A view towards the Council House and Town Hall in 1909. Think the image is labelled "Gas Department Colmore Row". Viv.
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Colmore Row
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oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
This photo of Colmore Row in 1955 looks to have been taken from the same vantage point as the 5th earlier dated (1930s?) photo in post#3. The ornate bus shelters seen in the earlier view are still in place.A few more Colmore Row, about the turn of the century / Edwardian.
This one is labelled c1909 but is it later ?
S
Stitcher
Guest
This small amount of traffic brings back pleasant motoring memories.
S
Stitcher
Guest
Colmore Row, near the Council House. 1962
S
Stitcher
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S
Stitcher
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www.midlandspubs.co.uk
Pub Historian
I have uploaded a little bit about the Council House-end of Colmore Street at : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/ann-street/
note : I have to put in the links to other pages yet!
note : I have to put in the links to other pages yet!
www.midlandspubs.co.uk
Pub Historian
I have plonked a few Colmore Row photographs at : https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/birmingham/colmore-row/
Some familiar snaps but a couple of unusual pics.
Some familiar snaps but a couple of unusual pics.
S
Stitcher
Guest
I always feel that pictures like this one of Colmore Row in 1950 stir many memories of a more pleasant city Centre.
Was it a police car (between the two cars) ? Viv.
S
Stitcher
Guest
It could be, I can't see what else it might be.
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A couple more views. The first looks about 1920s. Something makes me think the two ladies to the right are working girls.
Then an earlier view moving down towards the Grand Hotel. Outside the Grand is a large billboard advertising a festival. Alongside those are several smaller boards. I wondered if there was some sort of events/travel booking office within the Grand ? Viv.
Then an earlier view moving down towards the Grand Hotel. Outside the Grand is a large billboard advertising a festival. Alongside those are several smaller boards. I wondered if there was some sort of events/travel booking office within the Grand ? Viv.
S
Stitcher
Guest
The former union club, Colmore Row.
Such a grand building Stitcher. And remarkably probably changed very little comparing it to the first pic in post #35. Well at least the exterior. Expect it's carved up into offices inside. A building I've never been inside. Viv.
viv i promise this is the last time i get on my soap box until the new year
but we need to take a long hard look at not only the photo of the former union club but of all similar buildings we still have left...the planning..the thought ..the workmanship and the time put into such buildings will never be equalled ..the architecture is spendid...sorry to say but designing and building todays building is childs play and we will never see the likes of them again and my american son in law who is an architect agrees with me...
lyn
but we need to take a long hard look at not only the photo of the former union club but of all similar buildings we still have left...the planning..the thought ..the workmanship and the time put into such buildings will never be equalled ..the architecture is spendid...sorry to say but designing and building todays building is childs play and we will never see the likes of them again and my american son in law who is an architect agrees with me...lyn
Absolutely agree Lyn.
If anyone has images of the interior I'd be interested to see them. Viv.
If anyone has images of the interior I'd be interested to see them. Viv.
A Sparks
master brummie
That building is the Reuben Colley Gallery now so you can go inside and see the ground floor, photos here;
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Four pics starting with a 1920s view of Colmore Row with electric trams visible alongside the churchyard. This is the only pic where I have seen trams in that location.
The track in that part of Colmore Row was removed by 1933 according this map.
Another 1920s view in the opposite direction and although the tracks still remain by the churchyard the overhead wires appear to have been removed.
A pic posted earlier in post#95 shows the tram track still in the road but no overhead wires. Strangely the Bluecoat School roof shows through through the tram pole.
from. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/colmore-row.48128/page-5#post-490983
The track in that part of Colmore Row was removed by 1933 according this map.
Another 1920s view in the opposite direction and although the tracks still remain by the churchyard the overhead wires appear to have been removed.
A pic posted earlier in post#95 shows the tram track still in the road but no overhead wires. Strangely the Bluecoat School roof shows through through the tram pole.
from. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/colmore-row.48128/page-5#post-490983
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Radiorails
master brummie
The Lozells and Dudley/West Bromwich trams original terminus it appears was in Colmore Row near St. Philip's. The new one-way system introduced in 1933 moved it to the frontage of Snow Hill railway station. That terminal continued through the bus era until road alterations in the 1960's.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Hi Lyn, it looks like a post card which has had the the top right corner repaired. Notice there are motorbikes and sidecars in all of the pics and looking at them I altered the postcard pic as below. The tram pole is solid now.
Phil
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Radiorails
master brummie
Given the 1933 changes and most Birmingham trams got top covers by 1925 suggest a date maybe of the early 1920's.
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
This is a postcard, the title, the number on it and the fact that the publisher put copyright on it indicates this. Can anyone identify the photographer/publisher? If anyone has this card, it has the look of a mass publication by a recognised postcard publisher rather than a photograph issued with a postcard back of which there could be just five or six or a multitude. Once again a postcard collector would or should recognise it immediately and give chapter and verse on it.Four pics starting with a 1920s view of Colmore Row with electric trams visible alongside the churchyard. This is the only pic where I have seen trams in that location.
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The track in that part of Colmore Row was removed by 1933 according this map.
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Another 1920s view in the opposite direction and although the tracks still remain by the churchyard the overhead wires appear to have been removed.
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A pic posted earlier (in post#95 in the other Colmore Row thread) shows the tram track still in the road but no overhead wires. Strangely the Bluecoat School roof shows through through the tram pole.
from https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/colmore-row.36120/page-5#post-490983
Bob
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
I don't know the source of the pic because it is not actually in my post. It is a link to an existing forum pic which was posted back in 2013. I presume the pic was a scan of the postcard by a vendor and someone did a rather poor image edit in the top right corner.
I've merged two 'Colmore Row' threads into one. There may now be earlier, unseen posts in this thread. Viv.
Some history of the Barclays Bank building on Colmore Row at the junction with Church Street. From memory I think the bank has since been rebuilt, but in a similar style. Viv.
Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
Sorry. May I butt in and ask for advice?....this is an old pic of the junction of Colmore Row, Steelhouse Lane, and Bull Street...from the cars I would guess 1940s....and the bit I don't get is the pointy spired, round tower building on the right looking down Steelhouse Lane (I think).....never seen anything like that in any book, or on here...is it me...?
