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Where is this? No.190??

Well I thought that the street looked too wide for New Street, Mike, but what is the building in the foggy distance?

Maurice
 
Ah, you'll have to ask a Brummie that Maurice! By the way the Flights coach was one of two taking the B.C.T. Head Office staff on an outing to Malvern. The time would therefore be about 11-10am.
 
Hi Mike,

At first glance I thought it was the Town Hall (hence the New Street), but it obviously isn't/wasn't!

HOS had several good trips whilst I was there, including one to Abingdon which included a boat trip on the river. I think that was in Stan Hilcox's day. Happy days!

Maurice
 
Yeah, It's amazing how narrow New Street appears now. Paradise St. is much wider. Actually on here that view has been represented on many occasions through time and even though the buildings have changed, you get a feel for the location. At the end of that street would have been the coal wharfes and canal buildings at one time and in the road an island with globe gas lamps. Then there is what you see here and now a tower I suspect. There is a montage of changes on here to see.
 
I've got a vague memory that the big building visible in the photo was the head-office of some insurance company or the other.

Big Gee
 
As an exile, Dave M's view of New Street makes me feel a bit more optimistic that I'd find quite a few recognisable features of the street (and hopefully still lots of evidence of its history). On the plus side it looks less shabby and neglected than when I left the place 20+ years ago, but the downside seems to be that it has less character. But I know from other updated photos on the forum that the other end of New Street i.e beyond the Corporation St junction towards the Town Hall, there are still lots of Victorian buildings, many with their interesting shop fronts. Many thanks for the photo Dave. Viv.
 
It was never very wide but I suspect that some of these structures overhang what was the sidewalk at one time.
 
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