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Corporation Street

there was a gun shop in the row of shops next to the fire station what was it called? any one know the name please
 
the hundreds of times i went into town never went in the king hall market

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Wal I was too small and always got chased out of the Amusement Arcade, even at the age of 14 I was only 4ft 10 inches and looked about 10 years of age. Luckily I sprouted up about 6 inches in my last year at school. This is a photo of the Shalimar that was in Lower Priory underneath the...
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Can anyone remember the colours of the England's (shoe shop) logo ? I have it in my head it was red letters on a very glossy black background, but is that right ? Viv.
 
Vivienne14 said:
Can anyone remember the colours of the England's (shoe shop) logo ? I have it in my head it was red letters on a very glossy black background, but is that right ? Viv.
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Hi Viv,

I don't remember an England's logo but wonder if they used the shop name in italics as their logo. It appeared on the front of their shops and [I think!] their boxes. Have attached a phot of Soho Road which just shows Englands shop in the 1960s or 1970s. next to Withers. Metal letters on blue background.
This is from the Library of BHam collection. I think the Corporation shop had metal capital letters on a shiny black background as well as the italic version on the corner higher up. eng.png
 
Vivienne14 said:
Don't recall seeing this one before. Possibly a 1920s view. It shows the Victoria Hotel to the right. I've copied a photo posted by Richie on the City Centre Photographs thread for comparison of the hotel, later (I think) renamed the New Victoria Hotel. Seems like the street level entance to the hotel was later taken over by Englands Shoes. Viv.

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I used to be the night porter at the new Victoria Hotel, 1970's. I remember having to feed the parking meters in the morning for the guests. LOL happy, happy days.
 
John L said:
At first glance, I thought that the lady in the dark coat, at the back of the bus queue, was talking into a mobile phone! :laughing:
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john that is exactly what i thought too...then i remembered the date of the photo :D which just goes to prove that the angle etc of a photo can be deceiving

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The 'no right turn' was for Martineau Street. The trams for Perry Barr 6, Alum Rock 8 and Washwood Heath 10 all emerged from their starting point there and entered Corporation Street.
 
Shape of things to come in March 1960.
“An artist's imression of the 13-storey block of shops and offices being built by the Corporation Street Estates Co., in Corporation Street, Birmingham. Union Street—-to be widened--is on the right of the picture, and the Bull Street-Corporation Street junction is in the back-ground.
The company now proposes to amend this scheme to provide shops 20 feet above ground over the canopy which runs round the building, and give links by bridges to development in Union Street and across Corporation Street.”
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“A model of a £1,500,000 building which will overlook Old Square, Birmingham, in three years' time. The building will be for two of the city's best-known warehouse firms, Bell and Nicolson Ltd. and Richard Lunt and Co. Ltd. On an island site bounded by Corporation Street, Old Square and Upper Priory and Steelhouse Lane, the building now being built will have nine floors with a ramp-entrance for cars and parking space for customers.}
(Birmingham Weekly Post, February 1959)

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Pedrocut said:
“A model of a £1,500,000 building which will overlook Old Square, Birmingham, in three years' time. The building will be for two of the city's best-known warehouse firms, Bell and Nicolson Ltd. and Richard Lunt and Co. Ltd. On an island site bounded by Corporation Street, Old Square and Upper Priory and Steelhouse Lane, the building now being built will have nine floors with a ramp-entrance for cars and parking space for customers.}
(Birmingham Weekly Post, February 1959)

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Interesting! - The building seems to have stood the test of time well. It has a new glass facia facing onto Old Square. Of course the sunken shops and associated subways have long gone. - Modern view today at link below...
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Pedrocut said:
“A model of a £1,500,000 building which will overlook Old Square, Birmingham, in three years' time. The building will be for two of the city's best-known warehouse firms, Bell and Nicolson Ltd. and Richard Lunt and Co. Ltd. On an island site bounded by Corporation Street, Old Square and Upper Priory and Steelhouse Lane, the building now being built will have nine floors with a ramp-entrance for cars and parking space for customers.}
(Birmingham Weekly Post, February 1959)

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The Blood Donor centre was also in the building back in the 70s, I used to go there as we were allowed time off work if you wished to donate!
 
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