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Corporation Street
- Thread starter dek carr
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I always think of Corporation St as lined with tall shops, but the north end was neve like that. It once was industrial and I suppose, in a way, it still is. Then by Moland St was Dobson's scapyard:,
and now it is the student industry
and now it is the student industry
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thanks mike...looking so different nowI always think of Corporation St as lined with tall shops, but the north end was neve like that. It once was industrial and I suppose, in a way, it still is. Then by Moland St was Dobson's scapyard:,
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lyn
Same here Mike, although I was very aware of how far Corporation Street extended having worked at Midland Counties Dairy (corner Bagot Street). I know in recent years discovering Corporation Street history (through BHF) and the cutting of the street to create Chamberlain's 'boulrvard' it doesn't fit with the industrialised section going out of Town. Was this section formerly another street which joined up to the more fashionable late 1800s town end of Corporation Street ?
A building being demolished in Corporation Street. You can see The Grand Casino (not looking very grand) and Saunders opticians opposite. The building would have been 131 133, 135 Corporation st, once Crane & Sons, pianoforte dealers. They (and 131-135) ceased to be listed between the 1949 and 1950 directories, so it is reasonable to assume that the photo was taken around then.
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i know mike..ive seen that one before...madness but i have often wondered if that man is a just a dummy..somehow he does not look real to meI saved the photo, with its original title, but did not notice when I posted.
But quite safe compared to this 1950s photo
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lyn
pjmburns
master brummie
I agreeLyn. He looks like a dummy.i know mike..ive seen that one before...madness but i have often wondered if that man is a just a dummy..somehow he does not look real to me
lyn
Radiorails
master brummie
Judging by the steam tram I would say that 1920 is not correct, possibly a date of 1880 or thereabouts.
If He was a Dummy, Whoever put him in that position had a lot of Bottle !!
Radiorails
master brummie
well, it would be "a lot of gottle" I think.
Looks like the 1960s? My Nan was photographed coming out of C&A by a street photographer. These photographers were very useful for people who didn't have cameras. I wouldn't have had any wedding photos if it wasn't for them!
A very busy pre-Christmas crowd alongside the #6 bus stop.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
A view of the Court Dining rooms and commercial Hotel on the corner of Corporation Street and Newton Street. This must have been taken in the early 1890s,. One can see the edge of the Law Court buildings (later extended after demolition of the dining rooms) with boarding in front showing they are still being constructed. Cannot find a mention of them in directories under that name, though there is mention of a coffee house, and in 1886 the address is given for communication with someone seeking a house near the city centre. the papers on the windows might indicate that demolition is imminent, as does the digging up of the road in front, possibly to seal off gas pipes. To the right of it is a building on which you can just read A. H XXXXXX. This is. or was, certainly Alfred Hawkesford, a cork manufacturer, while the building to the right of that would once have been Charles Cooper & Co, bookbinders.
