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    Soho Hill

    What's the building going up on the skyline? Looks like its at or near Snow Hill
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    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Don Don't apologise, Steve! Every photo is great! Much appreciated
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    Then & Now

    Really appreciating your side-by-side comparison photos, Brummy Lad! Wonderful, thank you!
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    Walsall Road Great Barr shopping parade

    A lovely view of the shops at Great Barr, with Calshott Road just out of view to the right. Thanks for posting!
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    Birchfield Road Perry Barr

    Here is a photo of Birchfield Road, numbers 148-172, taken in the 1960s, with Hatfield Road on the left. This is the closest I can find to your number 142, which must have been situated between the Hatfield Road & Salisbury Road junctions.
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    Birchfield Road Perry Barr

    I don't know whether it'll be of any use, or interest, but in the 1970s we were told by our postie, that each of the three tower blocks on Birchfield Road had been assigned a street number - not that anyone ever used them - when they were built at the beginning of the 1960s. (We lived in...
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Great pictures, Steve as always, thank you! The colour photo of the row of terraced houses (post 3112) is, I'm sure New John Street West, looking towards the junction with Wheeler Street, which is out of sight. Can I wish EVERYONE on the site, Moderators & contributors, a Very Happy New Year...
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    Mum & Dad somewhere in Aston

    This has been a fascinating topic- have enjoyed reading all the comments so much!
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Possibly in the Norman style, perhaps even the same architect as Holy Trinity. But a bit of a head scratcher!
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Yes, it does at first glance look like Holy Trinity, but Holy Trinity doesn't have the small, castellated building on the left. Also, the road layout is all wrong
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    This is Speaking Stile Walk, Lee Bank, which no longer exists. The junction with Holloway Head is behind the photographer, and Irving Street is visible at the end of the street. At the end of Speaking Stile Walk is a white-painted wall, which says Wright & Platt, Ltd. The small, square sign by...
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    The daddy long legs club

    Hi Taxi Tom! A great list of clubs you've listed there! Do you know where, or on which street, the International Club was situated? It sort of rings a bell, but I'm not sure. Best wishes Alf Rogers
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Photo taken from Tower Street?
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Just wished I could spell demolision/ demalition/ knocked down!
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    The road on the right is Bell Barn Road, Lee Bank. At the junction is the shop of F.W. Wilkes, at nos. 118-119 Great Colmore Street, with its two sun blinds. Pigott Street is out of sight, to the right of the shop. Facing the shop is the Grand Junction Pub, at no. 180 GCS. There is a photo on...
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Good morning, it took a few minutes to work out the exact location for Steve's picture: the road running L-R across the centre, dividing old and new, is Great Colmore Street. The new and distinctive maisonettes are still there today. They were completed by 1965. The two roads surrounding the...
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    REALLY appreciate all your hard work, Steve- the aerial photos are stunning!
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    This is Lichfield Road, Aston, with the junction with Church Road just out of view to the right.
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Many thanks Brummy Lad!
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