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BernardR
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Harborne High St?
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BernardR
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I should do but don't. If it is the Place I am thinking of it was the scene of an armed stand off with Police back in the late 1980's. The police used the Secretarial College (opposite), where my wife worked, to keep an eye on things.
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BernardR
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Yes just rechecked the location on Google Maps and it is the one where some petty thief holed up with a few hostages when a robbery went wrong. Not sure now if he was actually armed or just claimed to be.
Bernie You Are Quite Right In What You Have Stated ,It Is The Stores ,
And It Uesd To Be Run By An Italian Guy I Think IT Was Mario And I Have Trained Afew Staff At The Red Lion And To Be Precise I Trained One Young Couple Up To Management Level To Take Over The Pub When The Little Italian Guy Moved Out When The Brewery
Sackede Him For His Mistermeaners , With The Low Light Petty Theives And The Pot
Smokers I Don,t Know Whether This Big Girl Is Still There I Pass But Do Not Go In
But The Low LIGHTS Are Still There Best Wishes ASTONIAN ,;;;
And It Uesd To Be Run By An Italian Guy I Think IT Was Mario And I Have Trained Afew Staff At The Red Lion And To Be Precise I Trained One Young Couple Up To Management Level To Take Over The Pub When The Little Italian Guy Moved Out When The Brewery
Sackede Him For His Mistermeaners , With The Low Light Petty Theives And The Pot
Smokers I Don,t Know Whether This Big Girl Is Still There I Pass But Do Not Go In
But The Low LIGHTS Are Still There Best Wishes ASTONIAN ,;;;
wallyb71
master brummie
As an EX Brummie I see a lot of these old buildings on this forum and I wonder how people can live in such old buildings in this day and age. Some of these shops and houses have been standing for decades and the rooms are so small you couldn't swing a cat around. Birmingham needs to renew some of it's houses, they are an eyesore.
Have a nice day, Wally.
Have a nice day, Wally.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Wally
You don't think Birmingham has demolished enough of its slum housing over the last fourty years then, Birmingham has even demolished some of the blocks of flats that were built to replace those slums, and replaced those with new houses.
They have even rebuilt the city centre again, even if it does not conform to all our liking, at least they are trying.
As far as little houses with small rooms, does it not occur, that these are all some people can afford. If the market was there developers would be building mansions all over Birmingham.
Phil
You don't think Birmingham has demolished enough of its slum housing over the last fourty years then, Birmingham has even demolished some of the blocks of flats that were built to replace those slums, and replaced those with new houses.
They have even rebuilt the city centre again, even if it does not conform to all our liking, at least they are trying.
As far as little houses with small rooms, does it not occur, that these are all some people can afford. If the market was there developers would be building mansions all over Birmingham.
Phil
wallyb71
master brummie
Phil, I think Birmingham should demolish a lot more of the slum areas and build houses that people can afford even the pre-fabs they built after the war were better than what people are living in now. They should have delayed rebuilding the Bullring to give it's citizens a better choice of housing.
Wally.
Wally.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Wallyb71
Throughout the 70's and into the 80's I was involved in the urban renewal and envelope scheme's. Wherein every slum dwelling in the city was completely modernised back to the bare brick inside and out.
The fact that these schemes only finished less than 20 years ago and that these area's are as bad as ever again is not the fault of Birmingham Council.
I know the amount of money that was spent on these houses, believe me it would been cheaper to build new build houses, but going by the comparison shown, these houses would just be today slums. I also have to tell you that the majority of the houses modernised were owner occupied
Phil
Throughout the 70's and into the 80's I was involved in the urban renewal and envelope scheme's. Wherein every slum dwelling in the city was completely modernised back to the bare brick inside and out.
The fact that these schemes only finished less than 20 years ago and that these area's are as bad as ever again is not the fault of Birmingham Council.
I know the amount of money that was spent on these houses, believe me it would been cheaper to build new build houses, but going by the comparison shown, these houses would just be today slums. I also have to tell you that the majority of the houses modernised were owner occupied
Phil
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BernardR
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I feel it is more than likely that the Bull Ring redevelopment was well covered by the developers coupled with the increased revenue that the council will now be getting.