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Would anyone know where I might get a photo of the original St. Lukes Church, the one prior to 1901?
Thanks,
Vicala
Thanks,
Vicala
It was on the corner of St Luke's Road
This is how St Luke's looked originally from 1842 until 1899, it looks like a complete rebuild to me or perhaps it was only restyled at the front.
The then vicar of the Bristol Street St Luke's told me the tower was never finished as they had run out of money - not now but when it was built (rebuilt). It seems that the parishioners at that time were hoping to build their tower "taller than the tower on the church up the road": I have no idea which church he was referring to 'up the road' but he did nod in the direction of Five Ways/Broad Street Edgbaston
The original quote was "taller than the tower on the church up the road" so I suppose it refers to one with a tower (rather than a spire) on or near one of the roads close to St Luke's. That could be Bristol Road/Bristol St as you said but it could also be Belgrave Rd/ (whatever the Ladywood middleway used to be). St Alban's is just off the Belgrave Rd and has a tower. If you have pictures of the other churches along the roads, I'd say to look for something with a tall tower rather than a spire.Surely the reference to "the Church up the Road" would mean one close by and the nearest churches all on Bristol St would have been, St Catherine's, The Old Meeting Church, and The Wycliffe Baptist Church?