OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

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Back into the city Centre and the Waterloo Bar in New Street, love the large sign for Billiards, and the large portico which is an imposing look, top end of New street - is this where the RBSA is / was - hard to locate as all my reference addresses have moved - was going to say near the Halifax BS but that went ages ago too!!

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Yes it was there Steve although you had'nt got all that portico and columns all over the pavements in the late 50'/60's

 

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Moving onto Paradise Street now and somewhere else which has under gone change - from the centre building with the three eaves all the building to the left have disappeared and not for the best, another glass fronted box with no real architectural merit - not compared with what was there before. Was Stanford and Mann in this block?
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I can recall a S&M Steve stationery shop I recall The Everyman Stationery opposite St Peter's Passage S&M was further up Broad St

 

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C.V.Crabtree was a butcher who had at various times different shops. I believe that this was at 109 Hockley hill, with the M & B off licence at 110. He did also have a shop at 98 Crabtree Road, with off licence next door at no 100 (Ernest Melhuish at 100 in 1949) , but the buttchers and off licence are the wrong way round in that case

Mike it says C V Bull plus the offie is Good Cheers Cellars thats why its muddled

 

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Now this one is local to where I was born as opposed to my local, and was taken a week before I was born !!
This is the Old Horns on the Queslett Road, Great Barr, I was doing a compare / contrast on Street view and the is a passing resemblance as it has been extended both ends and the chimneys have all changed as well as a massive change of the roads - imagine a zebra crossing these days. Note the scales in the entrance, the fancy chimneys and the leading on the chimneys.
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Steve after the demise of the drink Brew X1 from most M & B pubs in favour of John Smiths or somesuch , my son had a house dow by this pub we went for a drink and what had they got on tap Brew X1 I thoght I'd found the Holy Grail

 

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Next we have 78 Springfield Street, Ladywood, on the 29th October 1964, I assume an Off -license / outdoor, three storeys with single rooms on the front judging by the windows, note also the tiny window on the side. The property next door seems a bit worse for wear, door and window bricked up and a first floor winout of

I guess the reason it was bricked up Steve was it was round about the time of demolition .