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    A Sparks reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread Oozells Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    An aerial view dated 1937 showing Oozells Street Board School now over 150 years old.
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    A Sparks reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Viv: your newspaper cutting in Post #149 does show the same ruined site in November 1940. Here is a clearer copy of the photo. The far...
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    A Sparks reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Pre-war and post-war photos of the Malt Shovel site at the junction of Hill Street and John Bright Street.
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hunt and Mitton Ltd Oozells Street North with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some happy faces of employees of Hunt and Mittons ready for a works outing. Source: British Newspaper Archive
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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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