The first photo of #121 showing the C&A building shows it was a sleek, smooth-lined 1930s building. Hadn't fully appreciated its design until seeing that aeriel view. Viv.
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Frothblower
Lubrication In Moderation
Shame it can't be left as a public open space now. Instead we are going to get these boring buildings.
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pjmburns
master brummie
They produced a Sunday Times magazine interview with him in 1964.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
I have no date for this (poor) image looking towards Birmingham (but Im guessing possibly 1840s/50s ?). Above the first arch and on the skyline there’s what looks like a round building. Was it part of a windmill or something else? Any ideas ? Viv.
Below is a panorama by Buck 1753 of Birmingham from the East, with Mr Coopers windmill marked (there is a letter against it identifying it , but cannot be seen as this magnification). It is not clear where the view was taken from. Suggestions include Bordesley green and Yardley.
I took this photo at the beginning of the 1980s. It was taken from the 24th floor of Alpha Tower. Not too crisp a photo because I opted for that weird matt finish when I got my photos developed at that time ! And time hasn’t been too kind to the colours either. All of the foreground now gone of course, as has the looming NatWest Tower. Viv.
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An aerial view which appeared in an Evening Mail Supplement in September 1970. Colmore Row and Steelhouse Lane run diagonally - left to bottom right. The Post and Mail building is in the centre of the view. Viv.
Do you know the date of the view in #144 Steve ? Viv.
SteveBhx
master brummie
Hi Viv, I am afraid not, the b & w pictures are 74 ish most colour is late sixties I believe
Well, we know the Rotunda construction started in 1961 and was completed in 1965. The Rotunda was quite unusual in its construction in that the round tower part was jacked up from below, so the plant room was put in place first, then jacked up as building progressed.
So looking at the photo, allowing for the ground works and the piling which was a significant part of the construction and although it’s about half its height I would estimate its about 75 to 80% complete in this photo.
So looking at the photo, allowing for the ground works and the piling which was a significant part of the construction and although it’s about half its height I would estimate its about 75 to 80% complete in this photo.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
Post 144 would be about the same time as when my late uncle took this picture of the Rotunda under construction.
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The building of the Rotunda (around 1964) - Old Birmingham
By Pedrocut. A scan of a slide taken by my late uncle. The Rotunda was completed in 1965.
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Post 144 would be about the same time as when my late uncle took this picture of the Rotunda under construction.
The building of the Rotunda (around 1964) - Old Birmingham
By Pedrocut. A scan of a slide taken by my late uncle. The Rotunda was completed in 1965.
Yes, I had 1964 in my head too.
Interestingly you photo contradicts the construction method we were all taught at college.
Just noticed the shell of the old Market Hall is still there. Demolition started in 1963.
And the Exchange Building is still there on Stephenson Place. Demolished 1964/65 ? Viv.
And the Exchange Building is still there on Stephenson Place. Demolished 1964/65 ? Viv.
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