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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Perhaps these two as well both from Cannon Hill Park, I have a series of these photos made up for a similar thing that I do for another site. I don't mind posting them on here as well if you would like me to.
One shows the tea rooms this year and the other is from the 50's
The second photo shows a Victorian postcard of the Glacial Bolder and the other shows it this year again
Phil
One shows the tea rooms this year and the other is from the 50's
The second photo shows a Victorian postcard of the Glacial Bolder and the other shows it this year again
Phil
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db84124
Brummophile
Hello, Phil,
Fascinating photos indeed .... but whatever happened to the indigenous trees in the top half of the first photograph? Were they diseased and had to be cut down? Why does Man have to play with Nature? Surely the young majestic Horse Chestnut on the left and the other two 'English' trees in the foreground are far more attractive than the out-of-place palm trees which have replaced them and seem so irrelevant to the landscape of Edgbaston and Moseley and hence Birmingham? Only an opinion, David
Fascinating photos indeed .... but whatever happened to the indigenous trees in the top half of the first photograph? Were they diseased and had to be cut down? Why does Man have to play with Nature? Surely the young majestic Horse Chestnut on the left and the other two 'English' trees in the foreground are far more attractive than the out-of-place palm trees which have replaced them and seem so irrelevant to the landscape of Edgbaston and Moseley and hence Birmingham? Only an opinion, David
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
David
I would imagine that some in the parks and gardens dept thought they were cutting the sunlight and the falling leafs in the autumn and winter to the outside seating area was a nuisance. So in their accumulated wisdom (being the total of a country yokel) decided they had to go.
Phil
I would imagine that some in the parks and gardens dept thought they were cutting the sunlight and the falling leafs in the autumn and winter to the outside seating area was a nuisance. So in their accumulated wisdom (being the total of a country yokel) decided they had to go.
Phil
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
A few more photos of then and now, these three are all public houses. Once well used and loved, now the sites are used for a totally different purpose. Some call it progress not I, I call it vandalism,
The Ashted Hamlet, Vauxhall Rd Nechells. Now a community building.
The Dolphin Public House, Warwick Rd, Acocks Green. Now a Supermarket.
The Gospel Oak, Gospel Lane Acocks Green. Now being converted to apartments.
Phil
The Ashted Hamlet, Vauxhall Rd Nechells. Now a community building.
The Dolphin Public House, Warwick Rd, Acocks Green. Now a Supermarket.
The Gospel Oak, Gospel Lane Acocks Green. Now being converted to apartments.
Phil
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Alf
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
That large bolder Phil? wonder why the railings do they think someone was going to run off with it
sylviasayers
master brummie
I would like to thank everyone who is contributing to this thread, which is what the Forum is really about. I wish I had some photos to contribute.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Four more, this time in the city. Two of Broad St, one of Bromsgrove St and one of New St
Broad St showing the Prince of Wales Theatre and the now Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Broad St Looking toward the city at what looks like the turn of the 20th century and now.
Bromsgrove St from Hurst St in the 60's and the same view today.
New street from outside what is now the International Hotel just after WWII and today.
Phil
Broad St showing the Prince of Wales Theatre and the now Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Broad St Looking toward the city at what looks like the turn of the 20th century and now.
Bromsgrove St from Hurst St in the 60's and the same view today.
New street from outside what is now the International Hotel just after WWII and today.
Phil
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Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
Then and now in Edgbaston..
View from my window at brand new BMH 1968. Building begins right there 2009 (window marked in green). Completed new Hospital.
View from my window at brand new BMH 1968. Building begins right there 2009 (window marked in green). Completed new Hospital.
sylviasayers
master brummie
I seem to remember the single storey buildings just past the Odeon in New Street were a temporary C & A, I used to get dragged round town most Saturdays with mom and my much older sisters, and we always went in a C & A store in New Street, does anyone know what was there pre-war, and was the site bombed.
Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
Sorry, marked window now evident!
Aidan
master brummie
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Thought you might like to see the Metchley area in 1938 & Today https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=52...d=e5zMPAysJKQWLunpmlB09A&cbp=12,63.16,,0,5.07 funny the cranes are still there!
Thought you might like to see the Metchley area in 1938 & Today https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=52...d=e5zMPAysJKQWLunpmlB09A&cbp=12,63.16,,0,5.07 funny the cranes are still there!
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although it does pain me to see some of the great buildings we have lost...
Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
You betcha dek my friend. 1960, just left school. Choice of two jobs. Engineer with Hardy Spicer in Erdington fiddling with axles for cars. Research Laboratory Scientist in Gynaecology Department at QEH/Women's Hospital looking down microscopes and stuff. Go figure, as my American friends would say...
