ATV's HQ c1969. At the corner of Edmund Street and Church Street. Still there, windows have been modernised, a canopy added above the entrance, and it's a cleaner looking building today.
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ATV Headquarters Rutland House 148 Edmund Street
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Viv good topic , My mother RIP used to work their in the 60's for a firm of solicitors on the upper floors , ATV were witing a storyline where on of the cast is expecting a baby and the the sex of the baby needed to be a boy . At the time my wife was pregnant with our first which we didn't know at the time was a boy , the baby had to be on set as so to speak at a certain date , that's where a chance of snatching fame ended I think my son was born a week after the required date I'm sure my son would have been destined for an oscar ha ha
An amusing clip (well at least to me) - cutting the 'videotape' opening. The man to the left is holding a cigarette in a cigarette holder through the whole openeing ceremony !!
www.macearchive.org
Midlands News: 14.12.1960: Opening of New ATV Premises
Opening of Rutland House, the new headquarters for ATV in Birmingham.
This is from Crossroads Appreciation Society:
"The 1964 promotional trailers were recorded around, and inside, ATV’s office block Rutland House, on Edmund Street. The ATV foyer doubled up as the motel reception for a couple of trailers with Noele Gordon as Meg, and also Jane Rossington and Roger Tonge as Jill and Sandy. Outside at the rear of Rutland House on Cornwall Street Noele Gordon and Beryl Johnstone recorded a trailer together as Meg and Kitty while Brian Kent and Malcolm Young were seen in character separately outside The Old Royal Inn on the opposite side of Cornwall Street. Most of the buildings in this area remain unchanged, and the pub is still open for business."
"The 1964 promotional trailers were recorded around, and inside, ATV’s office block Rutland House, on Edmund Street. The ATV foyer doubled up as the motel reception for a couple of trailers with Noele Gordon as Meg, and also Jane Rossington and Roger Tonge as Jill and Sandy. Outside at the rear of Rutland House on Cornwall Street Noele Gordon and Beryl Johnstone recorded a trailer together as Meg and Kitty while Brian Kent and Malcolm Young were seen in character separately outside The Old Royal Inn on the opposite side of Cornwall Street. Most of the buildings in this area remain unchanged, and the pub is still open for business."