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Where is this?

M

mossg

master brummie
Do you know where this is? I must have walked passed it hundreds of times,and didn't know it existed until a couple of weeks ago.
Maurice.
 
Yes Frothblower, I was thinking that myself, I'll have to hop on the bus tomorrow and photograph a clue,that's if nobody gets it in the meantime.
Maurice.
 
Is it on the building that used to be W.H.Smiths in Corporation St ?

Phil
 
Mossg

I don't know so I'll have to use a bit of logic and finish up with a guess. Sir Walter Scott was the governor of the Union Insurance Company from 1824 to 1832.

It is possible that as he was such a well known man they would put an image of him on the outside of any branch office they might of been building at the time, possibly in Birmingham.

So as I haven't a clue where that might be, I will guess Colmore Row.

Sounds completely plausible doesn't it, which usually means totally wrong.

Phil
 
Phil,
It does sound very plausible,but its not Colmore Row,in fact it is in a Street in between Colmore Row & Corporation Street,& if you look no more than 10 yards to the right of Sir Walter Scott you will see this.
Maurice.
 
my suggeston and if my memory serves me right it was on the wesely assurance society union building in time gone bye it wasvirtualy facing lewisisbuilding and it was a very tall building and it was always litt up .at night ,
 
Well done Phil,They certainly sound like my 2 fella's,but they are now in Cannon Street.Opposite these 2.
Maurice.
 
Maurice

Well if the owners of the building Peppers have shifted them once, I see no reason why they could not have done the same again.

Phil
 
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