Aidan
master brummie
Yes, Great Western Arcade (GWA) is a beautiful survivor (with a particularly good cheese n bread shop) and is opposite North Western Arcade (NWA) on the other side of Temple Row. Going through NWA one arrives at Corporation Street with Barrow's store opposite
https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32849
From the few pictures found, I think NWA looks if anything more impressive with cast iron street furniture (what look like massive hookahs but I'm sure were lamps) and a clock (I think at the temple Row end - can anyone confirm please?). I know the 50s/60s drive for modernisation was responsible for a lot of tragedies but what we were left with in todays's NWA must rank highly on the list of misery.
https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32849
From the few pictures found, I think NWA looks if anything more impressive with cast iron street furniture (what look like massive hookahs but I'm sure were lamps) and a clock (I think at the temple Row end - can anyone confirm please?). I know the 50s/60s drive for modernisation was responsible for a lot of tragedies but what we were left with in todays's NWA must rank highly on the list of misery.