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has anybody any ideas from were i might obtain a picture of the castle cinema .chester road .castle bromwich .ive tried all the usual places libraries and also asked carl chinn ..i think my only option realy is if anybody has one in there own collection
this has now become an adventure :cry:
many thanks in anticipation
sifta
 
Welcome sifta:)

Have you tried the Search box at the top of the page, there is a lot to sort through but it will be worth it was that the one with the low balcony?
 
Hi, Postie, Alf and Sifta,

In my ignorance I am not really sure if I remember the castle cinema. It looks to me as if it was chester road , near to timberley lane, junction bradford road. I have heard of it , when exactly did it get demolished??

Shady
 
It closed in 1962 and was demoished just after. The picture is taken from the car park of the Bradford Arms
 
Thanks Postie,

I may not of remembered it at the time, but from what you have written would that make it as now the Tesco Store and car park Timberley Lane. Sad to think that there was a cinema as local as that and now gone.

Shady
 
Postie what was the The Timberley facing the Castle Cinema?:)

Was that another pub
 
Not sure Alf it could have been the coach and horses.
Shady, it wasn't by where Tescos is, it was further down the Chester Rd towards City, poss opposite where County Garages was.
 
many thanks to you all for your replies ..at least i have an idea of what the cinema looks like and all your comments have been a great help ..:handshake:
 
Postie

It seems that good photos of The Castle Cinema are in short supply. Here is another not so good one.

Phil
 

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many thanks again for that picture ..im amazed how much help im getting from here :grin2:
 
postie said:
Not sure Alf it could have been the coach and horses.
Shady, it wasn't by where Tescos is, it was further down the Chester Rd towards City, poss opposite where County Garages was.
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Shady was right. Tescos is now occupying the site of the Castle cinema, the picture was taken from what is now Bradford Arms car park and the Timberley pub was further on up the road on the left as you are looking at it on the picture.

Terry

P.S. I had a book called I think 'Around Castle Bromwich' but blowed if I can find it, I am sure there was a picture of the Castle in there. I'll keep looking though.
 
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the Castle was opposite manor Park Road.I used to go to the Castle on a saturday morning with my school friends back in the 50's.
 
hanco said:
Shady was right. Tescos is now occupying the site of the Castle cinema, the picture was taken from what is now Bradford Arms car park and the Timberley pub was further on up the road on the left as you are looking at it on the picture.

Terry

P.S. I had a book called I think 'Around Castle Bromwich' but blowed if I can find it, I am sure there was a picture of the Castle in there. I'll keep looking though.
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thanks terry everyboby on here has been realy helpful and im grateful for the pictures so far
sifta:grinsmile:
 
I seem to remember the Castle was opposite the Kwiksnax Cafe. When I worked on the old Midland Red 175 route from Shirley Station we used to pick up a can of tea to take up to the Hall Road terminus.
 
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I seem to remember the Castle was opposite the Kwiksnax Cafe. When I worked on the old Midland Red 175 route from Shirley Station we used to pick up a can of tea to take up to the Hall Road terminus.
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thats right i used to go into the same cafe when i was a baker for the co-op now the cafe is called janes cafe and i still use it and you will not get a better sandwich anywere else in birmingham
sifta
 
hi all
I remember the castle cinema weoley castle, known affectionately as the, WOB or the flea pit, cannot remember wether it was in barnes hill or shenley fields road, closed in the late 50's or early 60's. I remember sneaking in to watch DRACULA,with chris lee, and being frightened to walk home alone.
paul stacey
 
Alf, The Timberley was up by the traffic lights in Castle Brom. The Coach and Horses where I had my wedding reception in 68, is just before the County Garages (that was). Then The Bradford is nearly opposite Tesco where the Castle cinema was.
 
paul stacey said:
hi all
I remember the castle cinema weoley castle, known affectionately as the, WOB or the flea pit, cannot remember wether it was in barnes hill or shenley fields road, closed in the late 50's or early 60's. I remember sneaking in to watch DRACULA,with chris lee, and being frightened to walk home alone.
paul stacey
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there was a cinema in woeley castle called the castle .but im trying to find more pictures of the one that was on the site of tescos on the chester road castle bromwich but thanks for the thought
sifta
 
I had a Saturday job in the late 50s working for scibbins bakery I must of been 14 years old still at school we always stopped at the Kwicksnax cafe seem to be a popular place
for milk and bread delivery vans co-op, Harveys, and scibbins
 
I see most of the pictures have gone. I think these are the only ones I have. The first one is where it is being demolished, early 60's.
 

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#23, is the first one of the pictures the "Castle", Weoley Castle, Birmingham 29,?, I thought this thread was dedicated to that Cinema, called by many the "WOB", Barns hill or Shenley Lane .Paul
 
paul stacey said:
#23, is the first one of the pictures the "Castle", Weoley Castle, Birmingham 29,?, I thought this thread was dedicated to that Cinema, called by many the "WOB", Barns hill or Shenley Lane .Paul
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No, all the pictures are of the Castle cinema, Castle Bromwich. Post #1 starts off by asking for pictures of the castle bromwich one, also see post #20.
 
sifta said:
thats right i used to go into the same cafe when i was a baker for the co-op now the cafe is called janes cafe and i still use it and you will not get a better sandwich anywere else in birmingham
sifta
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Wasn’t it a Wimpy bar at one time? I seem to remember having a burger there once. That was before McDonalds appeared over here.
 
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