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I believe this painting by Edward R Taylor shows the reading room in the first Central Library opened in 1865 .... that was destroyed by fire in 1879.

This painting by Samuel Wright dated 1799 shows the house of Henry Homer that once stood on the Moseley Road in Balsall Heath .... where Lime Grove is now located. The Homer's ran a tannery business in Balsall Heath, and also later in Yardley. Henry died in 1802, and is commemorated in Moseley...

In addition to the front retail area, the DFC also had an "all you can eat" buffet restaurant. I went there a few times in the late 1970s, when that was a real novelty in Brum. The buffet display was spectacular .... I can still picture the whole ox tongue.

Lyn : good photo .... I believe it's a view of The Gullet, near to its junction with Silver Street. Here's another photo of the same location.

I don't think this James Burgoyne photo of Bull Street has appeared on this thread yet. Dated c1875 just before Corporation Street was cut through Bull Street. It shows Number 93 .... with the name Barrow.

A view looking up Newhall Street from Bread Street (later Cornwall Street) to Edmund Street, dated as c1887. Presumably these buildings were demolished in the development that constructed the buildings in Mike's photo.

A great old photo of a steam tram at the terminus outside the Carlton Theatre in Saltley Road.

I believe this is an early photo of the same building, that later became St Anne's School. It's tagged as Duddeston Hall - dated c1867 - by photographer Henry J Whitlock. There have clearly been some modifications in the intervening years, but the basic structure looks the same. One of the...

An old (poor quality) photo of Yorke House School.

Another good view of Galloway's Corner that hasn't appeared on this thread before.

This photo shows Hardings bakery in Yardley .... viewed from outside the Swan pub, looking across Coventry Road into Church Road.

There was another well-attended open day at Spring Hill College aka Moseley Grammar aka Moseley School today .... and no scaffolding or railings around the old building.

A good early view of Hill Street from the Navigation Street junction that I haven't seen posted before. It's tagged as 1879. It shows the Sampson and Lion pub, the Derby House pub on the corner of Swallow Street, and the Post Office on the corner of Paradise Street. The background skyline shows...

Spent many hours watching works football matches (and playing by the Cole) on the playing field adjacent to the laundry during the 1960s. Here's an old photo of the interior, when it was called Mirror Laundry.

I assume the poster on the wall of the Shak(e)speare Inn opposite relates to this event.

Here's another view of steam from a similar camera position .... 5014 Goodrich Castle in 1961. This was my view when I used to train spot through the railings at Tyseley station in the early 1960's, when there was a signal box and more tracks.

Here's a photo of an early incarnation of the pub .... then called the Shakspeare Inn. The photo is tagged with a date of c1879. Mark Yates is shown in the 1861 census as a "Retail Brewer" in Temple Street.

Here are a couple of interesting old views of Dudley Street that I've not seen before. They are dated as May 1867 and accredited to the Birmingham photographer Henry J Whitlock. They are both taken from the same part of the street .... the first looking towards Great Queen Street, the second...

Viv .... I think the view in Post #181 is from Highgate Park.

Drifting from the original topic, but .... I believe this is a photo of the house called Springfield in Springfield Road Moseley in 1911. It was then occupied by William Allday.