Digbeth

[Astoness]

digbeth 1960s

lyn

 

[AnnS]

Looked a bit grim in the 1890's, but i suspect a good many areas around the city were not much different to Digbeth.

 

[Astoness]

just getting the hang of this new site...lots of photos of digbeth

wk-d1 | Birmingham Archives & Collections

wk-d1

birmingham.access.preservica.com

 

[Time Traveller 66]

digbeth 1960s

lyn

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Great photo shows how busy it was compared to now.

 

[Pedrocut]

Pencil Drawing. Houses and Corner of bridge over River Rea, Digbeth, Birmingham
By F. Chamberlain.
(Birmingham Museums)

 

[Pedrocut]

You can get a print of the above picture from Alamy for 24 quid. I doesn’t seem any better than the screen shot taken from the Birmingham Museums site under Creative Commons !

 

[Vivienne14]

Two threads about Digbeth have now been merged.

 

[Astoness]

this is labelled spencer house also known as digbeth garage...would anyone know the exact location please.. nice building but i doubt its still there..sorry no date

lyn

 

[Taxi Tom]

this is labelled spencer house also known as digbeth garage...would anyone know the exact location please.. nice building but i doubt its still there..sorry no dateView attachment 204425

lyn

I think this is Digbeth coach station corner of Mill lane, was Midland Red now National Express

 

[Astoness]

thanks tom i did wonder if that is where it was

lyn

 

[A Sparks]

I just checked out the history of the building (interested as it's my surname too!!)...

Spencer House in Birmingham (Digbeth Garage):

• Function:
  Served as the offices for Midland Red, a major bus company in the Midlands.
• Naming:
  Named in honor of Sir John Spencer Wills, chairman of Midland Red.
• Reconstruction:
  The Digbeth frontage was reconstructed in 1958, and the building was named Spencer House at that time.
• Part of Digbeth Garage:
  The building was part of the larger Digbeth Garage complex, which included bus maintenance and storage facilities.

 

[Vivienne14]

Aeriel view posted by the late Oldmohawk on the Midland Red Digbeth thread.

 

[Vivienne14]

This is how I remember it. I used it as a student for coaches back to London Victoria when I couldn't afford the train. But I don't remember any Midland Red buses in the station, it was mostly National Express coaches. Was this the Midland Red terminus before the bus station in Station Street ?