Royal visit in 1955 - but where in Brum ?

[Vivienne14]

Anyone recognise the place ?

 

[A Sparks]

Interesting!
There are some church men in the photo so maybe a church on the right, out of the picture? A man with a law court type wig on too!

 

[Pedrocut]

Alamy has this picture and title Queen arrives at the new All Saints Church Shard End, 3 Nov 1955.

 

[devonjim]

On the same visit she went to King Edwards Edgbaston, she wore green with black astrakhan, I was there, strange what you remember!

 

[Morturn]

It looks like social housing but those archways over the balconies are something I have not seen before. The lampposts are similar to other I have seen in Birmingham, but they look quite tall. There is a lot of new housing around the church now, so maybe its all be demolished and rebuilt.

 

[John L]

Photographs of the late Queen's 1955 visit: 1) All Saints Church Shard End, 2 King Edward's School & 3) From the Mace archive film (link below):



Link: https://www.macearchive.org/films/royal-visit-birmingham-1955