I'm at The Eagle and Tun pub now. Photos later or tomorrow.
HS2 is on balance a good thing for Birmingham and will certainly rejuvenate this part of the city. The issue here is that a pub with a lot of heritage and with an interesting red brick structure could easily have been retained.Building still standing but there was a small fire earlier today and road etc was cordoned off. Any way to halt hs2 procedures even at this late stage especially if hs2 is halted or rethought. 6bn per annum could be the savings according to Frazer nelson in today's telegraph
I was back in Brum for a few days at the end of January. Took a walk through Digbeth taking in the Eagle and Tun which by then had been closed down. So sad that this storied pub is going to be demolished.
Couldn't Birmingham Council have refused permission and insisted that it be retained within the new station as was originally mooted? Looking at the pub building, the quality of the brickwork detailing around the second story and on the chimney is superb. All to be smashed down by the wrecking ball.
Why can't the powers that be in Birmingham show a little more respect for the city's heritage?