 3,4,5,&6 they are the flats adjacent to Ladywood Middleway perhaps some one can put names to them. No 2 has got me beat. Dek
 
1......New University Hospital
7......Birmingham University Halls of Residence
8......Jury Inn (Auchinleck House)
9......Tower in Broad Street
10....P.O.Tower in front of the Hyatt
11....Alpha Tower
13....University clock tower...Question....what are the numerals on the clock faces?
14....Cleveland Tower
15....Beetham Tower. ( SAS Raddison Hotel )
16....Clydesdale Tower
17....Rotunda
 
The list is growing and looking good :thumbsup:
I have been trying to find out what number 2 is but I can't work it out - but then I only knew a few anyway.
Polly :)
 
dek carr said:
I know 3,4,5,&6 they are the flats adjacent to Ladywood Middleway perhaps some one can put names to them. No 2 has got me beat. Dek
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Dek, I think you might be right :thumbsup: I have just been on a long walk down Ladywood Middleway on street view and have zoomed in on the names of the towers. I am not too sure but I think they are
3. Salisbury Tower
4. Canterbury Tower
5. Wells Tower
6. Truro Tower

I might be wrong with the order though.
2 has still got me beat - I can't even think where it would be.
Polly :)
 
Polly i cannot be sure but i think No2 is up the Hagley Rd By the junction of the Wolverhampton New Rd. Dek
 
dek carr said:
Polly i cannot be sure but i think No2 is up the Hagley Rd By the junction of the Wolverhampton New Rd. Dek
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Dek, I have been on a walk ... the building at this junction is TriGate - a T shape building of shops and offices. coming forward on the map I found 4 blocks of flats in Selcroft Avenue B32:
Netley House
St Albans House
Stoneleigh House
Tintern House
If you are correct and 2 is TriGate the other buildings close to it could be these flats???????????
Polly :)
 
Polly thats it Trigate House no 9 i have worked in there some time ago but i had Tricorn stuck in my brain and couldn,l get rid of it it is the shape of the building three cornered like the Tricorn hat. Dek
 
They do look like the T V masts They must be 30 odd miles from the Lickeys I wonder if it,s Four Oaks instead of Hints. Dek
 
The more I look, I can't convince myself that TriGate is tall enough to be number 2 :confused2:
Polly :)
 
Polly I,m looking at No9 to be Trigate Five Ways Island Broad St Can i spot another mast to the right of the B T tower??Dek
 
dek carr said:
Polly i cannot be sure but i think No2 is up the Hagley Rd By the junction of the Wolverhampton New Rd. Dek
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Dek, this is the one that I looked at on the map and it is called TriGate. I will kook for the one on Broad Street - they wouldn't have given it the same name would they?
Polly
 
dek carr said:
No 9 Tricorn house 5 ways just come back to me. Dek
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Dek you were right the first time - Tricorn house is near the island Hagley Road/ Broad Street so that is number 9 we think.
I was looking at TriGate -Hagley Road/Wolverhampton Road for number 2 but I am not sure it is tall enough now
Polly :)
 
I think that building 2 is in fact three blocks of flats in Metchley Lane, Harborne. It is opposite to the playing fields. See Picture.
 
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