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In this picture we can see that it has all got a bit too much for Queen Victoria and she has gone "walkabout",

We now move back to the city centre and the construction/ redevelopment of what was the grassed area infront of the Council house and the road that used to sweep around into New Street, while the grassed area was loveley you cannot imagine the road routing across and round the front of the...

We now move around to the famous Hockley Underpass - constructed many years before the road was actually constructed but a bit of foresight which saved millions. A short cut between to areas which took a lot of traffic off the local roads and sped up the journey around Birmingham

Heading back towards the roundabout and the new road layout with lots of traffic lights.

Moving back now to the redevelopment around Icknield Street, ( have a look at #1,945) and we now see the road as it looks like today.

We now look further up Cornwall Street and again we can see the wide variety of building up the road , grand premises most double fronted with council office at the top of the road and the Midland Institute to the left . see also the street light reflecting ( sorry ) that this is pat of the...

We now turn around and look at the other end of Cornwall Street, another corner building with a turret type building stone window frames, chimney to the left with fine stone work around the roof line. Note also the Metro parked in front of the street sign.

next we have a general view up towards Colmore Row, showing the wide variety of buildings note the modern building at the top of the road on the left, and also a modern building close on the left.

Bit further up and we come to the corner with Cornwall Street, fine building with so much happening, from the left, entrance with almost a dutch style to the building, this then move to a corner building with a turret style top to it, metal railings and an arched metal window frame, has now...

We now have a name long gone Bradford and Bingley Building Society - this became a Bank and then was nationalised in 2000 with its assetts been bought by Abbey National who themselves were bought out by Santander. Fine stone building with grand entrances either side of the modern shop frontage ...

We now move around the corner into Newhall Street and a selection of picture showing the variety of building styles along this road. We start just round the corner from Great Charles Street, three storey town house - stone frames windows with leaded inserts, look to to how the guttering is...

We now move onto Roll 74 - We start with a view of Great Charles Street - not sure much has changed here, a grey wet Birmingham day in November 1992.

Last one off this Roll and this is the demolition of the last building from the Spitfire production at Castle Bromwich taken is 1992.

This is just a quick one Chandos Road , Moseley, not sure if there is an significance to the picture - looks a bit tidier these days.

My notes have this as Old Stratford Place off the Moseley Road - tracked it down on streetview and it looks a loveley building set on an traffic like island, almost a rural view. Sign on the front of the building have this as now part of Age UK ( Sandwell) - I am sure you all know of the...

moving down Bissell Street and we come to Pig and Whistle - it seems to have doors bricked up and the only entrance is at the other end , like the bowed windows upstairs and surprising to see the mock tudor style in the inner city. It was an M & B pub however a look on streetview has this as a...

and now we move to Bissell Street and this fine building - unfortunately the images are difficult to get due to the size of the building so these are what we have, the building still exists as a restaurant but how much of the building is used I am not sure - love the name at the top of the...

We now move round to Barford Street and The Globe Works, another industrial building with the metal window frames with the arched tops. So much has changed and is in the process of changing around there.

We now move to Bishop Street and this fine building, not sure if it would have been for one business, so much going on - main delivery two smaller deliver doors, love the arched windows and that those on the top floor are smaller - also noted that the windows on the left hand side of the...

We now hop across to the city centre this is the Spotted Dog Pub on the corner of Bordesley Street and Meriden Street, went in there a few time when on courses with the council at their office nearby. Still standing but completely painted over and is now a nightclub called suki10c