Upper Priory - Old Square

[Two]

View of Old Square looking towards Upper Priory.
Centre of Picture is a "Trackless Street Car"
The picture(s) are of American origin - hence the name used.
The double picture is for viewing with a "stereo picture viewer"

 

[Radiorails]

This trolleybus appears to be one of the first of a batch of Birmingham's trolleybuses received in the last three months of 1922. Numbered 1 - 12 OK 4823 - OK 4834; they ran for around ten years before withdrawal on the 7 Nechells route.
The photo shows a bus after its first major overhaul when it got a repaint in the more familiar BCT style. The original paint scheme had more cream on the lower panels. They ran on solid tyres all their lives!!

 

[Radiorails]

There is a far more detailed description of these trolley buses in the Forum thread below:
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/trolley-bus.4158/

 

[Pedrocut]

Old Square and Birmingham’s Medieval Priory

Old Square is located at the busy junction of Corporation Street and Priory Queensway. It’s a fairly innocuous and simple crossroads that many use to get from one bus stop to another. There a…

birminghamhistoryblog.wordpress.com

 

[mikejee]

Here is the inside of the Livery Stables motor garage, Upper Priory

 

[mikejee]

Here is the outside of the livery stables garage

 

[mikejee]

Further view inside garage

 

[Vivienne14]

Great images Mike. The first one not only shows a service that clips horses, but singes them too, like a barber's shop of the time. Equine pampering !

 

[Astoness]

looking across old square and upper priory 1933..if we compere this with the photos on post 1 i am sure that we can see that church like building on the left in all photos..

lyn

 

[Vivienne14]

Church-like building - was it the Sunday School building for the Friends Meeting House ? (The Sunday School backed onto the Friends churchyard).