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Where is this bus ?
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Anyone recognise the factory in the distance ? Viv.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
The picture appears on Getty Images as Birmingham 27th December 1959, but no location. Same on Alamy and Referred to as Fischer's native Birmingham.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
There is a Thread for Roy Fisher...
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Roy Fisher - Birmingham Poet
There doesn't seem to be an appropriate thread to post this so thought I would start this. I found this poem quoted in the comments box of a seemingly unrelated short doccumentary film on YouTube - it was actually about a hidden river walk in east London. The poem is about the River Tame and...
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brummy-lad
master brummie
A challenge to fill the void between Christmas and New Year, GREAT
brummy-lad
master brummie
brummy-lad
master brummie
Gosh, well spotted Lyn, that's a tremendous help.
A Sparks
master brummie
Yes, it does look like the same shop - hedge in the front garden one side and house with a taller chimney on the other side.
brummy-lad
master brummie
RobT
Acemeccanoman
The clue is a 2nd June 1962 Murder Mystery at Bates's NewsagencyFar too clever for me. That mystery didn't last long!
Maurice
And the murderer escaped with blood stained hands on a No 8 Bus !
The Birmingham Christmas killing that shocked the nation
Police tracked down 1959 Edgbaston YWCA murderer in weeks - but never solved mystery of man with bloodstained hands on number eight bus
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lmr3103
master brummie
And yet all those buildings gone now Lyn...
Lynn
thats great lee bank road it is
....lynn i had a feeling that whatever the location was the houses would no longer be there...shame..just trying to figure out what baines newsagent had to do with that awful murderlyn
Mark Tooze
master brummie
Can someone confirm if these 2 photos were taken on the Snow Hill side of the station please?
And was this Navigation St?
Photographs are from the wonderful Stilltime Collection website - another little goldmine!!! - a search on "Birmingham" brings back 571 results - very few (if any) I have seen before - www.stilltimecollection.co.uk
And was this Navigation St?
Photographs are from the wonderful Stilltime Collection website - another little goldmine!!! - a search on "Birmingham" brings back 571 results - very few (if any) I have seen before - www.stilltimecollection.co.uk
mark i would say yes they were taken on the snow hill side great photos...isnt that the old weslyan and general building corner of snow hill and colmore row. maybe someone could confirm that....just tried the link you posted but it does not work for me
lyn
lyn
Richard Dye
master brummie
I would agree Lyn. The rounded building in the background of the first picture and the Lozelles bus stop.
Lloyd
master brummie
The first two are in front of the Snow Hill station hotel, some call it Colmore Row but in times past it was Steelhouse Lane as far as Livery Street then Colmore Row to Victoria Square. It was the terminus for Soho Road services (Handsworth, West Bromwich, Wednesbury and Dudley) and had been for the tram services beforehand.
Happy to do that Lloyd. Probably best that I add "Bus" to the title then too.
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