wales, not quite the part you wanted as 70 was lower down.
Ray
Hi Phil,Hi Sammie
The photos on Facebook, more than likely originated here, Silks cafe and Bookies moved around quite a bit and to my knowledge at one time moved from the corner of Colman Street Street and Henry Street to the corner of Great Lister Street and Henry Street as demolition made it's way through Nechells.
I know this link has information concerning Silks and Henry Street it'self but if you intent reading through set aside some time because it is quite long.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/gosta-green-through-duddeston.10613/
The attached photo is the one on the corner of Colman Street.
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Thanks Phil. I believe it unusual for all windows to be blocked re the tax, usually only some. Having lived in old houses - one in now around 500 years old - I was never in one with bricked windows as it happens. However maybe there is or was some history about the place.Radiorails
The windows being bricked up could well have been due to the window tax as the building looks like it could have been built toward the end of that era. Perhaps they built the windows with the intention of installing real windows after the tax was repealed. There were quite a few houses around Birmingham with bricked up windows similar to these.