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Old street pics..

RobT said:
Yes looks like Stratford rd junction with School Road/Colebank rd, Hall Green College on left, The Horseshoe Pub on right,
No.11 Outer Circle bus crossing
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Yes I agree although I have a slight problem with the Horseshoe Pub although it has changed a lot over the years. The website from the link below is interesting .... click on the pic to see written content
https://flic.kr/p/LbFWbk
 
The present road sign approaching the Stratford Road - Cole Bank Road junction indicates A34 to City Centre straight on: Kings Heath and Stirchley to the left on B4146: and Acocks Green and Yardley to the right on B4146 (A4040). These are far more local destinations compared to Walsall, Dudley and Nuneaton on the road sign under discussion. Could have just been a change of procedure because the original photograph does look like what I remember of that junction.
 
oldMohawk said:
Yes I agree although I have a slight problem with the Horseshoe Pub although it has changed a lot over the years. The website from the link below is interesting .... click on the pic to see written content
https://flic.kr/p/LbFWbk
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This is a shot from 2009, just past a bus stop on left (yellow dotted lines), note large tree branches on left as in photo

middle left: same slip road from Hall Green Library & Telephone Exchange

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oldMohawk said:
Yes I agree although I have a slight problem with the Horseshoe Pub although it has changed a lot over the years. The website from the link below is interesting .... click on the pic to see written content
https://flic.kr/p/LbFWbk
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The excellent link shown by oldMohawk has the photo in very high resolution.
The sign further on the left does say Kings Heath is 2 1/2 miles to the left, but I agree I do not recognise the front of the Horseshoe as it is seen here.

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When we start searching for locations in Birmingham I'm always reminded about the ones that 'got away' such as this bomb blasted substantial corner property. It looks like a Doctors, see small notices on the garden wall by the lady who has stopped with her pram. It is from the lost Shoothill collection so no chance of seeing a higher res example. The sign on the lampost only reads 'Shelter'. I suppose not enough clues to identify it but it is part of Birmingham's history.
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from https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...age-in-unidentified-streets.45254/post-550907
 
The A34 Walsall Road also runs through Perry Bar and the outer circle 11 bus route crossed it at Trinity Road/ Heathfield Road, I don't recognise the place in the photo but could it be there?
 
RobT said:
Yes looks like Stratford rd junction with School Road/Colebank rd, Hall Green College on left, The Horseshoe Pub on right,
No.11 Outer Circle bus crossing
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How did I not recognise this picture? I went to school in 1950's on number 11 bus route, on same route to work in 1960's through this junction, even went to Hall Green tech for a while. I still remember that School Rd and Colebank Rd were misaligned with a layby where you could park for a quick getaway after college, that there was an Atco mower shop on the corner of School Rd and a fashion shop on the opposite side that had the same name as a film actress, Jill Ireland.
 
Found this print on Fb "Old Photos of Birmingham" States that it is Camp Hill and that combination of tram and bus design dates it as early 1950's but where on Camp Hill? Looks a bit too leafy for the junction of Stratford Rd and Sandy Lane but can't think where else it could be. Suggestions.
 

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devonjim said:
Found this print on Fb "Old Photos of Birmingham" States that it is Camp Hill and that combination of tram and bus design dates it as early 1950's but where on Camp Hill? Looks a bit too leafy for the junction of Stratford Rd and Sandy Lane but can't think where else it could be. Suggestions.
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Think this was taken from Leopold Street with the friends institute in the back right.
 

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devonjim said:
Found this print on Fb "Old Photos of Birmingham" States that it is Camp Hill and that combination of tram and bus design dates it as early 1950's but where on Camp Hill? Looks a bit too leafy for the junction of Stratford Rd and Sandy Lane but can't think where else it could be. Suggestions.
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This piccy was taken from Leopold Street. The Friends Institute is on the right.
 

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devonjim said:
Found this print on Fb "Old Photos of Birmingham" States that it is Camp Hill and that combination of tram and bus design dates it as early 1950's but where on Camp Hill? Looks a bit too leafy for the junction of Stratford Rd and Sandy Lane but can't think where else it could be. Suggestions.
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This, as said previously, is Camp Hill. The 44A bus route was Stratford Road and then Warwick Road, terminating at Lincoln Road North. The tram was on its way to Kyotts Lake Road depot.
The trams using Leopold Street ceased operation in October 1949, some year or two before that bus entered service.
 
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