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shame as i have a photo of boyes butchers at 348...not close enough but getting closer

lyn
 
I hope this may help, maybe the premises in question is the shop to the far left of the photo with the cinema in the background. It shows The Vine Inn in the middle and also what would be Happy Harry's gates on the left. There is no signage on Happy Harry's so I would presume this photo was taken well before he occupied the premises. I can't see any clues as to a date when this was taken but seems very early.

Just noticed this picture has already been post in another thread titled "Vine Inn Harborne" by Lyn, (Astoness). Credit must go to her for the discovery of this photo.

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Thanks Dave, but that photo was posted on post 12 and it is a later time than the shop was there, as the Regency can just (in part) be seen on the very far left
 
That’s what I thought Dave - see post #12. The photo looks much older than it is. But Mike says it’s 1965. What I thought was interesting about this photo was that the retail premises on the end were still there in 1965. If I’ve understood all this correctly, and according to to Pedro’s post #25, these premises were Albert Trouts beer retailing business in 1915 and Samuel Smith Evans wine and spirit merchants in 1940. I did wonder if they were connected with the Vine. In fact I wondered if the whole stretch in view from the Vine to the Royalty, including the low level wall and whatever was behind it, were connected to the Vine.

This led me to my later question as to whether the rebuilding of the Vine was on a larger footprint because they may have had a business interest in the wine and spirits shop. All speculation of course. But sometimes it can throw up new snippets of info to help solve the original query.

Viv.
 
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Sorry Viv only just realised you had already posted it earlier, must get my eyes tested. The photo looks 30's or 40's to me. I wish there was something in the photo to suggest a date. May even be older with the sepia tone however that may be misleading. There does not appear to be any road signs or road markings in the picture, maybe that is a clue to the date .
 
Vivienne14 said:
That’s Ok Dave. We’re all enthusiastic here; both Lyn, yourself and myself have all posted the photo on either here or the Vine Inn thread. I’ve posted it three times !

We’ve learned in the past you can never have enough photos ! Viv.
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Viv, you all put a lot of effort into this site. It does show that if you ask, someone out there may have the answer to that question.

Thanks
Nick S Phillips ‍♂️
 
Nick Phillips said:
Viv, you all put a lot of effort into this site. It does show that if you ask, someone out there may have the answer to that question.

Thanks
Nick S Phillips ‍♂
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quite right nick...as the old saying goes "theres nowt in this world for the dumb" i am still working on finding this elusive photo...

lyn
 
I just came across this on another site.....

"The Royalty Cinema in Harborne, Birmingham, was designed by celebrated picture house architect Horace G Bradley during the first great wave of cinema building and opened on 20th October, 1930. "

So the photo's in posts 12 & 29 must have been taken after 1930. It must have been taken early morning too, the milk is still on the step of The Vine Inn!
 
Dave Riley said:
I just came across this on another site.....

"The Royalty Cinema in Harborne, Birmingham, was designed by celebrated picture house architect Horace G Bradley during the first great wave of cinema building and opened on 20th October, 1930. "

So the photo's in posts 12 & 29 must have been taken after 1930. It must have been taken early morning too, the milk is still on the step of The Vine Inn!
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Dave, I was looking at "The Royality Cinema" today it does have 1930 on the front of the building.

Where would I find post 12 & 29?

Thanks
Nick S Phillips ‍♂️.
 
Here is an early (early 1900s?) view of Harborne High Street, showing CC Barrow and Sons at 206,208 High Street. This is not to be confused with Barrows Stores, though they seem to have sold similar products.

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