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Mystery building in Colmore Row

Dennis Williams

Dennis Williams

Gone but not forgotten
Just see this pic posted by old Graham Knight (O.C on here yonks ago), I think from Faces and Places magazine if 1889.....and looking down towards Town Hall, there is a large domed, Cathedral-like building on the right....anyone know what it was? Or am I being thick, as per.....

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This tinted version is on the Colmore Row thread Dennis, but not sure if anyone confirmed the exact location. It was titled Colmore Row and Ann Street so I speculated that it was near Bennett’s Hill. I think Michael s right, it’s the dome of the Council House when new. Viv.

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