superdad3
master brummie
TQ in post 1710 above mentions "
The cube building in P1705 just across the road from the corner of The Royalty may well have been something else at times beforehand, but for me was always The Police Station. Seemingly with some history in that role as accompanying photos suggest, until eventually demolished"
The building that became Harborne Police Station was built about 1730 as the Harborne Free School [ie a chrity school] but rebuilt in 1821. In 1837 the school moved to a newsite near the parish church of St Peters. I can't trace when it became the police station but interestingly when Birmingham wanted to annexe Harborne in 1890 one of the promises made by way of inducement was that the Hatborne Police Force would be raised from six to nine. It closed as a plice station when Rose Road station opened.
This is another photo by Phyliss Nicklin in 1961.
The cube building in P1705 just across the road from the corner of The Royalty may well have been something else at times beforehand, but for me was always The Police Station. Seemingly with some history in that role as accompanying photos suggest, until eventually demolished"
The building that became Harborne Police Station was built about 1730 as the Harborne Free School [ie a chrity school] but rebuilt in 1821. In 1837 the school moved to a newsite near the parish church of St Peters. I can't trace when it became the police station but interestingly when Birmingham wanted to annexe Harborne in 1890 one of the promises made by way of inducement was that the Hatborne Police Force would be raised from six to nine. It closed as a plice station when Rose Road station opened.
