Then & Now

[Richard Dye]

Looking up New Street through the years.

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Thank you Phil...……….Its a walk through history!

 

[oldMohawk]

Manor Road, Stechford, date unknown.


Manor Road now and one garden behind the grey car appears to still have the original wall and possibly the same privet hedge ...

 

[mw0njm.]

Manor Road, Stechford, date unknown.
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Manor Road now and one garden behind the grey car appears to still have the original wall and possibly the same privet hedge ...
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top pic was before the coop bakery was built.

 

[Robert Ensor (bob)]

top pic was before the coop bakery was built.

And cars by the look of things

 

[Banjo]

Those of you familiar with Alma St, Aston may recognise Herbert's shop on the corner of Whitehead St in 1967.

I took the next photo in 2013 at the same spot.

The last photo is Google Earth 2018.

It seems they can't quite make up their minds what to build there now.

 

[Astoness]

nice one banjo ....thanks

lyn

 

[Pedrocut]

Sycamore Road, Bournville around 1912...

 

[Astoness]

thanks pedro....nice to see very little change there

lyn

 

[Radiorails]

I am sure the residents of Bournville like it as it is and are not too keen on over development and change. If II lived there I know that is how I would feel. It was a great place when I was attending a school there.

 

[Astoness]

alan i pass it when i go to visit my sister its a lovely little place

lyn

 

[Pedrocut]

Again the picture comes from The Bournville Village Trust written in 1912 by the John H Barlow, the Secretary. It is available via the Internet Archive.

 

[oldMohawk]

High Street and Turkish Baths.

Now.

 

[ellbrown]

Poppies on the barriers on the High Street on Thursday.



Today I noticed barriers gone up in the middle and a portacabin (I think).

 

[Eric Gibson]

That must be a powerful corset the lady in white is wearing in the High Street picture.

 

[mw0njm.]

That must be a powerful corset the lady in white is wearing in the High Street picture.

that must be uncomfortable. bet she used a ratchet strap

 

[Phil]

The Castle cinema on the corner of Timberley Lane and Chester Road Castle Bromwich in its heyday and a photo of the site to-day.

 

[Phil]

The Drovers Arms on what used to be Smithfield Street at the bottom of Bradford Street.

 

[Astoness]

i must be losing my touch phil...dont know why i thought the drovers was still there

 

[ellbrown]

That used to be a Chinese supermarket before the college took it over. The bus passes it up Moat Lane to the Bullring.

 

[Phil]

St Barnabus Church on the corner of Ladypool Road and Clifton Road, Balsall Heath. I read somewhere that the church was bombed during the war and consequently had to be remodelled. The thing is I'm sure I have memories of the full church being used in the 50's when I passed it every day on the way to school. I'm pretty sure it was a fire that caused the damage towards the end of the 50's. Can anybody else back up my memories?

 

[oldMohawk]

Outer Circle bus 358 KOV on Fox Hollies Rd at junction with Olton Blvd East. The bus is a long way from the Newtown Shopping Centre advertised on the bus.


Today not too much change but fencing stops folks crossing the road anywhere ... like they could years ago.

 

[devonjim]

St Barnabus Church on the corner of Ladypool Road and Clifton Road, Balsall Heath. I read somewhere that the church was bombed during the war and consequently had to be remodelled. The thing is I'm sure I have memories of the full church being used in the 50's when I passed it every day on the way to school. I'm pretty sure it was a fire that caused the damage towards the end of the 50's. Can anybody else back up my memories?

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Phil, your memory is pretty good, the church web site tells us of a serious fire April 1970.

 

[Phil]

Phil, your memory is pretty good, the church web site tells us of a serious fire April 1970.

Devonjim

1970 seems pretty late to me, did they have a previous fire in the 1950's, as I finished school in 1962 and the church had been remodelled by then

 

[Astoness]

St Barnabus Church on the corner of Ladypool Road and Clifton Road, Balsall Heath. I read somewhere that the church was bombed during the war and consequently had to be remodelled. The thing is I'm sure I have memories of the full church being used in the 50's when I passed it every day on the way to school. I'm pretty sure it was a fire that caused the damage towards the end of the 50's. Can anybody else back up my memories?

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phil if it was a fire that damaged the church in the 50s it may have been reported in the papers....hoping someone with access to the newspaper archives could look it up for you..

lyn

 

[Banjo]

I went to the St Barnabas Sunday School when I lived in Leamington Rd 1954-5 but, I didn't appreciate the architecture at the time.

 

[mikejee]

Search fro St Barnabus in Birmingham papers of 1950s,got 4 hits, none concerning a fire,

 

[Phil]

I went to the St Barnabus Sunday School when I lived in Leamington Rd 1954-5 but, I didn't appreciate the architecture at the time.

Banjo

Was the church still complete in 1954?

 

[devonjim]

Devonjim

1970 seems pretty late to me, did they have a previous fire in the 1950's, as I finished school in 1962 and the church had been remodelled by then

www.saintagathas.org.uk/index.php/st-barnabas-balsall-heath
Seems there was a new church hall built in 1968.

 

[BrummyPaul]

Another little trip around the suburbs of Birmingham reminding us of how things were and what they are like today. This trip shows us, Regents Row Hockley, the Junction of Bloomsbury St & Great Francis St Nechells, Northfield High Street, the junction of Washwood Heath Rd & Alum Rock Rd (The Gate), the Treasure Trove on Pershore Rd Cotteridge where I'm sure we have all browsed at one time or another.

My goodness, I remember Treasure Trove as a child probably around 1964 or so. I recall it as a dark and gloomy place brimming with adventure for a kid, jam packed with wonders! Just inside the door was a huge stuffed brown bear rearing up on it's hind legs. Terrifying at the time. It must have made quite an impression on me!

 

[Banjo]

Banjo

Was the church still complete in 1954?

I can't say for certain Phil. Being only 8yrs old at the time I only saw it as a normal old fashioned church and I never saw any building work. I am assuming now that it was the original building because it was obviously well before the fire of 1970.