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Here I go again, sticking my neck out.
I think the photographer is stood under the bridge at the junction of Watery lane and Coventry road.
On the right is what used to be the the 'Council' rubbish yard.
Just a thought.
Here we go.
I think (could be wrong) this is the junction of 'Great Charles Street' and 'Easy Row'.
The man on the corner is looking into the Midland Red booking office.
An update.
I have found the following info that confirms that this is the building in the original posting.
A company called 'Hydrapower Dynamics Ltd' purchased the building in 1996 (still trading).
The original picture was taken in 1958 when the owners were 'John R Lee' decorator's merchants...
I remember this site when it was 'Colmore Depot BMC commercial vehicles'. The garage was next to 'Tucker Eyelets'. I think the garage in a previous life belonged to the 'Danish Bacon Co'. At the back of the workshops were the original smoking rooms and chimneys, one of which I think is in the...
I have visited this place many times to have crankshafts reground and cylinders bored. One of the last companies in Birmingham to offer 'white metal' machining. There is a video I'm sure of the inside of this factory.