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bobsummers
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Farm Road Sparkbrook Phil?
bobsummers
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Sorry Mike, was definatly outside my Box!
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Mike
Was it the one time prison Governors house at the junction of Lodge rd and Winson Green Rd.
I can't imagine why they would demolish it in two half's. Perhaps they were meaning to keep the one half, but as they failed to scaffold, support and strut it. Its likely that it began to lean and became dangerous.
The whole job looks dangerous. It was obviously done before the regs about street fronting properties being demolished had to be scaffolded and dust sheeted came in.
Phil
Was it the one time prison Governors house at the junction of Lodge rd and Winson Green Rd.
I can't imagine why they would demolish it in two half's. Perhaps they were meaning to keep the one half, but as they failed to scaffold, support and strut it. Its likely that it began to lean and became dangerous.
The whole job looks dangerous. It was obviously done before the regs about street fronting properties being demolished had to be scaffolded and dust sheeted came in.
Phil
bobsummers
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
was it knocked down and a synagogue was built on the Alcester Road Between Moseley and KH
Congratulations Lloyd. You've won a metaphorical coconut. The half building is the original All Saints vicarage, built in 1870. In 1955 it was decided to replace it with a brand new spanking modern vicarage, and half was knocked down. The vicar and his brood lived in the other half until 1956 while the new vicarage was built on the site of the old one, the remains of the old one then being demolished. As with all spanking modern new 1955 buildings, the "new" vicarage was then demolished in 2007. The book is not clear what happened to the poor vicar then. Maybe he had to be like Elizabeth 1st and make a royal progress round the parish moving from house to house.
mike
mike