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Mom & Dad owned a bungalow in Bell Lane and then later they moved and bought one of the shops opposite the Bell pub,the middle one in the block I think, which Mom ran whilst Dad worked at Mulliners the car body builders, during the war when there was a shortage drinking glasses both Mom & Dad...

absolutely superb, my wife who lived in the back to backs in Balsall Heath laughed like a drain when I read this out to her, she could relate exactly to the situation you describe, written with a lovely touch of humour.

last pic of the Gaeity

Further Pics of the Gaeity Coleshill Street. (Notice the ghostly disembodied form of the cleaner kneeling on the stairs)

I think his address was 3 Augustus Road Edgbaston, and you are quite right the house and its grounds were redeveloped for many smaller high quality houses. Regards Chris b

hopefully a pic of the Alexandra circa 1935

What a great set of pics', never been in as I live the other side of the city but been past it many times in my travels, just announced on the BBC Midlands Today news that the council have purchased it to pull down and give a totally uninterrupted view of the castle in a regeneration programme.

This Might Give you a laugh, (extract out of my article "Confessions of A Cinema Employee) By this time June, my wife, had become a casual member of the usherette staff, and used to help out on high days and holidays, and Mr Aston had been promoted to General Manager of the group of cinemas...

the original rear of THE PICTURE HOUSE

Hopefully attached are some pics of THE PICTURE HOUSE ( Piccadilly Arcade) circa 1911, including interior shots of the auditorium, lounge waiting area, passage way, and original frontage.

Hi Goldfinch, Thank you for your kind words and I am glad you found my memories of interest, but I am sorry to say I can't remember Phyllis Hooke, the number of staff employed there must have been over over 1000 /1500 or more at the time that I was there, (before self service) and that was some...

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Another pic The PLaza opened on Boxing Day 26th December 1927 under the management of William H Denbigh. It had a seating capacity of 884, the opening film was The Cat And The Canary starring Laura La Plante, the support was The Blonde Saint starring Lewis Stone. Silent films were shown up...

hopefully some pics of the PLAZA STOCKLAND GREEN.

funny the wife and I were only talking about this the other day, remember the mate of his with the swimming hat on that called him "Hoges" and his medallion man character, we always used to watch it, when you think of all the rubbish that is repeated and there are some of these little gems that...

I have heard that the Co-Op transport department is due to close at the end of July 2010. In Great Brook alongside the present Funeral Home stands some of the original garages which house the funeral depts hearses and limousines. Etched in stone over the entrances the legend "BIRMINGHAM...

I am not completely sure about this, but there was a small picture house just past Muntz street in the middle of the block of shops on the left hand side on the main Coventry Road going out of town, could have been the Palace, when I last saw it in the hot weather in the 60s and the doors were...

Photo of Frank Riego.

and before it was the CINEPHONE it was called the BROADWAY and was owned by the Victoria Playhouse Group

OSCARS ARCHITECT. Below is a bit of background info' about The ODEON cinemas main firm of architects, and as Mrs Deutch says in the film "ODEON CAVALCADE" Oscar and Harry Weedon became good friends as well as business associates. Harold William "Harry" Weedon (1887 – 17 June 1970) was an...