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Hi Stitcher, I think I am getting mixed up. I think the Christian Science Church is still there now a night club or similar and I was forgetting the church over the canal which is the second church in the drawing. Thanks for your reply
 
The church over the canal was The Church of The Messiah.
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This is the antique shop refered to earlier on this thread. It was almost opposite the Rum Runner.
 
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I must say, the traffic looks very light considering it is daytme in Broad Street.
 
I believe this was the ATV Studios to the left of this not very good photo.

Phil
 

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Hiya,
i know you are very knowledgable.....I was wondering if you knew the best site to subscribe to for burial searches ?
Ive tried on Find my past- but do not seem to be finding much on that one
I'd be grateful for any advice
Many thanks
Amanda
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Phil said:
I believe this was the ATV Studios to the left of this not very good photo.

Phil
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Yes Phil you are correct. They were known as Alpha TV Studios because the original Birmingham studios were jointly owned by ATV and ABC who in the early days of commercial TV shared the Midlands franchise. This presumably gave its name to the office block Alpha Tower
 
Some celebs from the studios had agents in Alpha Tower. Sometimes you'd share a lift with them. The lifts were, when AT was built, the fastest lifts in Europe - well by all accounts. So you didn't get much time to strike up a conversation with anyone interesting! ! Viv.
 
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Brindley Place from the air. Sheepcote Street is on the bottom left.
 
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The narrow building (centre bottom) is the Antique Shop mentioned previousley on this thread.
 
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The narrow building (centre bottom) is the Antique Shop mentioned previousley on this thread.
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I used to park my car in the carpark behind whenever I went into town until the building was demolished to build the ICC. Although the carpark looks full in this photo I always found a space. Another goodlooking building we have lost. The Brewmaster's house on the left hand edge of the photo is still there but not publically accessible. I remeber visiting that building when it was the offices of the Birmingham Convention and Visitor Bureau.
 
There was some information on this thread about the Breamasters House but I can't remember if it was before or after tha attack on the images.
 
DavidGrain said:
I used to park my car in the carpark behind whenever I went into town until the building was demolished to build the ICC. Although the carpark looks full in this photo I always found a space. Another goodlooking building we have lost. The Brewmaster's house on the left hand edge of the photo is still there but not publically accessible. I remeber visiting that building when it was the offices of the Birmingham Convention and Visitor Bureau.
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This is a great aerial view. The brewery is still alongside the Brewmasters House too. Viv.
 
I don't ever remember seeing it before either.

It looks like St George, doesn't it ?

Perhaps Goering's boys flattened it during one of their visits.
 
hi viv...must say ive not seen a pic of that column either...as you say....what happened to it...i wonder if it received any bomb damage...

lyn
 
There is a thread about this statue (STATUE BY THE HALL OF MEMORY) and I must say Postie was spot on with what he said when no one believed it to be a true picture. I have to say that I do not remember seeing the picture in my collection until I came across it when looking for a wartime ration book which I know I have got somewhere.
 
How interesting Stitcher. I've taken the liberty of extracting a little snippet from that thread:

"........... the column with St George slaying the dragon on. This sculpture was made out of wood and plaster for the coronation of George VI and was erected in Victoria Square. The following year it was moved next to the Hall of Memory for the city's Centenary celebrations. The sculptor was Alan Bridgewater.

The Birmingham Civic Society proposed a pemanent version in stone, on the island that used to be at the top of New Street, but sadly the outbreak of WWII saw that it was never realised."

There's also a debate about another column on that thread too and worth a read. Viv.
 
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