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Yes, and there is a great pic of the hotel here showing the same corner. https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrbsh1147.htm I can't help thinking how much more powerful Stitcher's pic would have been if the photographer had taken it from a different angle and included the full...

Mike I thought it was called Monmouth St. before it became Colmore Row? At least, that was what it said when someone else posted a low-res version of this picture before. Paul

These aerial photos are great - but if you decide to save any on your computer you might prefer to save a higher resolution version by clicking on the "download" link beneath the picture, eg: https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/lib/aerofilms-images/public/england/EPW022583.jpg...

Hi Shortie I've got a copy of that picture, and the road on the left is Tonk St. So Hurst St goes off to the right. Regards Paul

You're very welcome Katie, Have you visited the back-to-backs yet? I went on the day they opened, and I found them fascinating. As you spent a lot of time there they might be interested in your memories, so I think it would be worth a visit. Regards Paul

Thanks Mike, I love it when it all comes together. What I find amazing is the different styles of house in this court. What are the buildings farthest from the street? Surely they are too small to be houses? Paul

Hmm, I think it looks like Court 7 from the other end! Paul

Great pic Lyn, do you know which yard it is? I have a special interest in Cheapside as some of my ancestors lived there. Paul

Hi Stitcher It's Regent Row, Hockley, taken in 1900. See below for how it looks now. Paul

Hi Katie I tried to upload a pic of Hurst Street in 1959, but it didn't work so I edited my post. Let's try again, a different way: Uploaded with ImageShack.us Paul

Hi Katie Chris Upton mentions the shop in his book "Living Back to Back", which is surely the best place for you to learn about Hurst St. "In 1931 the shop next to the Reads (63 Hurst Street) was occupied by Mrs Ida G. Mantle, milliner. Ida almost rivals the Reads in endurance, her occupation...

Hi Viv I don't know the date of the Bradshaws guide - but it must have been mid 19th Century at the earliest because it was a railway guide. But the houses in Cheapside were all built by then. Also, there seems to be some sort of circular path in the picture. Compare with this map...

"It is worthy of remark that the houses of the poorer classes here are very superior to those usually met with in large manufacturing or densely inhabited towns." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/9113983/Britain-according-to-Bradshaws-Handbook.html?image=5 But where did...

Could it say "Board Scl" or something, as in "Board School"? Paul

I found these "memoryscape" pictures of Solihull quite interesting - but they were probably a lot easier to do. https://www.flickr.com/photos/solihull_heritage/sets/72157627044696453/ Paul

Here's another film of Birmingham from 1964; not such good quality but some clear memories even so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmjqy_hWpjY I remember that Schweppes advert! Paul

Thanks Ragga! Every other pic I've seen of Snow Hill has been looking the other way. Does anyone know if the shop called Fields is the same company (Fields Electrical) that is now in Hurst St? Paul

Like a lot of us I am enjoying the first proper snow of the winter. Tucked up inside with a week's supply of food in the freezer, and central heating to stop me freezing! But let's try to imagine for a moment what it was like in the back-to-backs in the days not just before central heating...

I don't know, maybe Mike could locate that building on his map? It could be an old building re-used. Also: Wood-cutting, joinery, charcoal-burning, saddlery, and metal-working were the ancient trades of Deritend and west Bordesley. As the timber dwindled, clay took its place as building...

Well Viv, I am certainly not an expert on these things but I think there is a good chance it is! Perhaps it is an old building which is now being used for something else? I've found another old map, 1819 this time. It seems Brickhill Road evolved into Birc Hole St (maybe via Brick Hole...