Old street pics..

[Belfield]

Hi mikejee,
Thanks for the reply. Good idea, working on it at the moment.
Cheers
Philip

 

[Pedrocut]

dib44

Without a doubt it is the Hay Mills Tavern that was demolished to build the retail estate on that end of the Small Heath Highway

Hay Mills Tavern, Coventry Road, Hay Mills, 1955.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)

 

[podgery]

I had many a good pint in there in the early 60s

 

[Dionysius//88]

I think this photo is 1860's. I have one similar and I know it is 1862. The Horton is Isaac Horton, who started off as a pork butcher and ended up building the Grand Hotel. Brilliant photo.

Would Isaac Horton be the man that started Horton's Estates off ?

 

[Dionysius//88]

I don't know Stitcher but it looks a bit later to me.
paul

Could it be the housing estate namely Rickman Drive around mid to late 60's ?

 

[Dionysius//88]

this is the one i was talking about....just a solitary figure walking down an entry maybe coming home from the pub..looks like a ciggie box thrown on the floor..cant explain why this one fascinates me either...

entry leading to granville st...ladywood..

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The residents who used this entry formed some form of action
group, this was because of the width of the entry and it being the only access / exit point with a raging fire you would'nt stand a chance of getting out in a panic . There is another photo on here showing the residents after a meeting with the authorities

 

[Dionysius//88]

its great to see this thread picking up now..thanks to everyone for posting their old street pics...

residents of granville st (off broad st) after a campain to get them re housed has proved successful..oct 1965


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rear of st martins st ...edgbaston dated 1965

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birchfield road...perry barr dated..1967

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Lyn you can see the other end of that mysterious entry in the first of the photos here , I doubt it will have the same appeal