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St Martin's Circus & Manzoni Gardens

Phil said:
Lucy

A couple of photos of the old Market Hall which as I said earlier was replaced with Manzoni Gardens. The first photo is early in the demolition process when most of the buildings around it had been demolished but it was still in use. The second photo is from 1963 when the Bull Ring Centre was open and the Rotunda was going up and the market hall was being used as a builders compound. It wasn't long after this that they demolished the shell of the marker hall and laid out Manzoni Gardens.
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Phil, Would the row of gables beyond the market hall be Worcester St?
 
You could look down on the gardens if you walked across the covered in bridge (behind the photographer or maybe the photographer took the photo from the bridge). We used to cross that bridge every Saturday to go to Silver Blades Rink. It was always very busy with people passing through it. I don’t think I ever went through those gardens to get anywhere. Viv.
 
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