Worcester Street

[Vivienne14]

This street deserves a thread of its own. All now swept away by redevelopment and the effects of WW2 bombing. Some contributions are included by members from other threads.


The Board Vaults c1929 corner of Worcester Street (#56) and Bell Street, originally posted by Oldun.

 

[Vivienne14]

Looking towards New Street. I'd guess a late 1950s view. The BigTop development seems to have been well underway.

 

[mikejee]

Here is a photo of the entrance in Worcester Street to Great Queen Street . The building on the right was occupied by Frederick William Walcott, luncheon stores, which was no 18 up to 1884, and 59 from 1888. Walcott occupied it from around 1870 till around 1890, though it was run after that for a few years by (his wife ?) Mrs Elizabeth Walcott.

 

[Astoness]

nice photo mike

lyn

 

[Colroy07]

Looking towards New Street. I'd guess a late 1950s view. The BigTop development seems to have been well underway.

View attachment 195519

Then they demolished and built the rotunda.

 

[Pedrocut]

Worcester Street, Birmingham, 1883. Oil painting
Artist: A Freeman Smith.

“View of New Street Station with Worcester Street to the left.
This is a view of New Street Station in central Birmingham in the 1880s. The long glass roof of the station can be seen on the right hand side.
Just visible on the far right is the corner of the old Bull Ring Market Hall. This picture was probably painted a market day as wagons can be seen bringing produce to the markets. New Street Station opened on 1 June 1854. During World War Il the station suffered considerable bomb damage. The station was rebuilt in the 1960's, completed in 1967 and since then has been completely redeveloped, officially opening in 2015.”
(Birmingham Museums)

 

[Colroy07]

I love this view with the big roof of new street station . At the top you see the market.

 

[mikejee]

The painting must have been made in the early 1880s, as Ash & Newbold disappear between the 1884 and 1888 Kellys, and the building has gone on the 1887 OS map below, where the approximate position of where it had been is shown in red

 

[Pedrocut]

Adjudication in 1886. Joseph Lathbury Ash, trading as A & N, Broad Street Birmingham. Painter, plumber and decorator.

In 1885 action against JL Ash 161 Broad St.
24/5/6 Old Meeting Street Oct 1877.