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OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

SteveBhx said:
Bit of spare time so a few more pictures for you - in this picture the canal and foreground is recognisable but much of the background has gone, factories flattened and the bridge over the railway too.

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great photo steve and soon to change again when the longboat pub is demolished...had many a happy hour in there

lyn
 
The £7 Dryer in #1416 - was that one of those Flatley things or a tumble dryer. I seem to recollect that the Flatleys were around £3.50, but have no idea of the price of a tumble dryer in those times as we were never rich enough to buy one!

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SteveBhx said:
Something a bit different, a advert hoarding of a type I don't recall, in a location I don't know.
The wall sign in the background is distinctive so perhaps that might help. The Cadbury sign has not changed much over the years, but I don't think you can get a dryer for £7 and what happened to the MEB!!

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Interesting that the advertisements are all for local companies. It's also an unusual structure. Maybe for a special local event.
 
SteveBhx said:
Finally the top of Cherry Street showing what has gone on both sides of the road. Fine selection of fashions where short seems to be in. Note the gent just coming back with his purchase from Rackham's. In the distance is a wallpaper shop and a fine enamel road sign above the door. The observant may have noticed a sign for Monday 2nd October 1972 , so we know the year - any idea of the event?

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I think Cherry Wallpapers had an earlier shop that faced directly on to Cherry St opposite the later Rackhams building. I can remember my Dad taking me there to look at the display of papers in the window (and the price!).
 
SteveBhx said:
Here is a picture of the Rotunda nearing completion, some floors lacking windows and the shops round the base boarded up. The front of New street station is still there so before re build. To eras of Corporation bus on show, front and rear entry types. Note also cars coming out of the High Street / New Street turning, also like the Times Furnishing sign with Burton tailoring underneath.

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A picture taken by my late uncle from a lower position, showing the Rotunda a little earlier in its development.
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The building of the Rotunda (around 1964) - Old Birmingham

By Pedrocut. A scan of a slide taken by my late uncle. The Rotunda was completed in 1965.
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Tinpot said:
I think Cherry Wallpapers had an earlier shop that faced directly on to Cherry St opposite the later Rackhams building. I can remember my Dad taking me there to look at the display of papers in the window (and the price!).
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Was the date, apart from being my birthday, the introduction of "Pedestrianisation" of Cherry St.?
 
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Hi people. I have been reading your wonderful posts with especially the photos for some days.
Many pages ago you were discussing the car registration COM1C. Moss garage was mentioned. I can confirm that Moss Garage was at 1163 Chester Road. I worked at Contractors Plant Group which was at 1161. The CP Group had purchased the site from Hangers Ford in around '69/70. Here is your picture of 1157 dated 1968. You can see the post, just about, but the "OL of the PETROL sign is visible. Then look at my picture taken from inside 1161 showing my Austin-Healey Sprite in 1960/70, the sign is there as is the PETROL sign on Moss Garages forecourt. Plus a pic of me with my MGB in 1970 oside 1161.
I seem to remember that the house next door [1159] was new. CP Group purchased a large part of the rear garden.
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So I can catagorically confirm Moss Garage was at 1163 Chester Road, Erdington.
 
Keith Belcher said:
Hi people. I have been reading your wonderful posts with especially the photos for some days.
Many pages ago you were discussing the car registration COM1C. Moss garage was mentioned. I can confirm that Moss Garage was at 1163 Chester Road. I worked at Contractors Plant Group which was at 1161. The CP Group had purchased the site from Hangers Ford in around '69/70. Here is your picture of 1157 dated 1968. You can see the post, just about, but the "OL of the PETROL sign is visible. Then look at my picture taken from inside 1161 showing my Austin-Healey Sprite in 1960/70, the sign is there as is the PETROL sign on Moss Garages forecourt. Plus a pic of me with my MGB in 1970 oside 1161.
I seem to remember that the house next door [1159] was new. CP Group purchased a large part of the rear garden.
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So I can catagorically confirm Moss Garage was at 1163 Chester Road, Erdington.
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Hi Keith, welcome and thanks for taking the time to provide the pictures and information, glad you enjoy the photographs
 
Keith Belcher said:
Hi people. I have been reading your wonderful posts with especially the photos for some days.
Many pages ago you were discussing the car registration COM1C. Moss garage was mentioned. I can confirm that Moss Garage was at 1163 Chester Road. I worked at Contractors Plant Group which was at 1161. The CP Group had purchased the site from Hangers Ford in around '69/70. Here is your picture of 1157 dated 1968. You can see the post, just about, but the "OL of the PETROL sign is visible. Then look at my picture taken from inside 1161 showing my Austin-Healey Sprite in 1960/70, the sign is there as is the PETROL sign on Moss Garages forecourt. Plus a pic of me with my MGB in 1970 oside 1161.
I seem to remember that the house next door [1159] was new. CP Group purchased a large part of the rear garden.
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So I can catagorically confirm Moss Garage was at 1163 Chester Road, Erdington.
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I recall there was also a factory called Moss Gears too
 
