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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx.I have just popped back to this part of the forum to post a link I have found and noticed all the posts by Dionysius - apologies for... -
We lived in Gordon Street until 1974. That zebra crossing once led to a lovely row of shops to the right, and to the left my Dads second...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.A bit further up and we have this newsagents on the corner of (?) note the Evening Mail sign on the door and the two bricked up windows...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.As you know I am not aware of this are so go by the notes I have and apparently now we are moving up Adderley Road, a general view with...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.me too used to love having a drink in front of City of Birmingham in the little cafe area, the canal was not as nice then - not sure we...
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Very familiar to me from my youth on Sundays when i used to vist the Science Museum
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.We are now on the corner of Arden Street and Adderley Road and the old school building , fine brick built Victorian School, I don't...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.To put the location into perspective - we are now looking down Garrison Lane towards Witton Street , just to the left was the site...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.Moving to the left and we can see how quickly these estate are build- the first shot had the site office - this one has completed house...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.We now move out of the City Centre to Bordesley Green and the then new development of Grasmere Park off Wolesley Street and Garrison...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.I think we have gone back a few streets now , this is Livery Street and Lionel Street, showing the size of the viaduct, and the arches...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.Next we have an often seen feature of the canals, whether these are in use I am not sure however I saw a big fire in Great Bridge a few...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.Taken form a similar location but featuring the flight of locks and shows how much of a slope there is especially if you imagine it from...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.Next we are in the tunnel under the rails at Snow Hill, see the enormous size of this structure, the damp on the roof glistening , and...
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SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.We now move to the hidden world towards Snow Hill from the canal - I have no specific details from thes, the first if from the direction...
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