The top photograph suggest is 1948. The young women appear to be in the fashion of the new look and the cars seem to be of that era. The 32 Lodge Rad trams finished in March 1947 but Rosebery Street tram depot did not become a bus depot until August of that year. The track, not surprisingly, is still there but the overhead has not yet been removed which suggests the date I give.Both sides of Friday Bridge at the beginning of Summer Row, the one is looking down Summer Row from Great Charles Street the other is looking up toward Great Charles Street and the bridge is hidden by hoardings. The other photo only shows where the road begins to rise up a little to accommodate the bridge and the edge of the hoardings on that side of the road.
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Whitmore's Arm has quite an interesting history as it extended beyond George Street and once formed part of William James plans for an inland port and early railway link to it. William Whitmore owned the Lionel Street foundry
Hi,
I remember George Jones' Lionel Street Foundry very well from the early 60's as I worked on the corner of
Lionel Street and Newhall Street, but I was completely unaware of any canals in that 'block'!
George Jones was involved from the 1840's according to the net, and it still went by that name in the
1960's. What was his relationship with Mr Whitmore, and when did it close, or indeed, has it?
Kind regards
Dave
Viv - that picture is at St Chad's in the crypt. The guide referred to it as showing the time of building. I didn't take a picture of it as it was not well lit and would have reflected the flash. So I am glad you have put a copy on here.I'm wondering if the canal branching to the left is the remains of Snow Hill Wharf. Could it be ? I posted this on another thread when discussing Honduras Wharf (in the foreground).Viv.
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Yes it could prove an interesting thread. I have put three maps of the Old Wharf from around 1880, 1903 and 1913.
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In post 869 of the “Key Hill Cemetery” Thread it was mentioned about “Mount Misery” and the plight of the sand carriers...
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/key-hill-cemetery.4830/page-44#post-590943Z
The two thumbnails show the area around Newhall Street from the 1890 OS Map, the second being the area between the four streets, Newhall St, Great Charles Street, Lionel Street and Summer Row. In this area there are at least 5 wharfs, one being “India Wharf.”
The Bridge at Summer Row is called Friday Bridge, and father down there is Saturday Bridge.
Excellently drawn. This sort of work makes me very green with envy. As my old dad used to say, “you’d have trouble drawing breath.” But he was a “dratter”.A very nice study of the old Navigation Office doorway. The Office was situated near to Old Wharf and facing Paradise Street (see first map in post #4 posted by Pedrocut). Viv.
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You are my star pedrocut