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Ray Barrett
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
Yep,it was my birthday.
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
I wasn't there that particular New Years Eve but I was there plenty of others. I think you will find the photo is a little later than 52 as stated. I was a bit puzzled by it as the clothes and hairstyles don't quite gel. I think it is more likely to have been taken nearer 62.
Back to New years eve, Chamberlain Fountain was always where we ended the night off. A gang of youngsters and a couple of bottles of fairy liquid always made a bubbly end to the night. Only downside was we always had to walk home as we were never allowed on the night service or a taxi.
Towards the middle of the 60's they started switching the fountain off and putting it behind boards on New Years Eve (Spoilsports)
This photo was taken in the 60's, I think I may have been there that night but I'm not in the photo.
Phil
Back to New years eve, Chamberlain Fountain was always where we ended the night off. A gang of youngsters and a couple of bottles of fairy liquid always made a bubbly end to the night. Only downside was we always had to walk home as we were never allowed on the night service or a taxi.
Towards the middle of the 60's they started switching the fountain off and putting it behind boards on New Years Eve (Spoilsports)
This photo was taken in the 60's, I think I may have been there that night but I'm not in the photo.
Phil
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Dib44
Yes I'm sure Lyn is aware of that and its just a lapse of memory on her part, but then we have to remember that she is only a youngster. She probably is to young to remember in 67 there was no Centenary Square.
Lyn
Another photo of the celebrations in Chamberlain Square on New Years Eve. Looking at the photo I feel sorry for the chap on the extreme left of the photo. It looks like he has lost his wallet and is looking for it.
The second photo shows how more attractive the fountain could be with the addition of a bottle of fairy liquid.
The last one shows how I think fountains should be used. They should be places of fun and enjoyment. You would only have to dip a toe in one now and you would have hordes of health & safety officials on your back in seconds.
Phil
Yes I'm sure Lyn is aware of that and its just a lapse of memory on her part, but then we have to remember that she is only a youngster. She probably is to young to remember in 67 there was no Centenary Square.
Lyn
Another photo of the celebrations in Chamberlain Square on New Years Eve. Looking at the photo I feel sorry for the chap on the extreme left of the photo. It looks like he has lost his wallet and is looking for it.
The second photo shows how more attractive the fountain could be with the addition of a bottle of fairy liquid.
The last one shows how I think fountains should be used. They should be places of fun and enjoyment. You would only have to dip a toe in one now and you would have hordes of health & safety officials on your back in seconds.
Phil
lol phil...he does look like hes looking for something dosnt he....thanks for sticking up for me regarding the fact that yes i am most certainly a novice compared to some of you but this is one of the reasons i joined this forum...my intention is to learn and if i am wrong i would only expect and want to be corrected...however in the case of my pic...the caption stated centenary square and now i have learned that it did not exist in 67 i shall go back and edit it...
by the way wernt us brummies a hard lot in those days...lol
lyn
by the way wernt us brummies a hard lot in those days...lol
lyn
Back in about 1971 i was aquainted with a student in Selly oak who went down to london for the new year in Trafalgar square (her parents lived just outside). She jumped into the fountain , with others, and had a wonderful time. Presumably she dried out , and went to visit her parents on new years day afternoon. On the TV news were pictures of her dancing around and her mother was loud in her denunciations of "those stupid people making afool of themselves", but she never realised it was her daughter.
Mike
Mike
Dib44
Yes I'm sure Lyn is aware of that and its just a lapse of memory on her part, but then we have to remember that she is only a youngster. She probably is to young to remember in 67 there was no Centenary Square.
pmc1947, it was a question, not a statement, hence the question mark...
And being as we are discussing Chamberlain fountain, when the dismantled it I am sure it was larger than the three arcs we have now, or was it my imagination?
Yes I'm sure Lyn is aware of that and its just a lapse of memory on her part, but then we have to remember that she is only a youngster. She probably is to young to remember in 67 there was no Centenary Square.
pmc1947, it was a question, not a statement, hence the question mark...
And being as we are discussing Chamberlain fountain, when the dismantled it I am sure it was larger than the three arcs we have now, or was it my imagination?
hi dibb...if you look at my post 10 you will see that i welcome folk correcting me if i make a mistake...now in this case it was the caption that was wrong..not me memory as i did not realise that centenary square was not there in 67....i do now and have therefore leaned something and corrected the location of the pic...so thanks for pointing it out...
cheers...
lyn
cheers...
lyn
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Mossy
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That photo as been on some where before Lyn and it tells you his name he is of course waving Blues scarf
Mossy
Mossy
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Mossy
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Dib44
I think you are quite right the fountain has shrunk over the years. As you can see in the earlier photo. The water feature part of the fountain surrounded three sides of the pump & filter structure. The later photo shows a fountain only a third of the original size.
Phil
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Mossy
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I for the life of me cant remember that fountain being re shaped when we were kids we used to paddle in it, oh those summer days they seemed longer
Mossy
Mossy
Thanks pmc1947, two great images, and just as I thought only half the fountain seems to have been restored, a great, great shame, there was enough room in the frontage of the library to have restored the Chamberlain Fountain to its full glory,I wonder what happened to the remaining masonry?