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Bull Street

Corner of Bull Street and Temple Row in 1970. I think the shop in the background was Etams ladies clothes. Must have walked past these two traders many times when returning from clubs or pubs and waiting for the night service near Greys. On Saturday night you could also pick up a Sunday Mercury from a seller on that corner. Sometimes we'd get a hot dog, but more often bought from the food truck on the open ground next to Snow Hill Station.
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Yes Lyn, hot potatoes. I don't remember the potatoes seller being there late at night. It was just the hot dog man and newspaper seller on that corner on a late Saturday night. It would always be quite a crowd there too, so good business I expect. And there was usually a queue over by the food truck on the Snow Hill Station's cleared ground. Don't know if I should mention this, but we used to call that Snow Hill truck the 'nose picker' Eeeek !Hope I haven't put anyone off their breakfast
 
Vivienne14 said:
Yes Lyn, hot potatoes. I don't remember the potatoes seller being there late at night. It was just the hot dog man and newspaper seller on that corner on a late Saturday night. It would always be quite a crowd there too, so good business I expect. And there was usually a queue over by the food truck on the Snow Hill Station's cleared ground. Don't know if I should mention this, but we used to call that Snow Hill truck the 'nose picker' Eeeek !Hope I haven't put anyone off their breakfast
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I don’t remember hot dogs when I was last there, 1962 but I loved the hot potatoes anytime i could get them!
 
Richard Dye said:
Lyn, “bland” is being very kind! I guess I am to much of a traditionalist!
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richard if you was to ever visit the city centre again you would not recognise it...many parts is just like a ghost town i guess partly due to the bull ring and grand central shopping centres which houses many shops...sadly the route of the new metro forced a lot of businesses out...so sad really but as they say that progress..also in my opinion the new look city centre does not cater enough for the elderly and people with walking problems...hence i avoid it now

moan over lol

lyn
 
Astoness said:
richard if you was to ever visit the city centre again you would not recognise it...many parts is just like a ghost town i guess partly due to the bull ring and grand central shopping centres which houses many shops...sadly the route of the new metro forced a lot of businesses out...so sad really but as they say that progress..also in my opinion the new look city centre does not cater enough for the elderly and people with walking problems...hence i avoid it now

moan over lol

lyn
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Does not sound like any good planning was done, particularly for each phase of development!
 
Afternoon everyone - looking for information on a Jewellery shop at 10 Bull Street by the name of S. Child - when was the shop open and when it closed - I have found two adverts for 1929 & 1939 - but would like to know more if possible - photos or map please ----- Many Thanks Elaine.
 

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Samuel Child is listed at 10 Bull St in the directory of 1872. as a watch and clock maker. Before he was at 17 Congreve St . Around the turn of the century it started to be listed as S Child, and as a jewellers. From the 1938 edition it was listed as S.Child and Son. They remained there till 1964. The date of directory is publication date and may refer to year before. Below is 1950s map showing no 10

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mikejee said:
Samuel Child is listed at 10 Bull St in the directory of 1872. as a watch and clock maker. Before he was at 17 Congreve St . Around the turn of the century it started to be listed as S Child, and as a jewellers. From the 1938 edition it was listed as S.Child and Son. They remained there till 1964. The date of directory is publication date and may refer to year before. Below is 1950s map showing no 10

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Thank you very much for this information and having the map to show the location of the shop - regards Elaine.
 
It has been interesting looking at all the photos. My 4th great grandfather Thomas Mansell was listed as having a property on Union Street and Bull street. He was a shoemaker. He was listed as living at 94 Bull Street from sometime in the 1830s until his death in 1865 when it appears husband daughter Mary took over the running of the business. In the 1851 census he was listed as a shoe maker who employed 10 people. The family interests me as he had three daughters who all kept the Mansell surname by passing it on to their children as a middle name. His grandchildren were all baptised twice ; once in Nottingham, where they lived and then again at St Philips, which seemed to be the family church in Birmingham.
 
nice photo mike do not think ive seen that one before...noted the no 69 bus stop to lozells pretty sure that travelled up wheeler st

lyn
 
Behind the bus shelter was Boots the Chemists, really big premises wrapping around the Bull Street/Colmore Row corner. Seems to have sold a large range of products as well as pharmacy products.

I think it also had a cafeteria (possibly upstairs on the first floor). The building was there until at least 1962.
 
not many clues that i can see mike...it could be anywhere but i will say it does not strike me as being at the back of bull st...just my opinion

lyn
 
The photo is one of the James Burgoyne set taken to record views before the construction of Corporation Street, dated c1875. It's description in the Birmingham Library archive is "Garden at rear of 93 Bull Street, Birmingham" .... which is the old Barrow's Store location (on the west side of Bull Street, just below the line of Corporation Street).
Here's a slightly better copy of the photo. Credit: Birmingham Library.

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Could it be Darlaston? Or somewhere else. There have been several misnamed photos in the past. I have one of 'The Bell & Cuckoo' Erdington, taken around 1900 and (a) it's on the wrong side of the road and (b) the pub was demolished around 1850.
 
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