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Where in Birmingham was this taken ??

Thanks Stitcher and Ragga re. Hurst St. Just a guess, but is photo #180 in Handsworth? Viv.
 
Sorry Mike its not raddlebarn road but its a well done to Vivienne it is Handsworth .
I have viewed this road on google maps and the shops are still there.
it is College road & Somerset road .:untroubled:
ragga ..........
 
birmingham.jpgHeres a delightful photo from late 50s or early 60s .
Name of road please ? and whats that pub called
which i can see in the distance ?
ragga :untroubled:
 
I reckon it could be Severn St or Gough St. as the old canopies of New Street station are in the background.Trying to remember what garages they were on the photo.
 
HI RAGGA ? BARRIE
Firstly thats definately mr fletchers lamps from where he first stated his bussiness in the avenue from his house where he lived
he had those lamps and other bits and bobs car parts in those days in orange boxes out side his front door half a crown each if i remember correctly
my grand father was his friend and he always said he would never buy any think from it at that time of the years gone bye ;
as to the rd i have to re look at it and put my old brain into gear and try and think back ;so i will keep looking at it for a moment ; may be some one will beat me to it ; i surpose ; best wishes astonian;
 
Without a doubt it Severn Street and the pub is the Wheatsheaf on the corner of Suffolk St.

Phil
 

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I think your suggestion of Gough Street was right m.humphreys. Compare the roofline of the building on the left at the bottom of the hill. If so what happened to the bridge? ! Viv.

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At the far end of Severn St was the Post Office transport depot, so it presumably must be that
 
The ground cleared on the left was for the new P.O. Depot(now the Mailbox) on the right was the B.A.I. Birmingham Athletic Institute.Dek
 
If you look at the buildings to the left of the Wheatsheaf in the original photo, and then compare them with the buildings in the photo I have posted you will see that they are the same and therefore the only possible location the photo could have been taken is from the top of Severn Street just before the dog leg turn into Blucher Street.

Phil
 
I thought that Henrietta St was the place also...but the arch is not a bridge but, as stated, the roof of New St. Station. I thought the building just below the dome of St. Phillips was Snow hill, at first, but not so. Dek Car got it first shot. Not so easy.
 
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3 photo 3 locations does anyone know where in birmingham they were taken ?? because I dont ....... ragga :ambivalence:
 
the 39 bus just left the old henrys store heading back to aston via costa green aston rd north to witton
the old union street the windows in the back ground are the new moderen small windows that replaced the herys big windows
astonian;;;;;
 
Phil said:
If you look at the buildings to the left of the Wheatsheaf in the original photo, and then compare them with the buildings in the photo I have posted you will see that they are the same and therefore the only possible location the photo could have been taken is from the top of Severn Street just before the dog leg turn into Blucher Street.

Phil
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Not only, but in the middle of the larger photo (in the centre on the left side of the smaller) can be seen half of the distinctive red and white brickwork of Birmingham Garages. This will have been the main public entrance in Suffolk Street, whilst the other entrance to the workshops was round the corner separately in Navigation Street.
 
Well done Astonian, very close mossg! :encouragement:
3176 (MOF 176) - The Brook Cafe was at 70, Hockley Hill - almost at the bottom of the Hill, I'd guess the bus was heading back to depot.
2118 (JOJ 118) - As Astonian says, Union St with the old Henrys store in the background.
1657 (HOV 657) - Newton St, between Steelhouse Lane (to the left of the photo) and Corporation St (behind the photographer). The buildings are still much the same, but the street is now a cil-de-sac, closed at the Corporation St end.
 
Lloyd said:
Well done Astonian, very close mossg! :encouragement:
3176 (MOF 176) - The Brook Cafe was at 70, Hockley Hill - almost at the bottom of the Hill, I'd guess the bus was heading back to depot.
2118 (JOJ 118) - As Astonian says, Union St with the old Henrys store in the background.
1657 (HOV 657) - Newton St, between Steelhouse Lane (to the left of the photo) and Corporation St (behind the photographer). The buildings are still much the same, but the street is now a cil-de-sac, closed at the Corporation St end.
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Just a couple of Queries Photo 2 wasn,t the Old Henrys on the corner of Martineau St (the new one was in Union St )so the bus would have been in Bull St.

Photo3 I agree with your location but what was the Hall Green bus be doing down this end,it looks like it,s carrying passengers.Dek
 
Lloyd said:
I didn't really know the area in those days, but here is a copy of Astoness' map with the Bartons Arms marked (Red) and the original 33 route (Green).
I'm assuming Alma Street had closed and the diversion took it further along Birchfield Rd to be able to access Summer Lane.

The building seen side on looks like a cinema, there is some sort of sign high up on the front (which we can only see the side of) but I do not recognise it.

The early Indian Restaurant mentioned was the Shah Jahan, on the corner of Stafford St and Coleshill St, seen behind the bus in the other photo below.
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The Shah Jahan was where I had my first Indian meal.

I can't see the picture but I used to go to Stafford Street almost everyday.
 
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3 Images i am unsure about especially No 3
On No 2 image looking at the amount of
cars parked there would that be a pub on
the right hand corner , if so what was the
name please ??? and is it still standing today
as a pub ?? ragga :courage:
 
Photo #3 is just off Broad Street. The building to the left is the Brewmasters House (Birmingham Breweriy). Brewmasters House is still there but the buildings to the right have gone. Viv.
 
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