The Dudley Road Picture House was opened in 1912.
I have always known this as Holiday Wharf, where the barges off loaded their goods, later it became a craft place and use to hold craft fairs out side in the court yard going back to the 90's
The street directly opposite the Holiday Wharf Courtyard is Berkerly Street the next street down from this one will be Gas Street by Holiday Street Bridge.
The flat in the centre of the picture is Concorde Tower, all the other flats has now been demolished except for two, which is Topcliffe Hose and Chivenor House, which both these flats are attached to the schools. the waste ground is where the petrol station is today.
The A & S Warehouse used to be The Hope & Anchor Public House which closed in 1930's
I remember this antique shop, my mum and nan used to love a mooch in there.
With regard to this problem of mine, it would appear to be due to some changes in chrome :
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Steve a great venue for the Mods in the 60's , sprung wooden floor so I hear .
Yes Steve I've discussed the the Top Rank with a friend that was around at the time , it opened up as The Birmingham Suite . Talk on the street was it was the replacement for the recently closed West End . Alas you could never replace the West End , with that white elephant sad to say .
steve that is definately broughs builders farm st think i am correct in saying they then moved not far away from the corner of south road by hockley flyover but what i would like to know is what was the building to the left of it...i have never seen this photo before..i have looked at broughs many times from the playground of farm st school but for the life of me i just cant recall the building on the left...i guess it could have gone by the time i went to farm st school..maybe someone could look in kellys directory for me...thanks..some of the white building to the right of broughs is still there but most of it was demolished...todays st view below..what i find amazing is that after all these years my old dentist is still there on the far corner with villa st.. its in part of the building that used to be the peoples dispensary we have quite a few photos of that on the farm st thread..on the other corner of farm st and villa st out of shot in your photo would have been the white swan pub again we have photos of this on the farm st thread
if someone could kellys check to see if websters was in farm st steve towards the corner with villa st then i think this would have been hockley hall..the bus stop would have been the no 8 which in those days came straight over from icknield st into farm st did a left at the corner of farm st and villa st up villa st and then did a right up nursery road..in later years the route cut out that part and instead the no 8 came out of ickneild st into hunters road and then did a right into nursery road..
thanks rob.... steve from memory wheeler st started at new john st west and crossed farm st...it was never a continuation of farm st..again from memory i think the pub on the corner of wheeler st and new john st west was call the redhouse and we do have a photo of it on the new john st west thread...but please remember this is all from memory but can easily be checked out
Hi Lyn, can find no Websters on Farm Street but there is this entry for Wheeler Street (Kellys 1967/68)
It's the Congregational Church top-end of Wheeler Street
This is No. 263 Farm Street, S Young (shoe repairer). Another view of this can be seen on post #209 of the Farm Street Hockley thread.
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And what a beautiful building it was too Lyn.
yes it sure was john...there should be photos of it on the wheeler st thread sadly in a demo state..
Just realised there are 3 photos of the top end of Wheeler Street showing the church and Websters on:
