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Apologies if been posted before but as the Tow Rope was mentioned -

There's all sorts of interesting buildings in that area on those 19th century maps although not sure if I would've fancied the smell of the 'Hide, Skin and Fat' Market on a warm summers day which is showing on the Albert Street 1889 map?!

Just catching up with this thread - thanks for the amazing Court images. Not totally sure if its the same but I wondered what that Taboo Cinema building was originally used for (as opposed to the Brown-mac brigade I see going in there nowadays!) Its marked on an 1889 map as part of the Chard...

How sad this all is. A place full of history and pictures to prove good times and it all ends up consigned to history in a pile of dust. Drove past this place many times and hoped it would be saved. I'm actually a Coventry-kid (sorry folks!) and the same thing has happened to The Rocket Pub...

Photo's off the web so rights to whoever owns them............. Looks very Glam here!

I'd love to know what happened to William Bloye's stylised Eagle that was above the doorway -

..... as can be seen by the complete (though not for much longer!) building here -

I'm sure most Brummie's are aware of this but there is actually a small part of the Golden Eagle still visible - I have no idea why but these couple of black 'Marble' panels that were a feature of the Pub build remain on Hill Street to this day -

With regard to Shaw's Passage - think its been mentioned on here before but Shaw’s Passage came into being c1888 and took its name from Henry & Frank Shaw’s Nail factory which was actually the south side of the Moor Street line. A mate of mine runs Motor-mech the garage at the west end of the...

Its also on the 1889 map -

Britain from Above has this excellent image from 1933 - I've highlighted Paternoster Row between the Red X's so you can see what was originally there. The building with the blue tag to the right is the Fox and Grapes......... Sad - lost in time....