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Hill Street

these photos are amazing,when you think how things have changed throughout the years
 
Thanks for the picture Mike. It is one of only two I know of which show a horse tram in Victoria Square. The original horse tram route in Birmingham ran through from Carters Green, West Bromwich via Hockley to Colmore Row, continuing via Paradise Street and Suffolk Street to the Bristol Road, terminating at Bournbrook. It was opened in stages beween 1875 and 1879, but the section between Colmore Row and the bottom of Suffolk Street hill became disused in the mid 1880s. The busy Hockley line was converted to cable operation in 1888, terminating in Colmore Row by the future cathedral. Meanwhile the Bournbrook route terminated just after crossing Navigation Street. I recently discovered that old Kelly's direrctories list a tramway waiting room on the corner of Suffolk Street and Navigation Street.
Peter
 
just come accross this pic of hill st...cant be certain but i dont think its been posted before...the GPO bridge that was bombed during the war..

lyn
 
I don't suppose anyone has a picture of Green Street or Alcester Street in the 1870's???
 
hi folks...if you go to post 37 and look at cuppas brillent pic and then look at this one ive just found you could almost put them side by side to make one big pic...this one shows christ church...the temp hotel and a long view of new street...i did try and save cuppas pic so that i could post both pics side by side but it wont let me save it..

lyn
 
hill st dated 1870

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Amazing - so different from how it is now!

Would that be some sort of little factory in the foreground on the left, I wonder what they did there?
 
In 1868 the businesses listed for that stretch of road going down from Paradise St to Navigation St were:
65 Martineau & Smith, brass cock founders,
66 Hyett Charles, gas fitter
67 Cole Samuel, chair maker
68 Bromage Frederick , beer retailer
In 1872 the beer retailer had changed names and the brass cock founder had gone.
Later directories show that no 66 is south of swallow St, so I tend to think it might be the brass cock founder's premises
mike
 
thank you mike for that extra info..did anyone notice the ghostly figure standing in the middle of the road...
 
Pity Hill Street was stripped of its arch. The arch seems to have gone through various reductions over time. It once had a clock and coat of arms, then it changes to a very bland arch (rebuilt or just stripped back?) to finally being entirely removed. Viv.

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Doesn't look much like the Birmingham Hill St, but of course, as we have found with Digbeth before, there are other Hill Streets
 
i thought the same mike looks a tad narrow to me but who knows..places changed so much...i guess only a look up will help to see if there was a queens head pub there..nice photo viv..
 
Looks steeper than Hill Street in Brum. However, coupled with the cobbles, I would relish going up here on a bicycle. I don't think I'm aware of such a pub in Birmingham. Something is telling me Brierley Hill or perhaps Dudley?? The Brierley Hill road of this name was quite steep - not as long as it once was though. There used to be a Batham's pub at the top of the hill called the Spread Eagle. Not aware of an Original Queen's Head here though - but you never know!!
 
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Looks steeper than Hill Street in Brum. However, coupled with the cobbles, I would relish going up here on a bicycle. I don't think I'm aware of such a pub in Birmingham. Something is telling me Brierley Hill or perhaps Dudley?? The Brierley Hill road of this name was quite steep - not as long as it once was though. There used to be a Batham's pub at the top of the hill called the Spread Eagle. Not aware of an Original Queen's Head here though - but you never know!!
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I love a hill - here I am in 2014 on a very famous cobbled street used in the Hovis adverts years ago
 

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Vivienne14 said:
Can anyone confirm if this is Hill Street please ? If so where does the opening between the two pillars lead to ? New St Station ? Image dated 1912. Viv.

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Viv
You say image ated 1912, but none of the clothing looks 1912, nor do the bicycles, in fact the man walking behind the tram looks positively post-war (reminds me of that running man who appeared in a few pictures). The tram is in the pre - war colours, although some remained like that until after the war. What did the destination blind on the tram read?

Bob
 
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