Recent content by John L

Yes, I had thought about that when I was writing it, you are 100% correct. It is a place to avoid at night and in the early morning, I would guess.

This is what the entry to the site looked like recently (1) and underneath (2) is the building that had formerly been St John's School, pictured in 2013:

The best, safest and cleanest way to get to Moor Street Station from New Street Station (Grand Central) imo, is crossing over Smallbrook Queensway at the crossing near TK Maxx and then going through the Bull Ring Shopping Centre turning left once inside it and going down to the lowest level...

I have often wondered what became of the memorial stone at Highcroft too. There was a second foundation stone near what was once the Nurses quarters on Fentham Road, near to where Hunton Road is on the other side of the road. Were these "conserved" when the buildings were demolished or are they...

I wonder whether they will actually care, I doubt those born this century will care as much, but hope I'm wrong.

I know the feeling Lyn, it's not very welcoming is it? It really needs to be made so that it feels safer for everyone, particularly at night.

The Cabin was where a lot of friends met up after getting off their buses, if we hadn't decided the previous night we had all gone out, it was easy to say that we'd meet in the Cabin at say 7pm (not everyone had phones back then). We used to always head downstairs and decide where to go on from...

The Crown pictured later than the previous ones @ #28, #33 & #51, but still with the brewery behind it, I would guess this may have been taken in the late 70s/early 80's, it's how I remember it when we had our wedding reception there.

I wondered where those "ornate iron gates were removed by conservationists" and did a quick search and found another thread, that provided the answer (thank you posters) titled: Market Hall gates (Smithfield Market, Birmingham) from which, I copied the press cutting below (provided by...

"The White Swan Victoria and Whitehead Road" is mentioned in #5 from 2006, (see my previous post above) and this is The White Swan, Victoria Road, Aston:

If you do a search @ the top right, you will find a previous thread from 2006 titled: any pictures of the white swan aston? Post #5 on there, from our late postie refers to The White Swan, Whitehead Road.

The above post shows that AI can be put to really good use. Thanks for posting it Martyn.