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two great pics of ann st....i find it amazing to think it once looked like this....think thats the town hall in the distance on the first pic

lyn

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Replacement image for pic 2 image dated 1873
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hi dek..the council house was built on the site of pic 2...pic 1 is a long shot looking towards the town hall...

lyn...
 
Thanks Lyn iv,e got it now. Is that the town Hall on the left hand side of the second picture ? ( i work on the town hall refurbishment a couple of years ago pity i wasn,t on the forum then could have got loads of photos).D4ek
 
yes dek..its the town hall...now you have yer bearings....i still find it hard to imagine town being like that...dont know why but ive always thought it was like it is now.......yes i know...im a strange one..lol...

lyn
 
Brilliant pics. Like Lyn, I always assumed it was always the way it is now, with the Council House as we know it. I am amazed.
 
glad you like them maggs...moss i was going to ask that very same question but i forgot to post it.. but yes i would say that ann st as was became colmore row...if we are wrong someone will put us right....

lyn
 
Lyn
Almost right i think . Ann St was added to colmore row to extend it, but was only part, as you can see from the 1839 map
mike

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Ann Street 1531 it was just a lane with out a name, 1731 New Hall Lane, 1751 Bewdley street/ Colemore Row, 1758 Ann Street or Mount Pleasant, Colemore Row, 1778 Ann Street / Colemore Row ,
1781 Ann Street, or Mount Pleasant, Colemore Row, Bull Lane, 1839 Ann Street , Colemore Row.
 
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This thread has some pictures that go well with those recently posted of Paradise Street. They give the most complete image of the area that I have seen.
Thanks.
Ted
 
great shot dave..it looks more or less spot on...looks like they made ann st a tad straighter

lyn
 
Hi lyn after seeing your old pic, new I had one from 4th Sept, it was just finding it (smile) Dave
 
lovely pic that shirley....its nice to see the interest in this part of the city...

lyn
 
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Now an indoor picture of Ann St file manufactury from Bissetts 1808 book. Yes, Lyn, I think Birmingham's 19c city centre merits attention & I am looking out more pictures.
 
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The pictures continue to flow!
Just before the time ‘Allin’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ occupied the future site of the Council House, corn was growing on Bennett’s Hill and Christ Church was yet to built.
Allin ran a general clothing store and he certainly knew how to advertise:

THE FLAG, Opposite the top of New Street, BIRMINGHAM: For the accommodation of all sorts of customers, who may be provided with every necessity of life; suited from top to bottom, from inside to outside, from left side to right side and on ALL SIDES, with every Wearable and Tearable, from the giant of ten feet tall to the infant just popped into the world: Sold WHOLESALE AND RETAIL at little more than half their value for READY MONEY ONLY.
The building itself, in the spot then known as The Haymarket survived until it was demolished with the others to clear the Council House site, albeit without its tower, clock and flag pole; it had enjoyed a later life as Bryan’s pastry cooks’ shop.
Ted.
 
Thanks for enlarging on Allins Cabinet, Ted.
Zooming in on the top filemakers pic there is an intriguing view out of the window, but I cannot make it out. There was a Heptinstall & Lawless, file makers, at 27 Ann St listed in the 1845 PO Dir.
I have more books on order & am hoping they contain pictures.
 
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