Digbeth

[Astoness]

digbeth 1960s

lyn

 

[AnnS]

Looked a bit grim in the 1890's, but i suspect a good many areas around the city were not much different to Digbeth.

 

[Astoness]

just getting the hang of this new site...lots of photos of digbeth

wk-d1 | Birmingham Archives & Collections

wk-d1

birmingham.access.preservica.com

 

[Time Traveller 66]

digbeth 1960s

lyn

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Great photo shows how busy it was compared to now.

 

[Pedrocut]

Pencil Drawing. Houses and Corner of bridge over River Rea, Digbeth, Birmingham
By F. Chamberlain.
(Birmingham Museums)

 

[Pedrocut]

You can get a print of the above picture from Alamy for 24 quid. I doesn’t seem any better than the screen shot taken from the Birmingham Museums site under Creative Commons !

 

[Vivienne14]

Two threads about Digbeth have now been merged.

 

[Astoness]

this is labelled spencer house also known as digbeth garage...would anyone know the exact location please.. nice building but i doubt its still there..sorry no date

lyn

 

[Taxi Tom]

this is labelled spencer house also known as digbeth garage...would anyone know the exact location please.. nice building but i doubt its still there..sorry no dateView attachment 204425

lyn

I think this is Digbeth coach station corner of Mill lane, was Midland Red now National Express

 

[Astoness]

thanks tom i did wonder if that is where it was

lyn

 

[A Sparks]

I just checked out the history of the building (interested as it's my surname too!!)...

Spencer House in Birmingham (Digbeth Garage):

• Function:
  Served as the offices for Midland Red, a major bus company in the Midlands.
• Naming:
  Named in honor of Sir John Spencer Wills, chairman of Midland Red.
• Reconstruction:
  The Digbeth frontage was reconstructed in 1958, and the building was named Spencer House at that time.
• Part of Digbeth Garage:
  The building was part of the larger Digbeth Garage complex, which included bus maintenance and storage facilities.

 

[Vivienne14]

Aeriel view posted by the late Oldmohawk on the Midland Red Digbeth thread.

 

[Vivienne14]

This is how I remember it. I used it as a student for coaches back to London Victoria when I couldn't afford the train. But I don't remember any Midland Red buses in the station, it was mostly National Express coaches. Was this the Midland Red terminus before the bus station in Station Street ?

 

[Keith R]

Aeriel view posted by the late Oldmohawk on the Midland Red Digbeth thread.

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Fantastic aerial view and really interesting...for me......the dog legged road through the centre is Oxford St and can see Coventry St running across it near the top.On one corner is Thomas Walkers and the other The Old Warfe pub with the Back to backs running to the right....looks like a Monday as the washings out.My interest was I worked in printers joined onto the pub and I think this was just b4 they were formed......In the 70's the back to backs had been knocked down...not long though....and we played footie in lunch hour on the site.