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ok i have these of hurst street...hover over them and they should give you some info hope they are of interest lyn

just had this notice...could be useful Birmingham mental hospital records go online at Ancestry On the last day of June Ancestry...

Substantial and smart building, unfortunately despite the many signs declaring 'this building is not coming down' it of course did.

Another photo of Smallbrook Street from photographer Henry Joseph Whitlock dated 1867. This view is looking towards Tonk Street (later...

Thomas Deakin No. 2 Smallbrook Street

if they lived in the house to the right of the post office you are lucky to have a photo of their house lyn

not sure if this is a new one lyn

it was still there in 1981..this from planning and it was still there in 1983 A0483303The Tobacco Club (At Present Nightingale...

A picture posted by our old friend old Mohawk from the 1970s showing the top end of Witton Lane. On the right of the picture is the...

brummy-lad mentioned Crystal Palace on the corner of Smallbrook Street and Hurst Street .... later known as Empire Palace and Empire...

Here's a clearer copy of the photo .... taken by photographer Henry Joseph Whitlock, and tagged with a date of May 1867. Above the door...

Just to add another fact. John Child was there till the 1880 directory, but had gone by 1882

The photo suggests quite an early date using a timed lens cap as it shows everyone blurred because they moved, but the building is more...

I think the date may be wrong. There is a John Child, corn dealer at 23 Tonk St, which is probably between St Judes church and...

Mike is spot-on with 23 Tonks Street and it does appear to be later than 1867.