Hill Street

[Radiorails]

The tram is on route 39 which was Hill Street to Alcester Lanes End via Balsall Heath. Electric trams commenced on this route in 1907 but route numbers were not introduced until 1915. The trams, one of the series 401 - 450 were built in 1912. all but one survived until 1949.
I agree the clothing is more post WW2. so I also think the date of the photo refers to the building date of the tram. All of which suggests that dates on photos may be confusing.

 

[Lemonella]

Did my Post Office training at the top of Hill St,to become a5 o clock start Postman

I remember the post office at the top of Hill Street, it had high ceilings!

 

[Vivienne14]

A bridge to carry Hill Street over the railway tracks. Viv.


Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[Suzanne123]

i havnt seen many pics of hill st so heres one ive just come accross...

hill st late 1800s looking up to victoria square and the temerperance hotel on the right..this is now the site of the gpo...

Hi all, I'm new here. How do I see the pic please?

 

[mikejee]

Some years ago the site was hacked, and we lost all our images. Many have been replaced, but not all. I am certain (from date that I saved the image) that this was the image. I have also replaced it in the post concerned

 

[Suzanne123]

Some years ago the site was hacked, and we lost all our images. Many have been replaced, but not all. I am certain (from date that I saved the image) that this was the image. I have also replaced it in the post concerned


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Brilliant! Thank you

 

[Vivienne14]

A dedication parade for St Judes Church. Are they at the junction with Station Street (Crown pub on the corner - to the right) ? Not too sure.

Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[mikejee]

Yes, that is definitely the crown on the right

 

[Dave89]

Hi,

Yes, and on the far right just the corner of where Alex's Pie Stand used to be.

Happy memories!

Kind regards
Dave

 

[Pedrocut]

Hill Street/Station Street, 3rd November 1953.
(From Birmingham at Work)

 

[Bob Davis]

Hill Street/Station Street, 3rd November 1953.
(From Birmingham at Work)

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No hard hats, visi jackets,or Harass fencing, but spectators and what an excavator!
Bob

 

[Radiorails]

Looks rather like the removal of tram tracks after the system total closure.

 

[Vivienne14]

Was wondering what the railings were on the left behind the diversion sign. Public toilets ? Viv.

 

[Pedrocut]

Yes there were Public Toilets there on a small island if I remember correctly.

 

[Richard Dye]

I love a hill - here I am in 2014 on a very famous cobbled street used in the Hovis adverts years ago

Great photo!

 

[BrummieGeoff]

A good early view of Hill Street from the Navigation Street junction that I haven't seen posted before. It's tagged as 1879. It shows the Sampson and Lion pub, the Derby House pub on the corner of Swallow Street, and the Post Office on the corner of Paradise Street. The background skyline shows the Town Hall, the Council House and Christ Church.

 

[Janet Hunt]

One here from Birmingham Museum

 

[mikejee]

Here is a rather blurry photo of a tram picking up passengers in the middle of the street in 1938.

 

[mikejee]

Two threads combined.
Below is a drawing of part of Hill Street which, up till then, had been Tonk St, between Station Street and St Jude's, which can just be seen on the left. Samuel Beckett, on the corner, was a coffin maker, and Alfred Allen a furniture dealer.

 

[Astoness]

Two threads combined.
Below is a drawing of part of Hill Street which, up till then, had been Tonk St, between Station Street and St Jude's, which can just be seen on the left. Samuel Beckett, on the corner, was a coffin maker, and Alfred Allen a furniture dealer.

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mike i wonder if tonk st was named after newman tonks...just a thought

Manufacturing specialised brass fittings for the home, Newman Tonks became one of the principal industries in Birmingham in the 19th Century