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This arch was erected on Broad Street in 1909 for the purpose of a royal visit and the view is towards The Crown and The Prince Of Wales Theatre from outside The Waterworks Offices.
 
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Here's a good aerial view of Broad Street, no later than the mid 60's i would imagine. Before they gave it over to the developers.

Phil
 

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A few more pictures of Broad Street taken down the years, these photos show how little it had changed until the recent makeover. I know which version I preferred.

Phil

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Nice photos Phil If photo 1 is the corner of Sheepcote St i think that building is still there. i remember there ws a little bus garage behind it back in the early 60s i got nicked for obstruction at 3 o clock on a Sunday morning how was i to know the buses couldn,t get out i was blocking the doorway. Dek
 
Hello Aiden, it is all so different now.
Did you know that in 1948 there was a cafe on the corner called The Broadway Cafe, but it was known by the former name of The Towrope.
 
Looking at Stitchers photo would i be right in saying there was a passage down the side of the church if so the white building just before it was Gittins they were Plumbers Merchants.Dek
 
I still think Broad St has a character all it's own and (still) so rich in History. I am not sure what the Church was called but it must have been built right over the Canal
 
img337.jpgIt was The Church Of The Messiah, and you are right it was over the canal.
 
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Aidan

As you can see from this photo of the canal basin The Church of the Messiah was just behind the bridge.

Phil

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Hello Phil, now there is a picture I have not seen before. Very nice too.
 
Phil about a month ago my work sent me to the I.C.C. that bridge is still there. What year would you say the photo was taken. Dek
 
cracking pic phil..new to me too...dek just a guess but maybe the 60s but its not easy to tell...

lyn
 
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I have always thought that the building with the clock-tower is particularly beautiful, especially in that location on the corner of King Edward Place - Anyone know what it was originally please (ie before Reflex....)
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In the mid 1980s I took a picture of the area (see below), and you can see behind this pub (on the far right) was a brewery. The building on the left is the Brasshouse (before it was done up of course).

I understand the pub and brewery were linked.

The pub was the Crown Inn and you can read more about it here

https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=26143

I have posted loads of pictures of the Broad St area from the mid 1980s here (they show the building of the convention centre, national indoor arena, brindley place etc)

https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=29123
 
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cracking pic phil..new to me too...dek just a guess but maybe the 60s but its not easy to tell...

lyn
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Dek,

I wouldn't be able to put an exact date to the photo, it was obviouslly an open day something to do with the canal. It would have been before 1967-68 being the time I used the Rum Runner & the Tow Rope Cafe because the church I'm sure was still there then.

This second very evocative photo taken in 1952 shows the church steeple taken from the other side of the bridge. I've always liked this photo and wondered about the old tramp and hoped that the photographer gave the old gentleman of the road a few bob for sitting for him.

Phil

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Eric your painting looks like Gas St Basin the church was on the other side of the road by the Brasshouse Basin. Dek Sorry Eric i posted in haste i does look like the same spot.
 
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This dinosaur, made locally was being was being transported to the the Centenary celebrations and was passing The Cambridge Inn in Cambridge Street at chucking out time.

This was not the original post but it fills a gap because I can not find the picture that was on this post.
 
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