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Now amended thanks Elaine

Our next picture in this tour now takes us along the shop frontages on the picture above to its junction with Icknield Street, number of little shops all taken away and this now forms the site of the "New " Royal Mint.

We now pop around the corner into Carver Street large building which has had the windows replaced with the small square panes on the ground floor, note the random bay window on the first floor too, building has been restored with original type windows on the ground floor and the buildings on the...

Moving onto Roll 84 we have "old shops bottom of Warstone Lane" The picture shows the midst of change - property on the left is a modern building - the next one has many openings both windows and alleys bricked up, the rest of the road looks closed but not too far gone - but looking today -...

Last few off this roll and we have "in and around Dudley Road, Winson Green" First up we have a piece of land been redeveloped - any offers? Next is a general street view - off license, and betting shop , note the tiny mini waiting to pull out, and the usual road works with no one working...

Next we have the Observatory - corner of Hunter Street and Barker Street, gives a new meaning to a corner pub, interesting styling , note the pavors on the pavement on the right and the small mini van too

We are now outside what was The Burton House , Hunters Road, all boarded up, interesting how the first building is two storey then the next one is single storey with more interesting roof lines.

Still in Villa Road but looking a bit further to the right , a long line of shop fronts, but I feel that the interest lies above ground floor level with the variety and size of buildings and windows. We have a small three storey building then a tall building which is still three stories !! and...

We now move to VillaRoadand the Bulls Head, which is the large building seen from area been cleared - you can also pick out the end wall of the building on the left. From the left we have a small gateway presumably leading to the area from the previous post, then a small shop with one room above...

House and buildings Villa Road - another unhelpful description and again I will batch load them as there is nothing much to add posting them separately, this is all land to the rear of the Bulls Head - that's where the satellite dish is Sad to see obviously an old part of the area. Judging by...

On a similar theme - we now have " Old School Hunters Road", interesting building with towers, brickwork and carved wording above doors, note how the nearest tower is taller than the furthest. Just added a few more shots and noticed the brickwork over the doors is different - unusual 1st Edit...

We now have " old Church Hunters Road" We seem to be taking this from the car park at the rear so I assume Hunters Road is at the front - not sure of the church name - but has a lovely curved wall at the end at the rear EDIT: From Mark Tooze - Hamstead Road Baptist Church, looking across from...

Going back around to the beginning we have the Post Office with its three shaped gables with finials on the top and roof top edging, nice little corner window too, also note the large entrance door on the side with its arch over. See also the ghost sign next door hard to read but may be two...

Carrying on round we have this view which without the cars could have been taken any time in the past 100 years, corner shop with terrace houses with their attic openings, a few large advert hordings spoiling the view, but the old wallpaper advert on the corner frontage

I believe we have now gone round in a circle and are now looking up Witton Road, from the left we have a small house with a ghost sign ( better view later) with a taller building next to it, next to that is an interesting building - with one long frontage which is now shops - was it always...