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sad to report but it was only a matter of time...dennisons watch company building up in flames this afternoon...i just hope the old buildings to the left are ok


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Birmingham A41 Soho Hill re-opens after blaze

West Midlands Fire and Police crews have rushed to Villa Road in Handsworth after a fire incident has led to the nearby Soho Hill being shut
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In the Midlands today a site wanted for development goes up in flmes. Same day in Reading a building goes up in flames (second on development in a few months) before it is even complete
 
Thanks for the link @Astoness
I saw the news on the BBC website last night, I know the area but I couldn't picture in my head which building it was - getting to be a regular occurrence everywhere now sadly.

Edit...just looked at yesterday's article on the BBC website, the headline says....fire in a Lozells shop....which was misleading.
 
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Thanks for the link @Astoness
I saw the news on the BBC website last night, I know the area but I couldn't picture in my head which building it was - getting to be a regular occurrence everywhere now sadly.

Edit...just looked at yesterday's article on the BBC website, the headline says....fire in a Lozells shop....which was misleading.
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hi sparks yes i found that misleading had to fish around for the correct story before i posted :rolleyes: from memory there was massive plans for that large site but i think it was shelved

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Alf Rogers said:
What's the building going up on the skyline? Looks like its at or near Snow Hill
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alf do you mean the photo on post 321 if so it looks like a building in the city centre with the rotunda to the left but knowing the way the city demolishes so much whatever it was is most likely gone now..maybe someone can identify it for you

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Yes! I meant photo 321. As you say, it's very difficult to get one's bearings after so many changes in the city centre. I would love to hear any suggestions! Alf
 
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Another fire in Soho Hill!

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Hockley: Four people rescued from burning building

Fire breaks out on the second floor of a disused property in Birmingham.
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oh no..these are the buildings i feared for especially after the watch company next door went up in flames the other week ...they are very old buildings... very upset about this... here are some pics of them in better days..so when these are demolished as they surely will be along with dennisons watch co (now called bill house) and the other old buildings in this st view that makes a massive piece of land to build on..how convenient

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oh no..these are the buildings i feared for especially after the watch company next door went up in flames the other week ...they are very old buildings... very upset about this... here are some pics of them in better days..so when these are demolished as they surely will be along with dennisons watch co (now called bill house) and the other old buildings in this st view that makes a massive piece of land to build on..how convenient

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sadly as suspected these lovely old buildings have now been demolished following yet another fire on soho hill hope they saved the pillar box



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Historic Soho Hill building is demolished following fatal fire

The building which has stood at the junction of Soho Hill and Villa Road has been knocked down
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Bet the planning application to build on the site is already with the Planning Dept - happening far too frequently these days
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yes bri and when they demolish bill house next door there is going to a massive area to build on....this was the plan for the area many years ago but it was shelved


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Architects told to think again over Soho Hill plans in Birmingham

THE architects behind a controversial apartment, office and shop complex in Birmingham will be sent back to the drawing board after it was described as a "slum of the future".
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Katie said:
Hi Judy, I am pretty sure Cheffins was between St. Michaels Road and Soho Avenue, but there again it could have been between Soho Avenue and Park Avenue, I think I have said before I went to HKPS. After moving to Sutton Coldfield we still went to Cheffins for some time until I found a dentists in Aldridge, where I worked, and I still go there, a few teeth less!
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I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if you remember the full name of the dentist there? What is your recollection of them?
 
photo of the congregational chapel on soho hill..think it was at number 100...i was reading a book the other day about our lost buildings and in it it said that joseph lucas bought the church and ground in 1941..i just wondered that if this is true what did joseph lucas use the church for..i know this was during the war years and not everything was reported in the papers but if someone could check the papers just in case i would be grateful...thanks

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thanks viv that has solved it as it did not say in the book just why joseph lucas had acquired the church...seems it was put to very good use which is nothing less than i would expect from the lucas company who i know looked after their workers very well over the years

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