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Corporation Street
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What a wonderful record of the Stork including a detailed record of the layout. Thanks for posting. I have set up a thread exclusively for the Stork Hotel here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...rk-hotel-corporation-street-old-square.54159/
Viv.
Viv.
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just been going through my photos of corporation st and noticed this one...no date but could have been taken during the war or just after...is that the remains of a plane on the back of the low loader?...also noticed the letters RAF on the truck which of course may not mean much the man to the right seems to be wearing uniform...
lyn
lyn
Enel
master brummie
Fascinating. The aircraft fuselage is that of a De Havilland Mosquito. These were largely constructed of wood, and the airframe manufacture was carried out in various locations, often by furniture makers.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
When I first looked at the pic on my iPhone I wondered whether it was the forum pic of an aircraft I've often wondered about in an unknown Birmingham street, but on a larger screen I could see it was a Mosquito and not a Valetta ....
crossed my mind as well but as you say they are different planes..When I first looked at the pic on my iPhone I wondered whether it was the forum pic of an aircraft I've often wondered about in an unknown Birmingham street, but on a larger screen I could see it was a Mosquito and not a Valetta ....
lyn
cookie273uk
master brummie
I thought it was a Mosquito, nowhere near big enough for a Valetta which I have flown on. Eric
Not quite as busy as Mike’s post #134, but still very crowded in the 1950s. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
A then and now view. A lot has changed except for the Lewis’s building and Central Methodist building in the distance. The N W Arcade still exists in the modern view. Someone may be able to date the older view by the bus. Viv.
Radiorails
master brummie
The top photograph is somewhere between late 1927 and 1933. The bus in the photo is one of the 'pickpocket specials' OP 3650 - OP 3659 (210 - 219) or OX 1510 - 1519 (235 - 244). All were withdrawn 1933/34. They were quite distinctive having a roof mounted destination box with roller blinds, an experiment which BCT did not continue.
Corporation Street was made one-way in 1933 - in the opposite direction to the buses travel.
Corporation Street was made one-way in 1933 - in the opposite direction to the buses travel.
The ten storey Commercial Union House opposite House of Fraser (Rackhams) in the 1960s. Slight changes have been made to it since that time.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
These were probably taken at the time of the Queen’s Coronation in 1953.
Vv
Vv
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Bob Davis
Bob Davis
First comment for three weeks, in hospital again via IÇU this time, but think it is 1937 Coronation as buses have yellow roofs. Perhaps Alan or Lloyd will confirm. Also all cars are very prewar.
Bob
Hope you’re recovering Bob. Thanks for the info. Viv.
Radiorails
master brummie
Hello Bob, I hope you are recovering.
Yes, you are correct the two BCT buses do have cream coloured roofs and the crown, in the bunting, is George VI not EIIR. The lower photograph appears to be New Street.
Yes, you are correct the two BCT buses do have cream coloured roofs and the crown, in the bunting, is George VI not EIIR. The lower photograph appears to be New Street.
Radiorails
master brummie
Cranes shop demolition, or was it a fire? There are fire engines in attendance with an aerial ladder extended, hence the crowds of onlookers.
You can’t but admire the elegance of the lady in the floaty dress crossing Corporation Street on this 1920s spring/summer day. An interesting vehicle (bus?) allowing pedestrians to cross the road. Viv.
Then a very different scene some 20/30 years later. Viv.
