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Yes, into Union Street. I think the corner of the building which appears to have some lettering near the top may be one of the entrances to the City Arcade?

There doesn't seem to be a thread on this already - an interesting article from the Ikon Gallery regarding the iron horse sculptures alongside the railway line from Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton which were installed in 1987 and the search for ones that appear to be missing. The...

Would that be roughly where C&A was on the right in more recent years?

The Odeon in Kingstanding, most recently a Bingo Hall has just closed and is now 'at risk' :confused: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gyl72z2lvo

Am article on the Grand Hotel from the BBC Birmingham website today.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxp1nxx72eo

From the University's FB page... Meet the University’s latest newcomer to campus - a Peregrine Falcon chick which has been growing at the top of Old Joe Peregrines are a protected species in the UK, so avian experts have travelled to the top of the clock tower to check on the birds and to...

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Thanks, that's interesting to know!

I wonder what the decorations seen in the old photograph were for? I thought it must be a coronation but it couldn't have been that of George V as his father Edward 7th was alive until 1910.

Probably Pollyanna's? Pollyanna’s was a wildly popular 1970s nightclub located on Newhall Street, situated just a short walk from Great Charles Street in Birmingham. It was operated by the Fewtrell family empire, which dominated the city's nightlife at the time. Opened in the 1960s as The...

The cinema is mentioned on the Piccadilly Arcade website... https://piccadillyarcade.org/ I remember there was a Gym in the upstairs space in the 90s.

Great! Can you actually get a number 11 that goes all the way around now? When I was last in Brum it seemed that each bus only goes part of the way - I guess because of timing and the traffic?

Article about The Woodman on the BBC Birmingham website this morning... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7rd37re7o

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That made me wonder where the Perry Barr Institute was, I found this, apparently the building became the Birchfield Library... 1874, Perry Barr established its own institute based on the model of the Birmingham and Midland Institute. In 1878, Henry Irving became the president of the Perry Barr...

Interesting to see, my late cousin was the Architect for the Doug Ellis Stand.

Thanks, I should have thought to put it in this thread!

This article was on the BBC Birmingham website today and, as I didn't recall the name Peter Phillips, I looked for further information on him... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g984rd1wlo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Phillips_(artist)

Nice article about the Sports Argus from the BBC Birmingham website... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze2r133d7lo