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There seems to be a significant market in architectural salvage and quite a number of traders who make money from it.

I remember Hunt's jewellery as a shop on Lichfield Road just below Aston Cross on the right towards Salford Bridge. The 'pledge' department awas indeed a pawn shop. Access via a green doorway then down an entry.

Happy birthday Viv have an amazing day

Happy birthday, have a super day!

About a two years ago I had to visit a shop there and the address given was Martineau Square

yes, I had heard someone say it was Martineau too.

I remember the glass inkwells and dip pens. Who could forget the uptight regimented bank manager, almost straight out of dads army.

There may have been problems filling it in as they are a source of ground pollution so covering them over may have been a quick temporary solution. Here is a diagram of a gasholder cross section for clarity. Source: The Secretary of the Trustees Gas Educational Fund - Catechism Of Central...

I agree, I thing it is a part demolished gasometer. What your looking at is the concrete conical base with water around the edges. As you may already know, gasometers sat in a lake of water and would rise up and down as they filled with gas.

I don't think they are the same houses Viv.

I did that too, it was quite nice and very sweet.

Yes, considering it links the two stations and a lot of the bus services as well as the Bullring and HS2, it could be better.

Yes, the maps has it as a Medical Mission and it is looking like the whole corner building was a part of it. Maybe that explains why no entrance. If you look at the Google map view you can see the hint of a hipped roof linking the two building together.

A few years back I did a watercolour picture of our bull and donated it to a Birmingham charity.

Viv, I believe they were a marker for a stirrup pump station in case of fire in WWII