brummie-007
proper brummie kid
could be right
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Any ideas why this roof has such a distinctive pattern? Any builders out there who can advise please ? And could the yellow dot (second copy) be a church ? Holy Trinity at Camp Hill?
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It could be a church and the patterned roof might be some kind of engine shed with glass lights in the roof. The buildings in the distance look like houses on higher ground.
Radiorails
master brummie
The buidings are quire reminiscet of railway structures. Camp Hill was only closed to passengers, it carried on with goods traffic. The hay loft mentioned, in a previous post, would be for the horses which the railways always had plenty.
pjmburns
master brummie
Exactly what I thought. Railway bridge but there is a door/window - as into a hay loft
I keep going back to this lamp which I feel ought to give us a clue. I thought it might be a lamp belonging to the railway. Just had a vague feeling it was one I remember. It had a distinctive 's' bend stem and a sort of 'coolie' hat-type shade. Any thoughts ?
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brummie-007
proper brummie kid
i did try and have a look but none resemble the one in the picture
I thought that the structure with the pattern which it has been suggested could well be the side of a railway bridge could be exactly that. I can't see a gable end or a door. Maybe I'm missing something. I can't think why it would have a pattern on but I still think it could be the side of a railway bridge.
It looks highly likely now I've studied it a few more times. Bridges often have a raised pattern on the side, very like the pattern in the photo. To see it you have to focus on the dark pieces, not the lighter ones ! Thanks Clive.
pjmburns
master brummie
At the right hand end there is a dark space exactly as there would be for an entrance to a hay loft.
The structure also seems to slope and not be vertical as for the side of a bridge.
I can see the dark space you're alluding to Janice but I am looking at the patterned area in isolation. There are many features in the photograph that could be inclusive or viewed as separate entities. In suggesting that the patterned area may be the side of a railway bridge I am viewing it in isolation. I'm thinking it runs behind the building with the gable end. It's all speculation isn't it?
This might help interpretation. The ‘hayloft’ is on the gable end of the building outline in red. The blue structure has a high level opening. Area marked in yellow is a fence. The green building is a type of ‘gatehouse’ to a site of some kind where entrance and exit could be monitored. Tinpot
There is a second lamppost where the vertical red line on the left meets the blue structure.
There is a second lamppost where the vertical red line on the left meets the blue structure.
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Burlington St this year with 2 single storey buildings at the entrance to Galena (Lead ore) Way. Do they reference back to the ‘ gatehouse’ I previously suggested as a site entrance. The second image came up when I did an image search for Burlington St . This would fit with the buildings on the left of the photograph where the children are standing as the door frames look very high up and suggest steps needed to access. Similar lamp post also.
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It seems very familiar to somewhere that I remember passing quite regularly, perhaps near the railway arches by New Canal Street in the early 60s or it may resemble something similar also associated with/near to the railway around Small Heath. I can't recall exactly where I'm thinking of, but the picture below of Proof House Junction (taken in 1982) shows similar types of buildings and street lights on the left to the original photograph. Some great detective work so far one and all.
