Recent content by Mark Tooze

I took a couple last year whilst photographing St Pauls Metro stop - its looking shabby:-

Confirmed - still there yesterday when I drove past!

I was at City Hospital again yesterday (I'm falling to bits.....) and got some more photos of the demolition which is now progressing at a pace:- Was this a childrens ward I wonder? Its not only old buildings that are going - newer ones are being gutted as well:- This is the Dudley Rd...

Finally a few oddities - firstly a nice blank piece of Lucas Sports Club headed notepaper - note the rifle club does not get a mention:- And 2 rather nice greetings cards - one of the Gt. King St. Works:- And the other of the Parade in Sutton:-

There is only 1 photograph of members actually shooting - this appears to be more modern and also outdoors:- No info on this one - I think it may be a photo of the committee? This looks like a club medal board, and also includes the 1944 S.M.R.C. certificate in the previous post:-

The next lot of postings concerns the Lucas .22 Rifle Club itself. This is the club badge from later years, and also the name badge of Ian Privett, to whom these documents belonged:- The box contained 2 folders full of documents, plus a ledger book and some other objects, so I have tried to...

Apologies for delay in posting folks - very busy weekend - I will try to post more stuff this week!

There was nothing interesting about the Burton House - it was a real dump - I remember finishing Cubs one Friday night and someone had just been shot on its car park. Uggh.... Add in the sqeals and occasional views through the open gates coming from Taj and Co Halal butchers on the other side -...

This is the Bonner Hall - we used to run cubs and scouts here back in the 1980s Proper old church school type building with classrooms downstairs and on the upper balcony

This is Hamstead Road Baptist Church, looking across from Hunters Road. Bonner Hall is on the left - Taj and Co on the right, the Burton House pub behind the photographer.

Hi Mike; the last photo was taken about half way down Livery St looking north - just before you get to Gt Charles St Ringway or Queensway or whatever they call it these days. The blue wall was the support for one of the bridges over Gt Charles St which has been removed - the others to the right...

In the same envelope there were also some photos of flooding at GEC - presumably on one of the many occasions when the River Tame burst its banks:- And one random photograph of an internal presentation by the looks of it - could be long service or retirement - any thoughts anyone? UPDATE -...

Second batch:-

Here are the first set of scans from an envelope of B&W photos. There is no information on the photos except what is below - sorry! Firstly, Monty's visit to GEC Witton in 1943 or 1944. Some of these may have been posted before, but the quality of these is good so I am posting all of them - no...

At least this one has a happy ending, with the refurbished Holte Pub now part of the Villa Park estate.