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Hall Of Memory

eric i just love it and like you wish it looked like that now...you are being very generous again with donating your painting for the xmas raffle...is that the 4th or 5th one??

lyn
 
Its 5 so far, but I'd like to give the organizer(s) one for organizing the meet (which I enjoy). Not sure whether its Vicki or Penelope or both. Yes, I can remember when it looked like that, why it was altered I do not know nor understand why. It was perfect as it was, lawns, trees, flower beds, paths and seats, what more can you want? I will probably paint a couple more, at my age I don't know how many more meets I'll be able to attend especially if I stop motoring. Eric
 
Eric,

That's just great and more or less how I best remember it from my time, with grass and the old Civic Centre, in which a few of my Council employee friends worked while the rest of us were in the Council House Extension in Congreve Street. :-)

Maurice
 

Opening the Hall​


The Hall of Memory was opened by H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught on 4th July 1925. Built of Portland Stone, and constructed almost entirely by Birmingham craftsmen, it cost £60,000 raised solely through public donations.
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Spirit of Britain one of two figures causing controversy at the Hall of Memory 1938. Viv.

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I was in Birmingham yesterday. - Walking past the Hall of Memory I noticed a bloke in the process of putting a poster on the side of it! - I challenged him and and he scarpered. But then I stood back to look at the state of the Hall. - Its quite shocking. There are plants growing out of the top of it (what looks like a small tree in one case!). Graffiti has been crudely removed from one side of the hall, but its clearly still visible.
Its only three weeks until remembrance Sunday, and to see the Hall in this state is depressing. Its it's centenary this year as well (built in 1925). It seems Birmingham has forgotten its fallen heroes.

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Family history is that my Grandfather worked on the Hall of Memory as he was a stonemason. He also fought in WWI so it is likely that he would have had a strong connection to the Hall. I've scoured the photos but couldn't recognise him. His name was Frank Bayliss from King's Heath. I think of him every time we pass the Hall.
 
Dinger said:
I was in Birmingham yesterday. - Walking past the Hall of Memory I noticed a bloke in the process of putting a poster on the side of it! - I challenged him and and he scarpered. But then I stood back to look at the state of the Hall. - Its quite shocking. There are plants growing out of the top of it (what looks like a small tree in one case!). Graffiti has been crudely removed from one side of the hall, but its clearly still visible.
Its only three weeks until remembrance Sunday, and to see the Hall in this state is depressing. Its it's centenary this year as well (built in 1925). It seems Birmingham has forgotten its fallen heroes.

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yes its a sad fact that birmingham city council do not give a jot about the hall of memory...its been in need of a good clean and certain repairs for years now...oh well so long as the library and other modern buildings are ok i guess thats all they care about.. :mad:

lyn
 
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