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ive been banging on since they started building the metro lines that the city centre will end up like a ghost town..the loss of so many...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4732w0501o For 4 years, while at college, I caught the bus outside Rackhams. Each December the...

'End of an era' as doors close at former Rackhams

There wasn’t many places Astonian wasn’t acquainted with. And he always had a story connected to them! I come across his posts so often...

Well, Alan (Astonian) probably would tell you - if he was still with us, as he was well acquainted with Ladywood and Hockley and many...

Our next picture in this tour now takes us along the shop frontages on the picture above to its junction with Icknield Street, number of...

We now pop around the corner into Carver Street large building which has had the windows replaced with the small square panes on the...

Moving onto Roll 84 we have "old shops bottom of Warstone Lane" The picture shows the midst of change - property on the left is a...

There was nothing interesting about the Burton House - it was a real dump - I remember finishing Cubs one Friday night and someone had...

Last few off this roll and we have "in and around Dudley Road, Winson Green" First up we have a piece of land been redeveloped - any...

Next we have the Observatory - corner of Hunter Street and Barker Street, gives a new meaning to a corner pub, interesting styling ...

We are now outside what was The Burton House , Hunters Road, all boarded up, interesting how the first building is two storey then the...

Still in Villa Road but looking a bit further to the right , a long line of shop fronts, but I feel that the interest lies above ground...

We now move to VillaRoadand the Bulls Head, which is the large building seen from area been cleared - you can also pick out the end wall...

House and buildings Villa Road - another unhelpful description and again I will batch load them as there is nothing much to add posting...