How sad rosie that there are no gravestones left. Next time I come to Brum, I must go and have another look around the church. The last time I did there was a Harry Potter thing going on there, so I didn't go in.
cookie, I never realized that cars parked on those flag stone, what a shame. It is a very peaceful place.
Try again, Bernard
perhaps this will focas your mind on St Paul Viv
Ooooh!! Viv, I noticed the stones were cracked but I hadn't realised why!! There was nothing parked when I went. It's bad enough burying or moving these memorials without parking on them!!! I know at St. Nicola's in Kings Norton some of the stones were made into paths, but not for parking on!!
rosie.
For what it's worth, from late 78 for a couple of years, I worked for S Rose wholesale clothing on the Lionel St and around the corner in Ludgate hill. The main building was on so many different levels that you could go up and down stairs several times and still stay on the same floor. That building burned down in March 79 - you couldn't have missed the fire. and they moved everything into one of the other buildings on Ludgate Hill. When that building got too small they moved to the old Typhoo building off Digbeth (Bordesley St not Bradford St). I found out later that my dad's first job in Birmingham was at the Typhoo as a Shop Steward for the T&G.I got my first job in a Printing company called Warwickshire Publishing on the corner of Mary Ann Street and St Pauls Square in 1972. I was a bookbinders apprentice and left in 1979.
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The union man was called `The Father of the chapel `.
quite right viv..these so call accidental fires etc have been around for many years...to be honest i have not had a look around st pauls square for ages so its on my list of places to revisit this year..my gt grandparents married at st pauls church in 1910 must try and have a look at the inside of itA conservation success story, the legacy of the intervention of 3 architects is visible nearly 50 years later. And todays frequent fires and demolition of buildings in serious decay are nothing new. View attachment 188035View attachment 188036
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