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just found this one smallbrook st from hurst st lyn

ok i have these of hurst street...hover over them and they should give you some info hope they are of interest lyn

This area of Bham around the junction of Smallbrook Street and Hurst Street facinates me. Probably because of the brilliant photos of...

few more of hurst street

brummy-lad mentioned Crystal Palace on the corner of Smallbrook Street and Hurst Street .... later known as Empire Palace and Empire...

Here's a clearer copy of the photo .... taken by photographer Henry Joseph Whitlock, and tagged with a date of May 1867. Above the door...

I think you are correct about the china shop, probably Crystal Palace No. 76 Smallbrook Street. The sign for J. Child appears to say 8...

This print is on sale on Abe Books. Tried to edit to make clearer without success but thought it would be of interest because of its...

I don't think this has been posted before? This is from Streetview in 2024 oat585 Moseley Road near Brighton Road. Robinsos are a very...

The Wikipaedia article is incredibly detailed and interesting and confirms that at one time [1200s] the Abbey controlled both the manors...

The Ruins of the Monastery at Halesowen, 1777 Thomas Hearne. (Birmingham Museums) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halesowen_Abbey

A little more about those Harborne photos (post 1700 and a few following) ... The fairly sharp junction/merge of Greenfield Road and...

Harborne Police Station Well you learn something everyday! Harborne Police Station [the Rose Rd one] is now also. history. Must have...

TQ in post 1710 above mentions " The cube building in P1705 just across the road from the corner of The Royalty may well have been...

Brooks & Hawkes, Hurst Street. Just been looking at post number 3 from Astoness and the atmospheric photograph looking down Ladywell...