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Another long shot on my behalf here.
Look at the attached pic.
X........Ledsam street junction?
A........St John's church ?
Line between the two..........Monument road?
Does anyone have more info about this building 'Ladbrooke House'?
It has been featured on the t.v programme 'Four in a bed', it is now called 'Ladbrooke Hotel'
It is located in Bordesley street, Digbeth, opposite the old 'Typhoo Tea' factory.
Here's another one. I have read somewhere that I.D tags were issued to children who weren't evacuated in WW!! It was so that children who stayed behind could be identified if both parents were killed in bombings.
This is going to be a long shot and I may even get castigated for my suggestions, (I won't be offended) my thoughts are;
This is Holyhead road, West Brom.
We are looking towards Park lane just past the tall advertising hoarding on the left.
In the distance on the left is Island road.
On the...
I have attached a couple of pics I took in the eighties.
One is looking directly at where 'Harvo' bread was, the other is looking towards Watery lane.
I have a couple of other pics of that area also.
I think this may have been the 'Harvo' bakery building.
I have included two pictures I took in the eighties soon after the work for the inner ring road (A4540) commenced.