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Factories Bridge St in the 1916-44 - trying to find who made the Mills bombs (Hand Grenades ) I have a photo but it just says Bridge St on it

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Hi Cromwell

1940 Kellys Directory

Bridge Street (296 Broad Street to Worcester Wharf)

Air Raid Precautions (Wardens' Post)
Pearce & Cutler Glass
Birmingham Central Tech College extension
Incorporated Seamens' & Boatmens' Friendly Society
Boatmens' Mission Hall
---- here is Holliday Street
------South Side
Wm. Hy. Westwood Iron & Steel Planer
Marshall & Sons & Co. Metal Casement Makers
T J Graham & Sons Ltd Whiting Mfrs
The Cement Marketing Co
Severn & Canal Carrying Co Ltd
National Ass. of Canal Carriers
Williams & Farmer Timber Merchants
 
I remember the Boatmen's Mission Hall, down on the left from Broad Street, backing on to the canal for obvious reasons. Once a month the Brum branch of the Tram Nutters group (Light Railway Transport League, it was called then) hired the hall for an evening meeting, and from late 1947 I used to go in my school blazer, to hear talks on the tramways of Portsmouth, Coventry, Walsall and suchlike. It was a dark, cold and dingy place with an awful stale smell, and I especially remember the epidiascope which was used to project the pictures on a screen. This made so much noise that you couldn't hear thye speaker, and if he left a picture under the lamp for more than a couple of minutes it would start to singe.
I believe the Mission did good work in teaching the boat kids how to read, write and count, which they would get anywhere else.
Peter
 
I was in Bridge St today and saw an odd thing, I saw these two chaps in Bridge St, and they were taking two photographs of the pavement, they would both move forwood by about a Yard (I do not do Metric) they again would take a two photos of the pavement and again move forwood, they did this for about 50 feet? or so the only conclusion I have come to is that Google Earth are now taking photos of the pavement, My other theory,s are that it is something to do with the Council? or that it to do with the demolition of the former A.T.V Studios I will leave you to draw your own conclusions, any suggestion,s https://www.flickr.com/photos/dofartshavelumps/16018749148/
 
Perhaps the modern digital equivalent of the old army procedures of painting the coal white with a toothbrush
 
Morning horse cart
Well there is a reason obivis,for talking pictures of the pavement but as you say the big question is what for

As one as said some one is making a claim against them or are the council claiming cost of a renewal of a lamp post which was previously there
As you know when you hit a lamp post and knock it down the council do bill you for damage or is it for history of heritage
Of old bridge street at the moment I am trying to think what was there in time gone bye before they built that one from way back in time
I can recall when they transfered across from the old registration office but I just cannot recall what was demolished to build it
May be bridge street holds a secret of history for burial I am sure it will be revealed sooner or later
Best wishes Astonian,,,,,,
 
The whole thing appears to me as bizarre, if it is the council why have two blokes photographing the same section of pavement? is seems over the top for our Council it is made slightly odd by the fact as I passed the two blokes I earwiged a part of a telephone conversation, of which I will not repeat, but had me thinking what?????, I wish now now I had the bottle to of asked them what they were doing at the time such is life. the truth will out.


Astonian said:
Morning horse cart
Well there is a reason obivis,for talking pictures of the pavement but as you say the big question is what for

As one as said some one is making a claim against them or are the council claiming cost of a renewal of a lamp post which was previously there
As you know when you hit a lamp post and knock it down the council do bill you for damage or is it for history of heritage
Of old bridge street at the moment I am trying to think what was there in time gone bye before they built that one from way back in time
I can recall when they transfered across from the old registration office but I just cannot recall what was demolished to build it
May be bridge street holds a secret of history for burial I am sure it will be revealed sooner or later
Best wishes Astonian,,,,,,
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Hi All.

I imagine that someone has fallen in that area and is blaming the pavement and probably suing the Council The council will have to show that there is nothing wrong with the pavement. Compensation payments are ridiculously high these days. Another unwelcome import from the USA.

Why wont Horsencart tell us what conversation he overheard?

Old Boy
 
There's a notice on the lampost. Work has been done around the base of the lampost. The lampost is painted green, so might it be a heritage feature? Has the lampost just been installed? Were the two photographers recording the precise position of the lampost ? Is this lampost particularly special as it's painted green? Viv.
 
I suspect that the Lamp post had been there for some time? it would seem silly to plant ? a lamp post next to a building that was at the time being demolished I also believe the Birmingham Corporation were trying to gentrify the area, I may be wrong, I have not been down Bridge St since the studios were demolished


Vivienne14 said:
There's a notice on the lampost. Work has been done around the base of the lampost. The lampost is painted green, so might it be a heritage feature? Has the lampost just been installed? Were the two photographers recording the precise position of the lampost ? Is this lampost particularly special as it's painted green? Viv.
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On Streetview Bridge street is lined with that style of lampost. Not sure if they're original though. If they are original seems odd that they survived as most street lighting has been replaced over time. But some streets have been replaced with heritage lamposts in more recent times, such as around Temple Row/Temple Row West Viv.
 
My memory may be playing tricks, but , although the base looks genuine-looking, i remember the main "pipe2 being thicker, and Im sure the top is repro. Gas st also has them, and , of course Gas st was the site of the first real commercial gasworks (the shell of which is still there), Do you think that might have any bearing?
 
Mike that must mean they're replacements. Was wondering if the workmen in post #1 were taking photographs of the pavement between two lamposts. But absolutley no idea why they'd do that! Viv.
 
Think you could be right about the lamps being composites Mike, this Streetvuew photo shows one unpainted, the top section is green and the bottom section is blue. Viv.
 

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Think the lampost was in the way of the entrance to the demolition site. Given the heavy trucks needed for removing debris, the lampost would be an obstacle and likely be damaged in the process. Maybe they were photographing the pavement to show what work would need to be done to move it and to show what was between it and the next lampost, so that it could be re-positioned? Viv.
 
Do you know what would have made a more interesting picture,
A man taking a picture of two men taking a picture of a pavement.
 
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