People boarding the omnibus at Dale End (c1890s ?). One penny fare to Nechells. Nice (Spring ?) day for a seat on top.
Viv.
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Don't think there are many photos of the Dale End YMCA, well at least not a full view. This drawing shows the plans in 1904. After that time there must have been a few modifications to some
of the ground-floor shop frontages. Attaching a section of a photo posted by Oldmohawk in an earlier post for comparison. Think the later post might possibly have been about 40+ years later. Viv.
of the ground-floor shop frontages. Attaching a section of a photo posted by Oldmohawk in an earlier post for comparison. Think the later post might possibly have been about 40+ years later. Viv.
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Richard Dye
master brummie
Those are buildings with character!
Yes Richard. There appears to be a couple of statues at the entrance to the building in the architects drawing. I wonder if they were included innthe final build. Viv.
what an odd looking car on the right...
Has this photo not been on another thread and it being identified as a bond minicar.. It could be driven on a motorcycle licence
See post #1824 onwards here
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Pubs Of The Past
A Pub Quiz, can you name the pubs?, I struggled on a couple of the pictures. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/can-you-name-midlands-pubs-26754676 Source: Birmingham Live accessed 23/4/2013 @ 10:15 hrs
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