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Evening - still moving through roll 37 , we have some old houses in Heath Mill Lane, a close look would suggest they are lucky to still be standing - nice arches above the windows, large gate on the left - presume to some industrial premises and there is an interesting bay window attached to...

Finally in this post I thing we are at the back of the Wesleyan building judging where the Nat West Tower is, which make the building on the right Lloyd House? We are looking over the entrance of Snow Hill Station, and what was the racetrack which former the top of Snow Hill, a quick look on...

Back to the Wesleyan site and a view to what was opposite it - large underpass and a lot of dirt stained modern buildings and a cafe which was in the basement of Lewis's, (?) I know the cafe bit is correct as I went in there when little. Rather an uninspiring view and although rather modern what...

next we have just popped round the corner into Steelhouse Lane and a view very much old and new - on the right we have the side entrance of Priory and Cannon Houses, the Queens Head / Jekyle and Hyde, and then moving further down the more historic Juvenile, Coroners and Magistrates courts...

This picture taken from the front of Colmore Building ( former Post and Mail Building) is the view we are more familiar of these days, polished stone work and unusual angular shape. The underpasses have now gone and so has the building on the other side of the road to Lloyd House.

somewhere totally different now former site of the Gaumont Cinema now the Wesleyan and General Building, under construction in January 1991. we can see they are in the final stages as the scaffolding is gradually been removed from the site. Interesting picture as the more you look the more you...

Last image from this location and we head further up Washwood Heath Road to St Marks with its spire of two colours a large imposing building (I went to a funeral there once amazing interior) we can just make out an interesting building next door symetrical in shape with a cross on the centre...

almost back to where we started another view of Ernest Lucas, this time from the other side and a different wall sign, unfortunately I checked on street view and it is no longer there replaced with a modern sign and adjusting the years you find it was painted out before the sign was posted. We...

If only I had checked the images before posting them we would have found this one - well done Morturn for your suggestion, although poor on quality we can make out Dolphin on the main board, and the advert to the left mentions sea view and has Dolphin written on it. Metal framed sash windows...

next we are in the same location almost , corner of Aston Church Road and Washwood heath Road - heading back towards the cinema , and a line of traditional shops, nets to make them respectable and sash windows upstairs. proper barge boards on the eaves and brick work under the guttering making...

On the previous image if we took a right turn at the traffic lights we would see this view,. looking down Aston Church Road we have a line of terraced house on the left see that the first pair have no roof though, and in the distance we have the gasometers although they look closer than they...

Having travelled down Washwood Heath Road pretty untouched we come to Franks Cafe on the corner of Wright Road very much a traditional corner cafe but one that has long since gone and the row of shops that went with it too. Nets up at the windows, angled roof line and judging by the brick line a...

Moving along Washwood Heath Road ( the edge of the previous location is on the left, we have this building - looking imposing with a number of notice boards I assume it was something council owned (?) large sash windows and a large piece sticking out the back, if you look at the guttering line...

Next is an "Old iron shop in Washwood Heath Road" again taken in 1991, we are referring to EW Lucas Home and electrical supplies, with the painted sign on the wall - from an earlier time when it was a builders Merchants. The house to the left is interesting with the two right hand windows having...

next up we have an old cinema in Washwood Heath Road, the picture was taken in January 1991, and judging by it , has not been a cinema for a number of years. A line of terraced shops, two rooms above looking a bit worse for ware, one lacking its chimney, others withtatty blinds, shutters or wire...

Moving now onto Roll 37 ( Roll 36 were family photos of Mrs Harrison(?) going back years - I can post if you wish but the would all be anonymous as there are no other details) Roll 37 is interesting as there are no pubs!! First up old church standing Stratford Road and St Johns Road taken in...

Last off Roll 35, is a pub, but it is one among many on my list and I have not been able to pick out this one. A distinctive location large black and white three storey building with a large lamp outside, next door is another distinctive building single storey this time with a symmetrical layout...

next we move onto Roll 35 which unfortunately produces only 2 images the rest are poor or duplicates or triplicates seen previously. From this the first is another class photograph, no idea when or where it was taken I have included it for the variety of outfits worn by both the boys and girls...

Finally can I have your opinions of the next image, as always its a photo of something but what - has it been seen before? I assume its the Bull Ring and St Martins Church but looks like a stylised drawing or a photo that has been drawn on, your opinions would be appreciated.

and now looking back from where we have just looked from, we can see the large building on the left, lots of carving on it and what would have been behind us previous is the large church building, ( I am sure you all know what it was called) , we can also just make out the roof sign for the...