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OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

Szymon said:
Thank you for the map and marking our house, so many memories come flooding back, our shared toilets by the court number 13, the brew house, looking down the yard to the entry to see my dad come home from work. I remember the cellar it was like a massive cave to me but my dad had to crouch.
Thanks again.
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have you found the great russell street thread yet with all the photos on it

lyn
 
SteveBhx said:
Next up same location but different view, and here we have a great sense of what has been lost - take time to get you bearings, Nelson Statue and the market Bottom left and Moor Street Station along the bottom edge, and the scar of the under pass / flyover heading out, and a nice grass island in front of the Fire Station.
It is the amount of building that have been lost amazes me come down Bull Street to High Street and Carrs Lane the amount of building that are just not there and to think we lost those for what is there today !!

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So true. I noticed when this photo was taken the McClaren building (previously called Londonderry House) had not been built and not a multi store car park in site.
 
Back in the city centre with another view down Cherry Street that has changed over the years, shops on the left have long gone now - note Wimbush bakers and the shoe repairs, now the bank and the old building on the right now replaced by shops, well Mac D's , I know what I prefer.
Girls on the left with ponchos, and the skirt length has risen. Further down the road you go the more recognisable it becomes.

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Still in the city centre with the classic view of Lewis's and the Minories this is Temple Row. Weald Furriers I assume at the entrance to Great Western Arcade, with a tobacconist nest door, now I seem to remember Hollingsworth's on the other side of the road - bit more of a cigar and tobacco place - loved the smell and the selection of pipes - dad is/ was a pipe smoke so he liked to look in the window. Note the zebra crossing and the "suits"


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I am posting these " as they come " so we are back to the top of Cherry Street, slightly different view, note the door of Tiffanies on the left, not much else to point out - there is a pedestrianisation sign for 2nd October 1972, lamppost with the sticking out bit - apparently to rest your ladder on when changing the bulb. and finally the man with the classic Rackhams shopping bag one assumes with a suit inside.

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SteveBhx said:
Back in the city centre with another view down Cherry Street that has changed over the years, shops on the left have long gone now - note Wimbush bakers and the shoe repairs, now the bank and the old building on the right now replaced by shops, well Mac D's , I know what I prefer.
Girls on the left with ponchos, and the skirt length has risen. Further down the road you go the more recognisable it becomes.

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great photo steve but i just cant remember that block of what looks like residential flats...sort of looks out of place...

lyn
 
Astoness said:
great photo steve but i just cant remember that block of what looks like residential flats...sort of looks out of place...

lyn
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Do you mean in the distance?
That's City Centre House in Union Street, mainly the offices of the Inland Revenue, I worked in there for a few years.
 
Okay I give up I recognise the location but the direction of the cars is throwing me!! Is that City Arcade to the right which makes it Union Street? (Ignore me just seen the street sign above Englands) Totally unrecognisable apart for the Arcade, traffic everywhere, proper shops, and a newspaper kiosk - I have mentioned before the posh ones that kept it all dry.
Two Ford cars Escort first then a Zephyr behind it. looks like a lot more people when you cram them on the pavement!!

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SteveBhx said:
Okay I give up I recognise the location but the direction of the cars is throwing me!! Is that City Arcade to the right which makes it Union Street? (Ignore me just seen the street sign above Englands) Totally unrecognisable apart for the Arcade, traffic everywhere, proper shops, and a newspaper kiosk - I have mentioned before the posh ones that kept it all dry.
Two Ford cars Escort first then a Zephyr behind it. looks like a lot more people when you cram them on the pavement!!

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I don't remember Englands on that corner but I do remember Brecknell's the ladies hat shop next door (and stretching into the Arcade)!
 
Re #2862. One lady stands out; wearing a blue tweed coat, a pinkish red hat and court shoes. Someone who refuses to give up her classic style. Probably just been shopping in Rackhams behind the photographer, doubt she was heading to C&A further down from England’s on Corporation Street.

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A Sparks said:
I don't remember Englands on that corner but I do remember Brecknell's the ladies hat shop next door (and stretching into the Arcade)!
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In the 70's my daily commute involved walking across "town" from the bus station in Dudley St to the bus stops by the B'ham Mail, this arcade was one of my variety of routes. Just along from Union St on the right hand side Birmingham council had a shop from where they sold souvenirs of Brum, scarfs, ties, mugs and the like. I suppose that similar items will be available for the Commonwealth games.
 
