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My Uncle used to own a Cafe facing Digbeth Coach Station in the Sixties, it was on the corner of Oxford Street and Digbeth. I remember it being a rather large establishment as it had an upstairs dining area which was serviced via a dumb waiter, i also recall large globe type lights in the...

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=34394&page=2&p=366783#post366783 It's on this thread..

Holiday crowds Snow Hill 1957.. https://www.macearchive.org/Archive/Title/midlands-news-19041957-holiday-crowds/MediaEntry/1926.html https://www.macearchive.org/Archive/Title/midlands-news-27071956-holiday-crowds-leaving-birmingham/MediaEntry/969.html

Richie left a link for this site on the Gravelly Hiill Thread, must admit I've never seen this archive before. This is wonderful, i honestly experienced shivers up my back viewing this..:sorrow:.. https://www.macearchive.org/Archive/Title/birmingham-of-yesterday/MediaEntry/333.html...

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What ever our opinion is of the library it should be an asset to Brum and people will be drawn to it's contents and it's events which is the reason for it's existence. I'm impressed with the speed of it's construction and it is opening on time and it's finished:positive:. I personally like it...

They should have took a leaf out of Toronto's book and placed it on top of Baskerville House:playful:

You think we have problems, check out the art gallery of Ontario in Toronto.. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gustavothomastheatre/4408037358/

I think the Housing Dept had it for office use before it was demolished.

Some old bits and pieces that are still left in River Street..

I'll take your word for it, I'm still not tempted.

Nice account,that's what my Dad always says that everyone was in the same boat. He also says that then we had nothing but had everything and now we have everything and have nothing. My Dad had escaped to the Burbs by the time i was born:tranquillity:. My Irish Great Great Grandmother and Great...

I Bike through it every day on way home from work, took these shots..

I'm not really tempted but we used to have to scoop out the brains for a customer who said they were nice on toast.

It can be done but it looks painful.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nvL0EVcccM

The Odeon/Scala Queensway.. https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/theatres-cinemas/54142-odeon-scala-house-birmingham-sept-2010-a.html

That's an amazing website pudding, there's loads of Brum stuff on there. I've posted a couple of interesting pieces from there on our Cinema Thread, hope you don't mind.

Just found this, The Royalty Harborne.. https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/theatres-cinemas/82864-royalty-cinema-birmingham-july-2013-a.html https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/theatres-cinemas/82451-royalty-cinema-harborne-july-2013-a.html The Palladium Hockley, what an amazing website...

It's still there but derelict...

Apart from the overcrowding what were the houses like?, was there also poor conditions.