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    HS2 progress 2020 and beyond

    It Will be Outdated before it’s finished, whenever that is.
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    The Midland Hotel (Burlington Hotel)

    Below Image from Evening Mail
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    1960s & 1970s buildings

    The Jekyll & Hyde is Now The Queen’s Head, Again!
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    1960s & 1970s buildings

    Currently , The whole frontage / building is swathed in scaffolding and sheeting, undergoing remodelling ? Sadly, Courtier Cuts has now gone.
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    New Street City Centre Birmingham

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    New Street City Centre Birmingham

    The entrance to The Tavern in The Town / Yard of Ale Pubs and later an All you can eat Chinese Buffet were to the right of the picture.
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    New Street City Centre Birmingham

    The Co-Op used to have it’s offices in King Edward House ( Human Resources etc )
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    King Edward House New Street

    The Co-Op used to have it’s offices in King Edward House ( Human Resources etc )
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    Eagle And Tun Cauliflower Ear Pub Banbury Street New Canal Street

    I Think the Sheeran Pic was actually at The Roost, Small Heath.
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    Silent Witness TV series 29 filmed in Birmingham

    A Touch of Irony, Perhaps ?
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    Silent Witness TV series 29 filmed in Birmingham

    Scene F- Moat Lane, Scene G-Upper Dean St, Rag (indoor) Market side entrance in background. Not too certain, but I think Old Pub on right of Scene C is ‘The Spotted Dog’ (Not the one on Warwick St) once owned / run by Bunny Johnson ?
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    Green Lane pub Small Heath

    The Cricketer's has been 'Run' by June Griffiths for several years and was previously 'Ran' together with Her late husband Richard. And Yes, it's always been on Little Green Lane. The Queens Arms on Green Lane became The St. Andrews Tavern and if memory serves was 'Ran' by Gerald Quiqley, whom I...
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    Skin and Lock Hospital John Bright Street

    Not sure when Rosie's closed, it was Pre- 2017 and this article refers to the purchase of the premises for a different Bar by DHP Family Below is a short quote from the article "The building, which dates back to the 1880s, used to house bar Rosie O'Briens and was put up for sale earlier this...
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    Skin and Lock Hospital John Bright Street

    Just found this old article from 2017. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/former-rosie-obriens-nightspot-opened-13511232
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    Skin and Lock Hospital John Bright Street

    I may be getting a little mixed up, wasn't part of this building turned into a Pub late 80s or early 90s, possibly 'Rosie O'Briens', or was that another old building on John Bright St. ?
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