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Subways
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Brummygirl66
master brummie
I used to hate using that one at the King's Head Bearwood, when I had to catch the No 9 to my friends house in Halesowen in the early '80's, I'd much rather take my chance crossing on the opposite side of Bearwood Road to the subway, then crossing Lordswood Road to get to the bus stops. Glad it and the old toilet block have gone, the Bus Station and surrounding area looks much better today.There is still this subway under Corporation Street near the Aston Expressway.
This one under the Birchfield Road in Perry Barr in 2014.
This subway in Bearwood in 2011, has since been demolished / filled in and is a pedestrian crossing there instead.
Elmdon Boy
master brummie
What miserable lousy places those subways are. Just looking at them, I can smell the urine.
Absolutely - that goes through my mind too Elmdonboy. The fundamental problem with these subways is/was there's nothing in them, no shops, kiosks etc. They were poorly looked after (and often poorly lit) walkways. With no-one around they quickly became a haven for muggers. The best we can hope for is planners realised their mistake.
Viv.
Viv.
Elmdon Boy
master brummie
Wasn't this the underpass that had an entance to Lewis's bottom ground floor, where you got an escalator up to the ground floor. Opposite this entrance was a café, might have been Lewis's.
A Sparks
master brummie
yes, that would be the one, there was a cafe I think and a pub maybe?
The subway at Hurst Street/Hill Street in 1959/60. Don’t know if this has been filled in, presumably it has. Even when newly constructed these were soulless places. Viv.
DavidGrain
master brummie
The subway has gone because they dropped the level of Smallbrook Queensway down to the lower level.
An early subway - in Erdington. Viv.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
Before the Subway, Eric’s painting...
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Slade Rd Erdington - painting
This is where I once lived, Hillside Road 1st left under bridge. This is my first painting this year , I have had a 'painting block', not uncommon among artists I have had them before, just lose all ability to paint but its now returning.
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Prettying up Lancaster Circus subway in 1971. Which building was the photographer standing on ? Must be Victorian judging by the chimney pots in the foreground. Viv.
I don’t expect this subway still exists. Here it was being built in 1965. What a lot of effort went into building them, only to be dispensed with 40/50 years later. Viv.
DavidGrain
master brummie
I was driving through there a few days ago and was thinking, I am sure there used to be a subway here. This is the Google Street View today with no sign that there ever was a subway there. Question is, how do pedestrians cross the road? It is a long walk either up or down the hill.
You would probably have to cross at the bottom by the mini roundabout or right at the top by the church
It’s hard to balance the road safety aspect of pedestrian subways with the nuisance/places of crime/threats they became. Here some youngsters were clearing up one at Bromfird Bridge. It was only 1968, so the subway can only have been a matter of a few years old. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive