Recent content by Paul Higgins

Looks like they're sitting on scaffolding planks- why, though I 'm afraid I can't answer!

I knew there was something familiar- something I couldn't quite put my finger on- but the picture of the floor inside made me realise- it was designed with a spirograph!

Vivienne14, if I remember correctly, they used to hold discos/dances up there and I'm sure I went to an engagement party and a wedding reception there- in fact, the more I look at the picture, the more convinced I am it is the upstairs room.

Vivienne14 and jude; could it be the bar/function room they had upstairs? It is somehow familiar to me, the steps in particular.

Re: Cyril Happy memories indeed, Brian.

Always nice to help, always nice to be appreciated; thanks, folks.

A request to Birmingham City Council elicited this reply from Terry Perkins, reproduced with his kind permission- Paul Thank you for your interest in the new Library of Birmingham project. The aluminium frieze is 900 mm (3 feet) from the face of the glass facade Building Maintenance Units (2...

well, I ain't so keen on the Rotunda, either!

Frothy, nothing personal at all. I agree, perhaps the logic of my argument is we should all be living in wattle a daub huts- or caves! It's just I'm an old fart and remember Brum in the 60's and 70's; the buildings were architectural masterpieces, demolished for what I see as COMPARATIVE...

It's not so much the new buildings- though I am not keen on this thing(!) but the destruction of historic buildings to locate them I do not like. If you lived in Tamworth, you'd know what I mean!

"The delicate metal filigree, which will wrap around the new Library, was fixed to the glazed exterior facing out onto Birmingham’s Centenary Square." So there you have it; the Brillo Pad is metal; aluminium, to be precise "the overlapping aluminium rings will extend across the building from...

Just had a look at the site before bath and work! Read the first page and have saved it in my bookmarks to take a look at the links later- and for future reference. ¡Viva la Revoluçion!

Sorry about the delay replying- been busy and also broke my collar bone! 1957- I was born there, at 37 Cranby Street but mom and dad got a house off the council on the Pype hayes estate the year I was born.

I concur with Wendy. Any scrap of information, however mundane it may appear to you; however insignificant it might seem now; however many times it may be reported elsewhere, these snippets and full-fledged articles of information keep the site going. They contribute to the sum of knowledge the...

Because it was so important it would have halted construction?