Keith Belcher said:
Hi people. I have been reading your wonderful posts with especially the photos for some days.
Many pages ago you were discussing the car registration COM1C. Moss garage was mentioned. I can confirm that Moss Garage was at 1163 Chester Road. I worked at Contractors Plant Group which was at 1161. The CP Group had purchased the site from Hangers Ford in around '69/70. Here is your picture of 1157 dated 1968. You can see the post, just about, but the "OL of the PETROL sign is visible. Then look at my picture taken from inside 1161 showing my Austin-Healey Sprite in 1960/70, the sign is there as is the PETROL sign on Moss Garages forecourt. Plus a pic of me with my MGB in 1970 oside 1161.
I seem to remember that the house next door [1159] was new. CP Group purchased a large part of the rear garden.
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So I can catagorically confirm Moss Garage was at 1163 Chester Road, Erdington.
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hi keith thanks for the post and information...what a suburb car the austin healey is..

lyn
 
Keith Belcher said:
Hi people. I have been reading your wonderful posts with especially the photos for some days.
Many pages ago you were discussing the car registration COM1C. Moss garage was mentioned. I can confirm that Moss Garage was at 1163 Chester Road. I worked at Contractors Plant Group which was at 1161. The CP Group had purchased the site from Hangers Ford in around '69/70. Here is your picture of 1157 dated 1968. You can see the post, just about, but the "OL of the PETROL sign is visible. Then look at my picture taken from inside 1161 showing my Austin-Healey Sprite in 1960/70, the sign is there as is the PETROL sign on Moss Garages forecourt. Plus a pic of me with my MGB in 1970 oside 1161.
I seem to remember that the house next door [1159] was new. CP Group purchased a large part of the rear garden.
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Without the haze, regards, John.
 

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Next an image of change - I have a selection of these showing how the city was rebuilt. Alpha Tower was a few floors up and the TV studios were nearly finished. ( Interestingly I have images of the building to the left of the bank been demolished which I will post some day.) The Library is under construction - how many years was it before they closed in the wind tunnel underneath!. Also note the strange sloping car park at the rear of Baskerville house.
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Here is another anonymous picture of the suburbs, with the old and new together. No clue although the picture in the foreground may be recognisable to someone. The properties in the background seem to be the standard council buildings which were built in Newtown and Ladywood and many other locations. Nice motorbike under the covers - a "proper" bike probably made locally.

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For this picture we have to thank Uncle Ernest, someone else who had dozens of slides and negatives and a couple that were interesting. Another view of the redevelopment of Birmingham, a bit earlier than the previous view , plenty of cranes and a few old building that survived at that time on the right. I presume this is his car in the foreground - again another snowy winters day.

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SteveBhx said:
Next an image of change - I have a selection of these showing how the city was rebuilt. Alpha Tower was a few floors up and the TV studios were nearly finished. ( Interestingly I have images of the building to the left of the bank been demolished which I will post some day.) The Library is under construction - how many years was it before they closed in the wind tunnel underneath!. Also note the strange sloping car park at the rear of Baskerville house.
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great shot steve....some may know already but just in case...the car park to the right of baskerville house was once the site of the winfield brass co and before the new library was built on the site the archeologists went in and excavated the whole site...i spent many days up there taking photos..steve which bank was demolished?

lyn
 
Finally to a more modern picture although this is still 40 odd years old, 70 Hazelwell Street in 1973. People with shopping bags on a damp day. Cigarettes at 21p and advert next to it extols the virtues of letting your fingers do the walking. A look down the road on the right sees a large lorry coming towards us and note there is no litter - different times! Enjoy

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SteveBhx said:
Here is another anonymous picture of the suburbs, with the old and new together. No clue although the picture in the foreground may be recognisable to someone. The properties in the background seem to be the standard council buildings which were built in Newtown and Ladywood and many other locations. Nice motorbike under the covers - a "proper" bike probably made locally.

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would lay money on it not being newtown steve...i would know if it was..hopefully someone may know

lyn
 
Astoness said:
great shot steve....some may know already but just in case...the car park to the right of baskerville house was once the site of the winfield brass co and before the new library was built on the site the archeologists went in and excavated the whole site...i spent many days up there taking photos..steve which bank was demolished?

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Sorry my wording the building to the left of the bank
 

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The modern lot are three story maisonettes, my brother and his family moved into a newly built one in the sixties in the council's overspill estate in Aldridge.
 
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There is a street sign on the right. I have tried to clarify it but not much success, my eyesight is not that good. Could be Church Street,Road, Lane or something similar???
 
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