Bull Ring until 1920s

[MWS]

Is that Holy Trinity, Bordesley in the distance to the left of St Martin's? Which would put it after 1822.

Would you have been able to see the Market Hall from this angle? If so and you can't (I'm not sure) then that would put it before 1835ish.

 

[Richard Dye]

A couple of drawings/engravings for our collection. The firstbfrom 1889, the second is earlier, sorry no date. Viv


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Great illustrations of a grand old city!

 

[Vivienne14]

I think that makes sense MWS. The fashions and the carriages would fit that date. Looks before this view dated 1844. Viv.

 

[Vivienne14]

"A May Morning Bull Ring. Birmingham" by Birmingham artist, William Mills. The date is 1888.

 

[Vivienne14]

This is by Joseph Frank Pimm who lived and worked in Handsworth.

 

[Vivienne14]

Not sure of the date of the Pimm work in the previous post, but he was born 1900 and died in the 1970s. He was a watercolour artist, etcher and printmaker. It may be outside the range of this thread in terms of date. If so, I shall move it to the correct thread.

Some of Pimm's other work is here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/joseph-frank-pimm-artist.51938/

 

[Richard Dye]

This is by Joseph Frank Pimm who lived and worked in Handsworth.
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I always loved walking up those steps as a child, mussels, welks, cockles et al!

 

[Gerry Cannell]

So sorry David, I should have said that. I have posted it elsewhere and said then that John Marks (from whose Old Postcards book this is stolen), clearly got his Market Halls and Stations muxed ip...well spotted...so turn your head and look the other way...first one from 1905, followed by two from the 1940s...more subtle changes...



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The Bull Ring in 1948 photograph, makes me smile. I am 84, and look at the scene, busy, busy, buses and people and still everyone just got where they wanted to go, safely. Now, it HAS to be Pedestrianization everywhere......how did we all survive I wonder? I have to add, I loved it like that.

 

[Richard Dye]

The Bull Ring in 1948 photograph, makes me smile. I am 84, and look at the scene, busy, busy, buses and people and still everyone just got where they wanted to go, safely. Now, it HAS to be Pedestrianization everywhere......how did we all survive I wonder? I have to add, I loved it like that.

Ditto, ditto!

 

[Radiorails]

The planners of towns and cities are men, who shop far less frequently, than women. The result has been a gradual decline in shops in pedestrianised areas.
Pedestrian areas are too relaxing as shoppers tend, on the whole, to enjoy the hustle and bustle of shopping. Hence the favoured, modern, out-of-town shopping areas with with their usually free car parking areas.
Generally out-of-town shopping is rather soul-less being a means to an end rather than a highly charged, adrenalin experience. Yes, it can be exhausting but non-the-less gives a worthwhile feeling.