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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Edit. There is a thread for the 1960s New Street Station here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/new-st-station-1960s.20585/
From New street Remembered by Donald J Smith
The building of New Street New Street took seven years, demolition of the area started in 1846 and cost half a million pounds. Interesting to us is the names of the streets that were demolished. Pleck Lane, The Froggery 'an unsavoury network of courts and alleys', Little Colmore Street and King street. Three nonconformist chapels were demolished. The Chapel., The Welsh Chapel and the Lady Huntingdon Chapel. The first Birmingham Synagogue and the old prison house in Pleck Lane were all pulled down.
Etching below courtesy Donald J smith.
From New street Remembered by Donald J Smith
The building of New Street New Street took seven years, demolition of the area started in 1846 and cost half a million pounds. Interesting to us is the names of the streets that were demolished. Pleck Lane, The Froggery 'an unsavoury network of courts and alleys', Little Colmore Street and King street. Three nonconformist chapels were demolished. The Chapel., The Welsh Chapel and the Lady Huntingdon Chapel. The first Birmingham Synagogue and the old prison house in Pleck Lane were all pulled down.
Etching below courtesy Donald J smith.