oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
A forum pic of what looks like the same bus in a post below ...
1904 outside the Council House.
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Radiorails
master brummie
Post 1137 gives much the same iinformation as I did, however post 1156 by Lloyd gives more detail about the buses history.
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Birmingham buses
LRW 377 (99) was , as reported in Bob's post (1680), a Daimler Freeline with Gardner engine. It has 20 seats and provision for another 30 standing. This type of bus were not popular Birmingham and many other places that tried them. It had a body built by Duple and went into service in 1951, it...
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oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Keith Berry took this photo in Colmore Row in the late 1960s. The Halifax Building Society in view and a schoolboy, one sock down one sock up, walks past.
The name Halifax is still there and some nice trees. A victorian style cupola roof in the view has come from somewhere.
The name Halifax is still there and some nice trees. A victorian style cupola roof in the view has come from somewhere.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
 "Timber Pole Ladders")
Timber Pole Ladders
Pole ladders are timber ladders, for industrial applications, and most commonly used as scaffolding ladders
- Finest quality, heavy duty ladders, available in standard sizes from 3m to 10m
- Matched Scandinavian Whitewood stiles, finished with 2 coats of ladder varnish
i dont fancy having one on my roof rack
Radiorails
master brummie
A 3m one would be fine on many cars but a 10m would be out of the question. 
Ladders should always be varnished in order to show any defects; opaque paint would conceal them.
Ladders should always be varnished in order to show any defects; opaque paint would conceal them.
Eric Gibson
master brummie
I borrowed a double wooden ladder off a neighbour once, couldn't lift it.
It's called a pole ladder because its made from a pole of timber cut down highways then holes drilled for the rungs. Quite heavy, so mainly used on scaffolds, where you have an uninterrupted clime to the top. Great if your hod carrying, but pole ladders are a bit bendy.
There was one at spaghetti junction at Salford Bridge when they were building it that stretched from just underneath the M5 motorway platform to the ground by the River tame. Possibly the longest one I have ever used. When you got about halfway it was really bouncing in the middle, just like the cake walk.
There was one at spaghetti junction at Salford Bridge when they were building it that stretched from just underneath the M5 motorway platform to the ground by the River tame. Possibly the longest one I have ever used. When you got about halfway it was really bouncing in the middle, just like the cake walk.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
c bryants used a lot of pole ladders when they re built the hockley brook,and sewer in aston in 1960s. as mortun said they sure flexed........
a modern aluminium 10m ladder
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Radiorails
master brummie
The comparison is remarkable. The old, presumably ready for demolition, but having lots of traffic of differing types and lots of people waking about. The new having the a quite severe and uninteresting appearance with mainly cars and few people (may have been a Sunday
) Neither much to write home about, but the old photo has interest as there are a good variety of car makes (they all look much the same today) and there is I believe one of the rebuilt Midland Red GHA Daimlers. There are three newer style KEEP LEFT signs and one of the older bollard type. Noticeably there is no yellow marking lines. 
The load on that lorry (a Fordson?) looks a little unsafe, but of course these were still in the times of "the joys of motoring" which, as far as I can see, have long gone.
) Neither much to write home about, but the old photo has interest as there are a good variety of car makes (they all look much the same today) and there is I believe one of the rebuilt Midland Red GHA Daimlers. There are three newer style KEEP LEFT signs and one of the older bollard type. Noticeably there is no yellow marking lines. The load on that lorry (a Fordson?) looks a little unsafe, but of course these were still in the times of "the joys of motoring" which, as far as I can see, have long gone.
Radiorails
master brummie
Post 512 and a couple following, in the Harborne thread mentions the shop, in the old view of post 1124.
Eric Gibson
master brummie
The comparison is remarkable. The old, presumably ready for demolition, but having lots of traffic of differing types and lots of people waking about. The new having the a quite severe and uninteresting appearance with mainly cars and few people (may have been a Sunday
The difference I see is that in picture one there are Fords, Vauxhalls, Austins, Morrises, Jaguars, and even an Armstrong Siddeley.
Picture two is full of German, French, Japanese and Korean cars.
Whatever happened to the great boost the British car industry was going to get from joining the Common Market?
Radiorails
master brummie
I get the impression the industrial scene was different here than elsewhere. ( italicized to avoid politics).
Richard Dye
master brummie
That is pretty ugly!
Richard Dye
master brummie
I continue to be amazed at how many great Then & Now photos are on the Forum! Thank you all...…….
Richard Dye
master brummie
I think you are right on point!Central Brum seems to be just traffic and skyscrapers these days.
Maurice
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
Driving through the city is scarier than LA and there is something I thought I would never say, but trying to get from Lichfield Road (If it is still called that) to Hagley Road recently was horrific, mainly due to trying to read the plethora of signs and watch as you are being overtaken and undertaken.Central Brum seems to be just traffic and skyscrapers these days.
Maurice
Bob
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Cameras and 'Then and Now' pics ... 
Pic 1 shows New Street in the 1970s but distant things seem closer than they really are. The Town Hall appears to loom over the scene. Perhaps the camera was on zoom setting. On the immediate right by the Austins shop is Temple Street and further along by two bus stops is Bennett's Hill. Bus and car exhausts adding to pollution.
Pic 2 shows the Google Streetwalk camera view from the same position just before Temple Street but the Town Hall looks much further away, hardly visible. Neither camera seems to show the true view. At least in today's view the traffic fumes are negligible.
Pic 3 ... Google streetviews are made from stitching lots of images together. I've had a quick go at re-stitching parts of their images to make it look more like the 1970s view in the Pic1 image.
Pic 1 shows New Street in the 1970s but distant things seem closer than they really are. The Town Hall appears to loom over the scene. Perhaps the camera was on zoom setting. On the immediate right by the Austins shop is Temple Street and further along by two bus stops is Bennett's Hill. Bus and car exhausts adding to pollution.
Pic 2 shows the Google Streetwalk camera view from the same position just before Temple Street but the Town Hall looks much further away, hardly visible. Neither camera seems to show the true view. At least in today's view the traffic fumes are negligible.
Pic 3 ... Google streetviews are made from stitching lots of images together. I've had a quick go at re-stitching parts of their images to make it look more like the 1970s view in the Pic1 image.
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