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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hill Street was bombed during WW2. Wonder if this was when the site in #142 became a ruin (later built on as The Savoy) ? Could the...
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    In a nutshell Lyn, the site was bombed during WW2, was an empty/ruined plot until the late 1950s/1960s, then the Savoy was built, it's...
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    A Sparks reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    no doubt the 2nd design was cheaper and easier to throw up viv and also cause less fuss when it was demolished as it was rather a bland...
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks Mike. So 'The Casino' building was originally built as the Savoy ! Now I remember it. We have a thread about it. The original...
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I'm just not sure! The article has confused me. Another possibility, maybe it was where the Casino now stands. Or it's possible that...
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    A Sparks reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think you are right in saying it is where the Casino is. The maps surveyed 1954 have it as blank with a "ruin" at the tip, but the map...
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    A Sparks replied to the thread Hill Street.
    Did you mean this corner?
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I can't remember what building was at this junction of Hill Street, Navigation Street, and John Bright Street before the current one...
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Air raid shelters with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It always surprises me how early preparations were being made in the expectation of enemy air attacks. This was Birmingham's first order...
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    A Sparks replied to the thread HB SALE building on fire.
    On the BBC Birmingham news today... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86v0nn967po
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    A Sparks replied to the thread HB SALE building on fire.
    Love that advert! I never went to the Penthouse but I saw the Drifters at the Plaza and I remember both the DJs mentioned.
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    A Sparks reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread Take Me High Film with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Take Me High can be rented for £3.49 on Amazon Prime. There's a recent article about the film in The Dispatch...
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    A Sparks reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread HB SALE building on fire with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Latest fire under control https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-tower-block-fire-live-33242687
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    A Sparks reacted to Astoness's post in the thread HB SALE building on fire with Appreciate Appreciate.
    just a quid to see the drifters..often said if i had been born 3 years earlier i would have seen so many of the bands around in the 60s...
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread HB SALE building on fire with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Penthouse Club was at #1-#7 Constitution Hill. So it looks like it was in the Sale building.
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