Search results

Moving now to Saltley we have Saltley School, now a quick look on this site has a selection of photos but these were 10 years ago https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/saltley-secondary-school.36984/page-3 I will add these photos here - if you dont want the duplication I am...

Moving away from the area is the Gothic Pub corner of Great Hampton Street and Great Hampton Row now restored to its former glory, I have included these two picture as while I have covered this location before I am not sure it was these images.

As previously mentioned and only seen from a distance is the Woodman Pub, wonderful place and loads of history, currently still standing but for how much longer? Interestingly the windows on the ground floor are all set in arches with curved frames - on the first floor the windows are square and...

Next I have a building which I assume is within the parcelforce site the building in the left with the overhang to cover goods vehicles , the buildings on the right covered in corrugated sheet iron, the old yard lamp and behind the lamp some buildings with the roof vents for ventilation.

First tonight we are looking at the parcel force Curzon Street depot this is just round the corner and while a rather run down derelict building, is probably many years old and from the age of steam. Note the old boundary walls with similar brickwork and the chimney metal framed windows and the...

found another picture

Next we move back towards Digbeth and have the Dolphin Transport cafe corner of Meriden Street and Coventry Street , previously a pub? We can just make out the railway viaduct leading into Moor Street in the background. Not sure it would be on my list of locations to eat.

Another old pub but with a twist , This is Moby Dicks Penn Street and Gopsall Street , some may well know it a the Eagle and Ball which was it previous and future name, now part of the Birmingham City University building, and a long way from what it looked like previously. A bit of back history...

The last picture I posted was of British Ropeworks in Garrison Street, we have now walked to the corner and are looking up the road - so what road is it? Railway embankment at the end but struggling with the location. Arched wall is on the left , Ropeworks is on the right Offers?

Thanks for that Lynn, I wondered how residents saw them and if there was a logical reason for their demolition - apparently not

Next up we have a bit of curved wall near British Ropes, looking on the Wrights Ropes thread there is an old image of the same wall so I am assuming this is Garrison Street , nice brickwork and a selection of arches and a curve around the corner - no straight line here.

Thanks Lyn, not sure if the picture has disappeared, I was amending the post to say just that and I couldn't save the edit then managed to lose the photo - I will try another day.

We now move away from Curzon Street are to somewhere else where I don't have the details - sure someone will recognise the modern house and the church in the distance EDIT : Tinpot and Astoness said The Garrison in Garrison Lane been the white building in the distance - and a check sees Gordon...

Another icon of Birmingham the cast iron gents ideally placed across the road from Eagle and Tun, Banbury Street, not sure when this disappeared - its not on the 2008 street view image, wonderful ironwork and I imagine a beacon for a drunk late at night. Note the Parcel Force depot over the...

Shame a lovely real ale pub happy to give a sample before buying your pint,

Next we have the Cauliflower Ear a temporary name for the Eagle and Tun, Banbury Street and New canal Street, another pub fighting the fight and which is still there

Sorry searched the name for the photo - thought you would like to see what it looked like.

Moving on with our wander around the Curzon Street area, apologies for the picture quality- a scene which is unrecognisable today , Curzon Street Station building, on the right are the parcel depot and to the left are a few industrial buildings, all this has now gone to be cleared on the right...

Its the slope down to a junction with a factory wall at the end and the road to the right , pictures on the roll come from Bordesley then go around Digbeth and head towards Curzon Street but I cannot make it fit. !! I appreciate peoples guesses as I have not got a clue and they are no worse than...

Gun Barrel Proof House in Banbury Street. Built in 1813, brick built building which has seen many changes around it. Note the two gun barrels either side of the entrance to protect the walls. The Birmingham Proof House was established by Act of Parliament in 1813 to ensure small arm user...