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Next we move to the Prince of Wales Pub in Long Acre last seen closed down - now in the process of been demolished- not sure on the Health and Safety aspect of this process - see the two men stood on the top of the roof.

sorry Lyn nothing to add I am afraid - there is another photo of it on the next roll of film but that has the same description too.

My information has this as the "Masons Pop building in Thimble Mill Lane", however a look at the Masons pop link on this forum and there is not a mention - is this correct or just an assumed link? EDIT: I was totally wrong - this from Stokkie Harry Mason (I can read his name on the picture)...

if we now walk down the road behind us ( Newhall Hill) we have this view - still with Argent Centre at the top of the road . At the top of the road is a former church which is now a Sikh centre, the remained has all be redeveloped for apartments and offices.

We are now on the corner of Legge Lane and Frederick Street this is the Argent Centre a wonderful red brick building with arched windows, metal frames and home to the pen trade in Birmingham, it is also home to the pen Museum

The next picture is taken from on of the back accessways off Legge Lane and shows the rear of these premises.

Had a bit of a hunt to find this location but now I know where I am - the white building is 17 Legge Lane the building to the left of that is The Gwenda Works which was built in 1913 for Sir Henry Manton, silversmith and cut-glass manufacturer, this is the name above the door and it says they...

we now look across the road at a few building that seem rather sad, Barrowclift has the windows boarded up and the building to the right has the top floor windows bricked up and the there doesn't seem to be much happening. EDIT: From mikejee Barrowclift spinning was 25 Legge Lane

We now move across to the Jewellery Quarter and Legge Lane - these are a selection of old buildings but I am not sure which are left these days. Nice three storey building with ornate frontage to the top , further along are more old style industrial building all with some age.

This picture is an old printers shop in Garrison Lane seems to be on its way out, no windows tiles off the roof and the old red and white wooden barriers keeping people away, saddest part is not the state of the building but the price of petrol those are gallon prices of which there are 4.54609...

apologies the skewed image - shows what I have to start with but also if I straighten it I lose the building at the top and with it the rough idea of the location - top end of Suffolk Street and Great Charles street tunnel - constructed by what looks like " cut and shut" dig a big hole, build a...

This information is a recap for newcomers, I scanned a lot of negatives of these old images - see the initial post for more information, this is a negative of a picture of a photo of a picture - still with me - and explains the number of images I post - those who know would expect 36 images on...

We now move onto Roll 72 and something different to start and may be of use to someone although the information provided is a bit vague, with that I mean could be incorrect- just seems strange that his surname is Aston- could it be Frank from Aston ?! My information reads Frank Aston sent home...

We now have a bit of time travel to 1964 and a view of what this area looked like, and what was lost - lots of three and four storey buildings, all individual shops - Baines further down - shop with a Kodak sign outside and the old area sign on the roadside for Aston. I also note there is a...

This is an interesting sign - showing the site where Arthur Conan Doyle lived , I cannot add to this as my noted read - old sign Aston Road North, but I suppose its good that it was still there, although a hunt on Street view and I could not see it. EDIT: See the post from Brummy Lad #2,157.

and we now turn around to look toward the City Centre, looking to the distance you can see the holes in the landscape - all the old buildings wiped away for this road to run through.

I know we have been up and down this road a few time this is a general view of the destruction, sorry redevelopment to improve the access to the City Centre.

Next picture forms a theme as this was closed the week before - its The Avenue, Aston Street North, as you can see it is still intact, I assume it is / was on the corner of Avenue Road - if so it did not have long to last as it was in the way of the redevelopment of the road network . Shame as...

Next we move to Thimble Mill Lane and Long Acre, this is the Prince Of Wales , not long closed but now boarded up and the windows broken , we can still see the name and M & B so you can tell it was a Pub with the Cast street name high on the wall.

Good morning apologies for the gap in posts, lot happened , but I will try and continue posting. I did notice a number of replies from Dionysus, I will get around to reading and commenting but I thought a concerted effort to post would be more helpful, especially when you see how long I have...