Fantastic pictures there Pedrocut! If I remember right (and I'm sure someone will tell me if I'm wrong!) - The New Church was not built on the site of the old church. The old Church was by the Library, at the junction of Field Lane and Genners Lane. The graveyard is still there, hidden behind a tall hedge. When the "New" centre for Bartley Green with its "Shopping Centre" was built about a half mile away, the new church was built there.St Michael's parish church, Bartley Green, Birmingham creator: Lewis Lloyd. 1933.
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The old Church was demolished in 1968, it had been unused for some years and was "derelict". The New Church was opened in 1966.I certainly don't remember a church at the junction of Field Lane and Genners Lane in the 1970s.
Thanks for those pictures of the Library, Pedrocut. I spent many a happy hour in there in the 1969/70 going through their collection of Eagle Comic annuals. It was reading the "Eagle Book of Aircraft" there as an 11 year old that set me on course for joining the RAF later. Happy days! It had changed a lot since 1913! Glad to see the Library is still operating today.Reading Room in Bartley Green Library near Birmingham creator: Lewis Lloyd. 1913.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)
[Remember using Erdington Library and you would see the same old chaps having a warm in the winter, studying form and waiting for the bookies to open]
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