I had two favourite shops in Cherry Street - the Model Aerodrome at the top on the corner of Temple Row - it has become a different shop in the pic in #2857. At the lower end near Corporation Street was Grenvilles Sports Shop from where I bought a pair of ice hockey skates for £6 / 10s - and I've still got them ... :rolleyes:
 
I have another selection of slides for you, I do not know the location but I am sure it will be familiar to someone. Firstly can I apologies for the standard of the image it a rather dirty slide and not much to see there a re a few lorries and a van coming down the road and a fine selection of enamel signs above the shop in the road. There is some nice brickwork on the buildings too especially the one with the clock tower. It would be a timeless image if it was not for the high rise flats appearing in the background!.

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Next up is another location I am not sure of but I am sure those with the "books" will be able to locate The Brandwood Printing Co. Ltd. Fine Corporation Dust cart, and double parked in front a Ford Zephyr, whose number plate is from Dudley not the "O" prefix of the other vehicle. Nice van coming towards us and the back of a Morris Minor ( is that a Hillman disappearing to there right?) I like the street lamp and the iron framed windows of the buildings also.

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SteveBhx said:
Next up is another location I am not sure of but I am sure those with the "books" will be able to locate The Brandwood Printing Co. Ltd. Fine Corporation Dust cart, and double parked in front a Ford Zephyr, whose number plate is from Dudley not the "O" prefix of the other vehicle. Nice van coming towards us and the back of a Morris Minor ( is that a Hillman disappearing to there right?) I like the street lamp and the iron framed windows of the buildings also.

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Brandwood Printing had a place at 98 Sherlock Street in 1967
 
Another street view of an unknown location but a line of brick built industrial buildings make it look the era that it is, sorry forgot to say I don't have years for these either. Rather smart sign for Prescott on the right may help, apart from that there are not many clues. Blockage in the road caused by a delivery and the load on the other lorry is in packing cases by the look of it. Fine car on the right and another Dudley number plate on the left. A look at the window and door frames sees a wide variety of style.

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SteveBhx said:
Next up is another location I am not sure of but I am sure those with the "books" will be able to locate The Brandwood Printing Co. Ltd. Fine Corporation Dust cart, and double parked in front a Ford Zephyr, whose number plate is from Dudley not the "O" prefix of the other vehicle. Nice van coming towards us and the back of a Morris Minor ( is that a Hillman disappearing to there right?) I like the street lamp and the iron framed windows of the buildings also.

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Brandwood Printing Co was at 28 Augusta St
 
For some reason I have two photos of this location this is the wider shot. We have the window cleaner with his ladders on a little barrow in the middle then from the left , two story brick building which seems to be behind the gate, next to it is an imposing white(ish) building with a large bow window on the side and a wide variety of window styles on the front, with a few steps up to the entrance. A row of rather dour building with the same style to them and the building on the left has corrugated iron to the ground floor windows. You can just make out an unusual street lamp , its base is to the rear of the motorcycle. Not many vehicles but the red car on the left - a ford? looks great. A Ford Popular is on the left and we can just make out the old bus stop across the road.

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Finally tonight , some thing different an artists impression of the Bull Ring Shopping centre, while most of it is recognisable the there are still some changes that were made, Manzoni Gardens layout is different the access to the Bull Ring centre is not covered and the market seems to be lacking stalls, and the row of shops by Nelson are not there. I also like the shadow of the church on the end wall - its only a drawing but nice they put it in !!

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SteveBhx said:
For some reason I have two photos of this location this is the wider shot. We have the window cleaner with his ladders on a little barrow in the middle then from the left , two story brick building which seems to be behind the gate, next to it is an imposing white(ish) building with a large bow window on the side and a wide variety of window styles on the front, with a few steps up to the entrance. A row of rather dour building with the same style to them and the building on the left has corrugated iron to the ground floor windows. You can just make out an unusual street lamp , its base is to the rear of the motorcycle. Not many vehicles but the red car on the left - a ford? looks great. A Ford Popular is on the left and we can just make out the old bus stop across the road.

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This has been on the forum before, though often cropped (see below) and is described in places as the doctor's house ,Ashtead Row
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