I think it's the railway close to Brookfields schoolCould the building with the pitched roof be the GWR buildings on Pitsford street?
The rag market back of the bullring towards the flower market.hi folks this new thread will show unseen photos i have and also those that mikejee took during 69/73 so we will both be sharing this thread but we need your help to put locations to them..we will give it a couple of days mulling over each photo before posting the next one unless of course the location is sorted before then in which case another one will be posted...once again please feel free to save any of interest and if you want to post them on other forums and sites that is also fine but would appreciate it that if you do you credit them (with thanks to the birmingham history forum..
lyn
here is the first one...i have a feeling thats some of mine will be easy for a lot of you..
It’s the St Martins hotel in the old wholesale market.hi folks this new thread will show unseen photos i have and also those that mikejee took during 69/73 so we will both be sharing this thread but we need your help to put locations to them..we will give it a couple of days mulling over each photo before posting the next one unless of course the location is sorted before then in which case another one will be posted...once again please feel free to save any of interest and if you want to post them on other forums and sites that is also fine but would appreciate it that if you do you credit them (with thanks to the birmingham history forum..
lyn
here is the first one...i have a feeling thats some of mine will be easy for a lot of you..
I always liked Ludgate Hill, first discovered when I was exploring the city in the early 80s - the sudden tranquillity away from the centre, dipping perhaps to a subterranean stream, then rising gently to St Paul's church and Square. There used to be a good old pub, St Paul's Tavern, on the right of the rise in the photo - and I was disappointed to see that it had gone when I revisited old haunts in 2013: now an Italian restaurant, if I recall correctly.
Here are another two that have been on before (or possibly I only put one on). The old thread has gone, but we never determined for certain where this gasholder was . It appears to be incomplete, so presumably was being demolished. The pictures are between ones of a wedding and some of the Moseley St area, but are likely to have been taken on a different occasion than either.
The City Meat Market is the large building on the right. It was built in 1897 so quite new when this photo was taken.It cost I £127,833 and covered 3.5 acres. The tower was in fact a water tower and the round building was the Round House where I first started work in 1952. The Architecture was typically Victorian and designed to look more like something from the Middle East. Inside were wrought ironwork pillars and galleries. Today buildings like that would be preserved but the then City Engineer Mr Manzoni swept many of these iconic examples of our past away. If any one has more photos of the market I'd love to see them.I guess the meat market was pretty close to the Drovers Arms. That area of the city was not one I ventured often. I recalled seeing an old 'photo, on this site I am sure, of sheep being driven in Bradford Street.
I can confirm that sheep and cattle were driven down Bradford st from Fazeley station. I fact in the 1950's I bought livestock in Gloucester market on a Monday morning where they were loaded on to wagons at the railhead adjacent to the market arriving in the City Meat Market by late afternoon. Cattle were driven down Bradford St in herds reminiscent of the Wild West. Occasionally a beast would break away and charge up to the Bull Ring causing consternation among shoppersI guess the meat market was pretty close to the Drovers Arms. That area of the city was not one I ventured often. I recalled seeing an old 'photo, on this site I am sure, of sheep being driven in Bradford Street.