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Yes you are right the bvsc building (138) is nearly gone

Brick floor

OLd basement

An old basement where the scaffold fencing is around , on the bigger picture, was full of old bricks, holes in the walls both sides as if for holding something in place and at the top bricks start to curve in as if a roof

Is a company name pooley of any interest??

Plenty of old footings on top of otger old walls and footings

The diggers are on the bases that we will be digging

Looking at this fire map again, the outline for 135/136/137 looks as it is now, as does 138, we also have the base to the candle factory (the awkward angles match the base i've found) at a slightly higher level (a step up) from our base in 138, so in my opinion this could be undisturbed ground...

The rear of 136 & 137, some very odd shaped buildings and extensions

The main concrete slab of the fomer bvsc building being cleared ready for excavations to begin

Some of the concrete dug up was very chalky, must be very early as i havnt seen this before

The thick walls which i believe was the old music hall were removed today, i was unable to photograph but they would tie in with the thick black line on this map

As of now there still isnt a decision on how much of plots/shops 135/136/137 will be saved, these buildings look very old to me, and hopefully i'll be the one that digs them, the building space will definetly be dug up only the frontages will be saved if anything, every meter is valuable with...

We will eventually be demolishing plots 136 and 137 also, im not sure about any frontages being saved on these yet, we will be digging down to remove any obstructions, so those buildings that are obviously much older are of interest too, i personally cant wait

I'd love to find out when that frontage was built, older pictures

I'd love to find out when that frontage was built, older pictures

That is the frontage yes viv, dont ask me why its being saved, but it is, so its making everything very awkward in terms of demolition, so the whole of that rather large premises is where i will be digging soon looking for treasures

That is the frontage yes viv, dont ask me why its being saved, but it is, so its making everything very awkward in terms of demolition, so the whole of that rather large premises is where i will be digging soon looking for treasures

Very interesting the trip that postcard went on from bute to here

At least we can be sure the address was 138 digbeth