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And no grant of Probate for a Will or Administration. Perhaps he liked to keep a low profile!

Maurice
 
Hi,
does anyone know where this picture was taken in the early 1950's
I suspect it may be Birmingham city centre somewhere, but could be in the suburbs. Any help?
 
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Thanks for the reply. I thought it might be the Bus station with the Birmingham Institute Digbeth in the background ,but it's not.
The building in the foreground has 'GOVERNMENT' something above the windows.
 
It's the corner of Easy Row and I think Edmund Street, but I'll check that.
 
The opening of the 1940s Birmingham Social Services Club building in Easy Row. This must have been a club for WW2 service men and women (rather than the modern day meaning of social services).

Can we find an address for this please ? Viv.

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Thought I’d revive this thread with few historical images. The first three must be around 1950s/60s - maybe someone can be more accurate
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Then we’re very familiar with Phyllis Nicklin’s 1960s view.

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And finally a sketch produced in the 1950s - a travesty that the terrace was lost. Even then it was recognised as an important row of building. But alas, the Inner Ring Road won on that one. Viv.

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Thought I’d revive this thread with few historical images. The first three must be around 1950s/60s - maybe someone can be more accurate
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Then we’re very familiar with Phyllis Nicklin’s 1960s view.

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And finally a sketch produced in the 1950s - a travesty that the terrace was lost. Even then it was recognised as an important row of building. But alas, the Inner Ring Road won on that one. Viv.

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Viv re pic 4 one of those shops used to sell violins and cello's when I lived in William St . Which ever one it was there used to be a back from a cello or double bass attached to the door , whenever I walked around this area as a kid it just seemed so right that the posh people as I called them worked and lived here .
 
There's the back of a cello fixed to the wall (above the Thomas Smith premises) in the last two images in the post #48. Viv.
 
thanks viv..i have always felt a great sense of loss at losing easy row and its wonderful georgian buildings and of course the woodman pub...what a great visitors attraction that area would have made now..very sad

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Viv
Below is photo just before demolition of what looks, from the stone facing round the windows, to be the same building, though doorway is different. Not sure when demolition was , but the second photo I think probably shows that same doorway to the right of the photo, and is dated 1910,



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Thanks Mike. Yes can see “ Bell....” (Bellamy) above the door in the second photo. Viv.
 
Easy Row to the left, Paradise Street straight ahead. Not sure of the date of this one, the ‘Wakefield’ of Bellamy and Wakefield just visible. The business looks in full swing judging by the window displays.

Some nice examples of (gas) street lighting. This certainly looked like a well-to-do area of the time. Maybe it developed that way as a result of the trade/business generated by the nearby wharves. Viv.

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Excavating the canal near Easy Row to provide air raid shelter in 1939. Viv.
 

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I have just merged two threads on the same subject into this one thread so there may be previously unseen posts now included. Viv.
 
The bus featured in Post 81 of four delivered to BCT in 1941 They were originally intended for Johannesburg - they were nicknamed Jo'Burgs FVP 920 - FVP 923 (1320 - 1323) originally painted all over grey by Metro Cammell A fifth went to Monmouth. They were painted in primrose and cobalt blue soon after the war.
Being 8ft, wide - 7'6' was normal at the time - and higher than usual they were prohibited from certain routes with bridges,
However, they had a big influence on BCT bus design as the raked windscreen was perpetuated on all post war exposed radiator buses. They were withdrawn in 1954.
 
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Alpha Tower is one of the best looking buildings in Town. Hills Glass the company I worked for made all the window frames for that place . I must have loaded everyone of them on trucks.
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Hi there, did you work with the Thomas's at Hills? My dad Phil, Dennis his brother and Stan, my grandad?
 
Must have been some sort of air raid precautions structure to the right of the front door. It's not on Phil's photo in post #67. So I'm guessing Phils photo was post-WW2 (also looking at the clothing)

I love the steps up to the entrance.
 
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