Old street pics..

[Phil]

Annie

Here is one of River Street and 3 of the bottom of Camp Hill before the flyover or did you want them with the flyover?

Phil

 

[mossg]

carolina,the pub in picture 3 is The Salutation.
Phil,sorry to be pernickety but isn't picture 1 Constitution Hill.moss

 

[Phil]

Carolina

I'm sure the OC is on the corner of Livery Street and Edmund Street. The pub in the photo would have been the Salutation.

 

[Phil]

Mossg

Yes you are right it is Constitution Hill as the Cedar Club clearly shows, but as I am heading up that way with my next batch of photos I thought it would hardly matter and the tag on the photo says Constitution Hill.

Phil

 

[annieshake]

Annie

Here is one of River Street and 3 of the bottom of Camp Hill before the flyover or did you want them with the flyover?

Phil

Great Phil .... the third one is nearly there - but it shows the back/side entrance to Dowding & Mills, the main factory was actually on Camp Hill.

The third photo is of Coventry Road/Camp Hill - if you could just go up Camp Hill a bit past those shops and Dowding & Mills on the left (towards Sparkhill) .....

Cheers! Annie

 

[annieshake]

Annie

Here is one of River Street and 3 of the bottom of Camp Hill before the flyover or did you want them with the flyover?

Phil

..... Phil - picture 2 shows the petrol garage - which was opposite our house ... Move up and round to the left a bit!

I'm racking my brain trying to think of the name of that hilly street. On the left hand side of that hilly street was 'Alwayse'. Always faster for a castor'. There was a pub at the top on the left hand side called The Adam & Eve.

 

[mossg]

Thanks Phil,that makes sense.

 

[Phil]

Annie

Will these be any better for you?

 

[annieshake]

Thanks a million, Phil. Top marks. Absolutely brilliant, I'm really grateful. I especially like picture 5 - the last terrace house on the right was our family home.

Big kiss xx thanks very much!

 

[Phil]

Annie

Glad I was able to help, I'm only sorry it wasn't a better photo.

Phil

 

[Phil]

After reaching the bottom of Snow hill we can start to make our way up Constitution Hill.

 

[john knight]

Annie, the name of the street was Warwick Street.

 

[carolina]

Phil wasnt the YMCA around that area?

 

[Phil]

Annie, the name of the street was Warwick Street.

John

Wasn't it Warner St with the Adam & Eve at the Bradford St end?

Phil

 

[Phil]

carolina

I believe there was a YMCA hostel on Soho Rd and something to do with the YWCA on Soho Hill.

 

[annieshake]

Thanks for that John - but I've discovered it was Warner Street! You were nearly right!

 

[annieshake]

You're absolutely right, Phil!

 

[A Sparks]

Phil wasnt the YMCA around that area?

Yes, it was next to Yardleys.
They had quite a large hall inside and I went to a couple of dances in there back in the late 60's. I also sat an internal Civil Service exam in there!

The building is still there, after the YMCA it was some sort of hostel for men run by some other body. I think it's closed at the moment - being refurbished. I will have a look next time I am up in Brum as I pass it on the bus to my parents house.

 

[Astoness]

pic of yardleys..as already said the ymca building is just a tad further up...

lyn

 

[carolina]

Thanks Phil

 

[Phil]

annieshake

for a photo of River Street Balsall Heath in 1962, take a look here,

https://www.oldbirmingham.co.uk/balsallheath.htm

There are also some very good photos of the rest of Brum on this site.

Phil

 

[Phil]

A few more images of Constitution Hill before we move on to Great Hampton Street.

 

[annieshake]

They're great, Phil. Thanks very much!

 

[Shortie]

Smashing pics Phil - the second one is to me, the most interesting as it is quite early. Do you have any idea just exactly this was on Consitution Hill? I am hoping to eventually find out just where my gt gt gt grandparents lived - they were in a court which (memory fading here) appeared to be near Water Street. This pic gives us an idea of what it would have looked like mid to late 1800's (I am assuming) as it is cobbled, but would like to know its exact location.

 

[Rob1abb]

#641 picture 2 I have a vague recollection of a faggot and pea cafe somewhere on the right of this picture! (Or was it further up Snow Hill?)

 

[Pete Ex Pat]

Hi Rob, You are wright there was a faggot and pea cafe on the right just past Lesser's the Taylors The Cafe had high back booths and they served the faggots and peas in basins with a thick piece of bread. My mother would take me and my sister there on a saturday on our home to Tower Street.. Back in the mid 1950's

Regards Pete

 

[Phil]

Shortie

In reality I have no idea, but if forced I would take a guess at Nr the junction of Great Hampton Row, but only because of the street name plate that is in evidence on the photo.

 

[mikejee]

Phil
Do you think the sign says Greast Hampton Row ? I tried to sharpen it up and seem to have got "Hill" at the bottom (see below) not very certain though. I had possibly paced it as to the right of the junction with Bond St (see map). No 47 in 1899 &1900 was the Globe Express Ltd recieving office & Birmingham Parcels Delivery co receiving office, which would fit with the building on the right In 1903 this has gone, but no 59 then was a dining rooms, which could well have had a Frys chocolate advert accross the front. Nothing very certain though.

Mike

 

[Astoness]

mike do you think the shop on the corner could be floyd or lloyd engineers

lyn

 

[Vivienne14]

Phil's third photo in post # 652 looks like the Constitution Hill Library.



Didn't realise there was once a library on Constitution Hill. Here's the link to the Birmingham Council website from which the two photos were copied.


https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Lib-Central-Archives-and-Heritage%2FPageLayout&cid=1223092759810&pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FWrapper


Apologies but don't seem to be able to paste the link.


Viv.