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Then & Now

oldMohawk said:
In the 1950s a mother and daughter push their prams across Wordsworth Rd at the junction with Coventry Rd.
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Today the buildings on the left still exist although somewhat changed.
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Have a look round with street view
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Many many more cars and lots of litter! Great photos...….
 
oldbrit said:
I love street view I can drive my pc over the roads that I rode by bike on all over Warwickshire Malverns you name it . Also S/V has walking ones also, I walked all through downtown Brum and the Museum great stuff lots of fun
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I often use Streetview/Google Earth to look at places where I worked overseas.
Looked at Sanford NC where I spent many weeks and shocked to see large plants I worked in have been demolished.
Kanazawa in Japan, I'm still wandering around a complicated street layout trying to find places where I stayed.
Togliatti in Russia which was the USSR when I was there and now amazed that Google streetcam visited streets I knew.
For some reason streetview seems rather sparse in Germany and France.

As you say it is good fun ... :)
 
oldMohawk said:
In the 1950s a mother and daughter push their prams across Wordsworth Rd at the junction with Coventry Rd.
View attachment 139902

Today the buildings on the left still exist although somewhat changed.
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Have a look round with street view
goo.gl

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
goo.gl goo.gl
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I occasionally have to drive along Coventry Road in Small Heath and parking discipline is usually suspect. But that particular 'parking spot' on the junction takes the biscuit.
 
oldbrit said:
I love street view I can drive my pc over the roads that I rode by bike on all over Warwickshire Malverns you name it . Also S/V has walking ones also, I walked all through downtown Brum and the Museum great stuff lots of fun
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139903 Looks like Small heath park off the Cov Rd use to go on the paddle boats there
 
Edifi said:
Loved the picture 139902 of the old Austin 3 Way Domestos van.Used to work on them as a mechanic for Marsh & Baxter in the 50 s
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Austin 3 Way ?.
Thank you I have just spent some time looking up the history of the Austin 3 way.
I could hear the Austin works as I lay in bed at night, I walked past the factory in the way to school.
How I missed the 3 way I do not know a good looking van even a little before it's time with the aero frontal design.
 
They were so easy to work on.We had about 10 to maintain.They were called 3 way because they had 2 doors each side and the back doors.We had 60 vans and reps Morris minors to service every month as well as going out to punctures and such.But it was a good firm to work for,and the gaffer old Walter Marsh really appreciated the work you did to keep the vehicles on the road.
 
oldMohawk said:
WW2 bomb damage in Smallbrook Street but the Sydenham Hotel on the corner of Pershore St/Edgbaston St looks undamaged.
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A modern view from approximately a similar position but the corner where the Sydenham stood is behind the part of the building where the bus has stopped.
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oldMohawk said:
WW2 bomb damage in Smallbrook Street but the Sydenham Hotel on the corner of Pershore St/Edgbaston St looks undamaged.
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A modern view from approximately a similar position but the corner where the Sydenham stood is behind the part of the building where the bus has stopped.
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I am talking about the1940s 1950s There was a FLASH GORDON series that we could see each week at the cinema. along with the Pathe News, Google it? I think maybe it was "Space adventures of Flash Gordon" We loved it great fun to watch and imagine the future, that is now with us.
 
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I am aware of older Flash Gordon movies. George Lucas who made Star Wars could have made one had he had the rights. Unfortunately the 1980 version was not successful. Probably only see clips of the old ones, but not recently.
 
Jonob said:
I tried to post a reply earlier but had a technical issue (crash). I wanted to say that the building in the picture is not the Sydenham it's the Argyle at the junction of John Bright St, John.
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The other source of my information was the following post ....
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/pubs-of-the-past.34394/post-430960

The Argyle ... quite narrow ground floor windows with similar width windows above them.
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The Sydenham ... wide ground floor windows with a narrow window above.
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From my post
The Sydenham ... wide ground floor windows with a narrow window above.
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So at the moment I still think it is the Sydenham on the corner of Edgbaston Street in my post ... :)
 
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The building in my original post is in this 1949 aerial pic. I've highlighted it and it is on the corner of Edgbaston Street. It appears to still have it's turret but possibly lost it's dome.
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