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We now move to Roll 23 , if you have seen these before please say, I sometimes have doubts about what I have posted - I may have seen them when I tidies the image up - or I may have posted they - shout up and I will remove the offending items!! First useable image on this roll is this of the...

and horseboxes

The next selection of photos were taken at the Shire Horse display at Cannon Hill Park , unfortunately due to the way the picture were taken they could have been anywhere as they show horses, horse boxes or a mixture of the two but nothing to show the location. We have horses...

sorry not the best image but showing a selection of Bus stop signs and the variety of instruction the passengers were to follow

A selection of busses large and small

Next is a Guy Arab IV - 2976 is a typical Birmingham Guy with pre-selective gearbox, and entered service in February 1953 from Acocks Green garage. It moved to Miller Street in October 1967, to Harborne in May 1969, and to Washwood Heath in August 1971. It had been absorbed into the West...

We now move to Wythall nearest the camera is 5656 (BHA 656C) Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus , New (8/65) to Birmingham & Midland Motor OC Ltd. (Midland “Red”), Birmingham. Withdrawn (9/74). Passed (8/75) to Midland Red (Leamington) Preservation society. Passed (5/78) to Birmingham &...

We now move to Roll 22, there is a visit to the Bus Museum at Wythall which has by default Birmingham interest, and for those who have visited the museum recently you will see how the site used to look. To start with though we have a picture of Tyseley Station taken from the road bridge.

Last one one on this roll - though I had posted them all yesterday , moving further round the Arcadian site and we have this view with The Fox on the left and in the distance the various offices and Hotel buildings.

Apologies, I stood on Google where I thought it was, and it wasn't there, now I realise I was wrong, thanks Astoness

Next we are on the corner of Inge Street and what remains of The Fox, from many of the previous pictures I have posted we can see this is a typical street corner pub with symmetrical build around that corner , nice tile roof and ornamental copings , small Inge Street sign too - all soon to be gone

Moving a bit further down Hurst Street and look back, we see the Hippodrome and the site of what would become the "Back to backs". Although the street scene at the end of the road remains pretty much the same, the Hippodrome has had a refurbishment and everything else is another world, who would...

so now we move onto progress- of a sort - we have our back to the Hippodrome Theatre, and look across the road, to fix the location we have the Rotunda and the back of Smallbrook Queensway - this is the start of the Arcadian Centre, not much to add very much a building site nice couple of modern...

87 Hurst Street - hard to imagine that this is in the location that it is - standard run of the mill high street shops, electrical and a cafe !! First floor has a before and after look - on the right the before small bay window on the first floor and on the left replaced with one large window...

The description for the next set of buildings is equally vague - In and around the Fox Hurst Street. so to start we have something recognizable - Australian Bar corner of Hurst Street and Bromsgove Street. Fantastic two/ 3 storey brick built corner property - two distinctive styles of building...

and finally we have turned all the way round and are looking up to Five Ways, is that the Crescent Theatre ? I will let you fill in the gaps

Still trying to piece the locations together but I think we are getting there - so from the previous picture we have moved to the right and paralell with Broad Street , ICC is on the left, the Hyatt Hotel is now in the middle - so is that Oozells Street School in the middle and we are standing...

Another one to work on - all the features are there its just putting it into modern context, from the left - blocks of flats , Post Office Tower, ICC, and the Hyatt extreme right. there is nothing in the foreground apart from grass and broken paving and the road we are standing on and the one...

I know - wouldn't be so bad but its spread across the front of the building !! - will be edited shortly - feel free to delete your post if you wish

so now you know where we are any ideas where this is in relation to the previous shot? Above the white wall are a couple of distinctive buildings , and if you follow the wall to the right you can just make out a couple of tunnel portals, I am thinking St. Vincent Street although as there is...