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Heres a few on Balsall Heath, various old photos ans some photo's I took a couple of years back. Old residents who lived in Balsall Heat around the time I did will recognise the old photographs though I am not so sure about the later ones. I got lost when I was taking them.
The first photo is Edward Rd looking down toward Pershore Rd, this road used to be a busy shopping are up until the 70's.
The second photo is the Junction of Mary St and Strensham Rd, just past the shop are some unusual houses complete with balcony, they still survive today which is even more unusual.
The third one shows Cheddar Rd that runs along the side of Cannon Hill Park, at one time a very respectable Rd, but in the 70's it became less than respectable for reasons we won't go in to. It is suffice to say that the police made the road into a cul de sac and it helped cure some of the problem.The fourth photo shows Cox St West which was on the route of the 48 bus, today the road no longer exists.
The last shows Knutsford St, that ran off Wenman St down to almost opposite Mary St School. It was a favourite fill for Go carting and tobogganing with us kids when we were young with only the odd horse drawn milk cart to worry about. They later built the replacement for Mary St school over the top of the road.
Phil
The first photo is Edward Rd looking down toward Pershore Rd, this road used to be a busy shopping are up until the 70's.
The second photo is the Junction of Mary St and Strensham Rd, just past the shop are some unusual houses complete with balcony, they still survive today which is even more unusual.
The third one shows Cheddar Rd that runs along the side of Cannon Hill Park, at one time a very respectable Rd, but in the 70's it became less than respectable for reasons we won't go in to. It is suffice to say that the police made the road into a cul de sac and it helped cure some of the problem.The fourth photo shows Cox St West which was on the route of the 48 bus, today the road no longer exists.
The last shows Knutsford St, that ran off Wenman St down to almost opposite Mary St School. It was a favourite fill for Go carting and tobogganing with us kids when we were young with only the odd horse drawn milk cart to worry about. They later built the replacement for Mary St school over the top of the road.
Phil
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
A few more scattered around Birmingham,
We have the Atlas Public house at the junction of Garrison Lane & Cattell Rd and old Blue Nose that stands there now.
Then we have Retort House, Gas Street as far as I am aware was the oldest gas works in the country and what is even more unusual it is still around today.
Another view that has hardly changed, Stratford Rd Sparkbrook opposite the bottom of Farm Rd and the location of the now gone Smiths Coaches.
Finally The Council House taken in what looks to be the early 60's and again what it looks like today. It's not very often I say this but I think todays view is the better one.
Phil
We have the Atlas Public house at the junction of Garrison Lane & Cattell Rd and old Blue Nose that stands there now.
Then we have Retort House, Gas Street as far as I am aware was the oldest gas works in the country and what is even more unusual it is still around today.
Another view that has hardly changed, Stratford Rd Sparkbrook opposite the bottom of Farm Rd and the location of the now gone Smiths Coaches.
Finally The Council House taken in what looks to be the early 60's and again what it looks like today. It's not very often I say this but I think todays view is the better one.
Phil
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
A few more scattered around Birmingham
We have the Chamberlain Memorial Clock at the junction of Vyse St - Warstone Lane in the Jewellry Quarter.
Then we have the old Hansworth Council House on Soho Rd Handsworth
Next is the Section of Ladypool Rd Balsall Heath or is it Sparkbrook I still don't know and I lived there for years, but its the section between Highgate Rd & Studley St.
Last of these few is a section of Monument Road, that is much changed today. It's the section that is now with a blocked off end just off Ladywood Middleway.
Phil
We have the Chamberlain Memorial Clock at the junction of Vyse St - Warstone Lane in the Jewellry Quarter.
Then we have the old Hansworth Council House on Soho Rd Handsworth
Next is the Section of Ladypool Rd Balsall Heath or is it Sparkbrook I still don't know and I lived there for years, but its the section between Highgate Rd & Studley St.
Last of these few is a section of Monument Road, that is much changed today. It's the section that is now with a blocked off end just off Ladywood Middleway.
Phil
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Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
Nice ones Phil. Pub for you. White Horse Congreve Street. Ex Home of Press Club. Wonder what they did with all those priceless (to me) artefacts like tiles and furniture...
https://www.birmingham-press-club.co.uk/history/
https://www.birmingham-press-club.co.uk/history/
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Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
And another great old pub/pubs before and after shots? The Red Lion/Waverley Hotel - corner of Albert Street / High Street. There was an interesting discussion on another thread about whether the two pubs were one and the same. Not sure about the outcome, it was a draw I think, but they sure look the same from the first floor up? I Think the latest google shot is about right for the position?
Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
And here's a 'before' picture, I will await the 'after' from lyn or postie with bated breath? But I know a good Solicitor if things go as per 
usual... Frothy! Put her down...
usual... Frothy! Put her down...