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Old street pics..

Astoness said:
dudley road/heath st..june 1955..my gt gt gt grandad lived in heath st in the 1860s

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castle square weoley castle...oct 1954


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stratford road sparkhill....1954

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dale end from high st...june 1955

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one of my favourites...soho hill hockley brook...i think the bus is turning out of icknield st...aug 1955

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monument road..ladywood..nov 1955

crowds gather to see the queen and the duke of edinburgh on their way from kigs edward school to visit lucas at gt hampton st...i wonder if anyones parents maybe on this one or a rellie..

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I had previously put this pic in the 'Electric Trams' thread and think it is worth linking to it here as it shows a good view of Six Ways, Aston, which was interesting to cycle or drive over with no traffic lights anywhere. A No 6 Perry Barr tram approaches from the city with the No 5 Lozells tram about to be first over the crossing.
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Vivienne14 said:
Were the rules for trams giving way when crossing junctions the same as for car driving? Viv.
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I used to travel across Six Ways several times a week. As far as I remember there were no 'give way' signs and everyone approached it with caution and traffic just seemed to sort it self out. When I cycled across I was more concerned about keeping my front wheels out of tram tracks. On a motorbike I usually turned right into Alma Street and by the time I had a car they were building the underpass.
I've had a pic search in this thread to see if the pic below had been posted but could not find one so here is a linked pic from https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/clocks.45336/#post-552083
The photographer was standing in front of the National Provincial bank.
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Anyone find any info about an accident when the underpasses were being built?
My younger brother rolled his car and made the bricklayers scatter demolishing part of their work somewhere on that route, maybe Birchfield Road.
He was unhurt but the car was an old banger and written off, I don't think he was road legal at the time either.
 
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I remember a similar picture was posted a long time ago but it may not be the same one.
 
Astoness said:
dudley road/heath st..june 1955..my gt gt gt grandad lived in heath st in the 1860s

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castle square weoley castle...oct 1954


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stratford road sparkhill....1954

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dale end from high st...june 1955

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one of my favourites...soho hill hockley brook...i think the bus is turning out of icknield st...aug 1955

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monument road..ladywood..nov 1955

crowds gather to see the queen and the duke of edinburgh on their way from kigs edward school to visit lucas at gt hampton st...i wonder if anyones parents maybe on this one or a rellie..

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Great photos! The photo of Hockley ( 117560 ) shows a lorry in the foreground loaded with acid carboys. My first job in 1961 was in a plating factory in Hampton St, where I would have to unload those straight from the lorry down a plank to the pavement. Makes me shudder now to think how unsafe that was back then. That wouldn't be allowed today. Most times, Health & Safety laws are to be applauded.
 
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I vaguely remember seeing this before but I can not remember if it was on this forum or somewhere else. It is labelled as one of the very early trolley buses passing workmen who are removing the now unused tram tracks. Could this be in Colmore Row.
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A post by Phil (5075) 8/9/17: The bus is on Bloomsbury Street just passing The Turks Head at the junction of Great Lister Street

The trolley bus depicted here was purchased for the new Nechells 7 route in November 1922. It was numbered 11 in a initial fleet of twelve buses. Its life was not too long, being withdrawn and broken up in February 1932.

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That pic of tram track removal reminds me of either the Bristol or Pershore Roads. I guess, wherever it is, has been replaced by a 'middleway' or similar.
 
Radiorails said:
That pic of tram track removal reminds me of either the Bristol or Pershore Roads. I guess, wherever it is, has been replaced by a 'middleway' or similar.
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Sorry about that Alan. I have added to the post that it is Bristol Street in the late Fifties.
 
Woolworths with Perks supermarket being arranged next door. Watfod Road.1962.jpg
Watford Road Cotteridge in 1962 and it is a Perks shop being prepared for opening next to a Woolworths.
 
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