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Then & Now
- Thread starter Phil
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devonjim
master brummie
Remember it as in the earliest picture. Always known as "The Brit". I was once told it was the only pub in Tyseley, is that so?
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
I never thought about it before, but I suppose it must have been. Although the Railway Club and Tyseley Working Mans Club were nearby.
Radiorails
master brummie
.........and the beer was probably cheaper!
Richard Dye
master brummie
And batteries were not so good back then, or maybe I could not afford a good one
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
Well I have to say it the remodel or whatever was done in the 70 s was awful looking no where near inviting, the property looks better as a used car lot, or am l missing something ?,
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Lady Penelope
master brummie
Slade Road is one of the roads from my youth which has stayed recognisable. The shops have become multicultural and have loads of unusual ingredients.
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
I hope the second pic was taken on a Sunday,.
Now I have a question when trams stopped for people to board and alight did the other traffic have to stop till the road was clear ?.
Here in the states when a school bus stops traffic in both directions have to stop unless its a divided road.
I do love these then and now pics.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
A typical pic below of boarding a tram in Erdington. Some traffic was reluctant to stop and my memories are that it was more dangerous getting off the trams ...
And just to keep on topic here is a 'now' view of the above place ...A Number 2 tram stops in Erdington High Street to take on passengers.
from https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...ur-old-street-pics.41947/page-108#post-590740 only visible if logged in.
edit ... 'now view added'
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Radiorails
master brummie
In the heyday of trams cars in Birmingham - and elsewhere for that matter - there was far less traffic than now. WW2 made it even less. This safety aspect and the inflexibility if tramcars were the principal reasons for their abandonment. Birmingham's trams ran for another nine years longer than anticipated, they should have gone by 1944 but WW2 halted that.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Sometime cars would try to sneak up the inside of trams when passengers were alighting and sometimes they got stopped as the lady in the pic seems to be doing ,,,
from https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...ught-in-our-old-street-pics.41947/post-504140
And the scene today ...
Image turned 180 degrees reference post#856
from https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...ught-in-our-old-street-pics.41947/post-504140
And the scene today ...
Image turned 180 degrees reference post#856
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devonjim
master brummie
Phil, Aren't you 180 degrees out with your "now" picture?Sometime cars would try to sneak up the inside of trams when passengers were alighting and sometimes they got stopped as the lady in the pic seems to be doing ,,,
from https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...ught-in-our-old-street-pics.41947/post-504140
And the scene today ... very modern !
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oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Hi Jim,
Yes I think you are right. Later this evening I'll turn my laptop round and edit the correct view in ...
devonjim
master brummie
You could well be right. I can't find a map with a boundary line. When I lived the other side of the railway line (N.Warwicks line) exactly behind the Brit', in a grove off Tyseley lane I was certainly in B11.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
So you could pass on the outside ? but not between the pavement and tram.Sometime cars would try to sneak up the inside of trams when passengers were alighting and sometimes they got stopped as the lady in the pic seems to be doing ,,,
from https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...ught-in-our-old-street-pics.41947/post-504140
And the scene today ...
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Image turned 180 degrees reference post#856
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Cars and other vehicles usually passed trams on the inside near the pavement as many pics in this thread show. We will never know what was going on in the pic ... I notice I first posted it 6 years ago in the other thread ... they were my thoughts at the time. It could be that she has just spotted a friend and wants a lift ...
in the other thread ... they were my thoughts at the time. It could be that she has just spotted a friend and wants a lift ...Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
That makes sense when the tram is in motion, but when it stopped ? it a wonder some of these old pics do not show people as a bonnet ornament as they stepped off a tram.Cars and other vehicles usually passed trams on the inside near the pavement as many pics in this thread show. We will never know what was going on in the pic ... I notice I first posted it 6 years ago
Radiorails
master brummie
Either the car is parked or waiting to pass. Tram 427, built 1912 withdrawn 1949, is in post war livery but still retains old style numerals. It is on the 37 route from Cannon Hill Park and is unloading passengers in Hill Street. After the tram on route 39, to Alcester Lanes End, has departed the tram will cross over to load passengers. Again large posters in the windows of the trams suggest imminent closure, which was in 1949. There was no need to rush around then, apart from factory workers rushing to get home, life was more leisurely.
Few photographs at the time were staged; but many were taken by those who knew the tram services were going and fortunately for us, photographed them for posterity.
Few photographs at the time were staged; but many were taken by those who knew the tram services were going and fortunately for us, photographed them for posterity.
Robert Ensor (bob)
master brummie
Don't hold your breath,
The building of the Bullring was a big step and transformed Birmingham into a modern city, clearing all those slums was a needed thing getting rid of out houses, indoor plumbing a bathtub with its own room.
All good moves but all at a cost the loss of community
The problem for me is I look at a lot of what we may now call modern Birmingham no front yards they are now a parking spot,. I looked at pic last week and there were no trees in the street
As of the late 70 s the building that has happened has no redeeming qualities most of the commercial buildings are just plain ugly.
Gas street basin looks good because they used the existing structure and it was recycled.
But that's a then pic
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