EAW001241 ENGLAND (1946). A cityscape from Moseley to Highgate, Moseley, from the south, 1946

Cow House

Moseley Hall Dovecote

Junction of Mary St and Edward Rd.

OLD MAP SHOWS THAT TWO TRAM TRACKS USED TO TERMINATE HERE AFTER TURNING INTO A BUILDING BEHIND THE BANK BUILDING ON THE CORNER......MAYBE INTO A GARAGE?..

ST MARTIN'S IN THE BULL RING.

FARM PARK

CENTRAL FIRE STATION CLOCK TOWER.

ANGLICAN CHURCH OF ST ALBAN & ST PATRICK, HIGHGATE.

MOOR STREET STATION

LEWIS'S DEPARTMENT STORE

ALFRED BIRD & SON, DEVONSHIRE WORKS (CUSTARD FACTORY).

CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST ANNE, ALCESTER STREET.

BORDESLEY STATION

ROWTON HOUSE..(A HOME FOR DESTITUTE SINGLE MEN)...NOW 'THE PARAGON HOTEL'

THIS IS THE SHOP OF THE LATE MR LEN VALE-ONSLOW SNR. WHO USED TO SELL MOTOR CYCLES AT 98-116 STRATFORD ROAD. HE DESIGNED AND REPAIRED THEM. HIS CREATION WAS THE 'S.O.S.'..(SUPER ONSLOW SPECIAL) WHICH HE BUILT IN 1919. HE WAS 102 AND STILL RIDING HIS 80 YEAR OLD BIKES. SADLY HE PASSED AWAY ON 23TH APRIL 2004. LEONARD LESLIE HUBERT VALE-ONSLOW MBE (2 MAY 1900-23 APRIL 2004)....RIP.

OLD MARKET HALL

UNUSED GWR VIADUCT.

'THE ODEON CINEMA'..NEW STREET. WHEN OPENED WAS THE 'PARAMOUNT THEATRE' IN 1937...RENAMED 'ODEON' IN 1942 WHEN OSCAR DEUTSCH'S 'ODEON THEATRES LTD' AQUIRED IT.

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

SITE OF 'KINGSTON' CINEMA.......CLOSED....USED AS FUNCTION ROOMS.....DEMOLISHED AND SITE CLEARED.

'ST ANDREW'S' ...BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL CLUB STADIUM.

BIRMINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT COVENTRY ROAD BUS DEPOT.

WIMBUSH BAKERY.... NOW THE SITE OF 'ST ANDREWS RETAIL PARK'

GREEN LANE PUBLIC BATHS

SMALL HEATH BRIDGE

USED TO BE 'THE ANGEL INN'

LOCATION OF THE 'BLACK HORSE INN'..BUILT 1880.... NOW OCCUPIED BY A RESTAURANT AND SHOPS.

LOCATION OF LLOYDS BANK .....NOW A RESTAURANT.

THE SHIP INN, CAMP HILL... USED TO HAVE AN INSCRIPTION, IN RELIEF, INDICATING (PERHAPS CLAIMING) THAT THIS WAS CLOSE TO (IF NOT TRULY) THE SITE OF PRINCE RUPERT'S CAMP DURING THE ROYALIST ATTACK ON BIRMINGHAM IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR.

CAMP HILL RAILWAY GOODS YARD.

ST AGATHA'S CHURCH....BUILDING BEGUN IN 1899 AND FINANCED BY THE SALE OF CHRISTCHURCH SITE, AT THE TOP OF NEW STREET. THE WOODEN PANNELLING, THE FONT, AND THE 1805 FOUNDATION STONE WERE ALL BROUGHT FROM CHRISTCHURCH WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED THE SAME YEAR. ALSO THE TOWER BELL, CAST IN 1813, WAS BROUGHT AND FITTED IN THE 35METRE TOWER. THE CLOCK IS DATED TO 1900 AND THE NEW CHURCH WAS CONSECRATED IN 1901.

'THE BRIGHTON'.....19TH CENTURY INN/PUB.

LADYPOOL ROAD

LOCATION OF 'MOSELEY AND BALSALL HEATH INSTITUTE'...NOW 'THE MOSELEY DANCE CENTRE'

BALSALL HEATH PARK

MOSELEY PARK & POOL.

FORMER SITE OF CAR DEALERSHIP....'METEOR FORD'... AND LASTLY 'BRISTOL STREET MOTORS'.....PRESENTLY ALL DEMOLISHED AND SITE CLEARED.

WOODBRIDGE ROAD......NAMED AFTER THE ORIGINAL WOODEN BRIDGE OVER THE RAILWAY LINE.

FOREST ROAD

CHURCH ROAD

THE 'PRINCE OF WALES' PUB

CALVARY CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST

LOCATION OF 'MOSELEY POST OFFICE'

USED TO BE LOCATION OF,'BIRMINGHAM MUNICIPAL BANK'......BECAME 'TSB'...'LLOYDS TSB'....NOW OCCUPIED BY 'BOHEMIAN...Cocktails,Bar,Kitchen, VENUE.

USED TO BE LOCATION OF 'BARCLAY'S BANK'....NOW UNOCCUPIED.

'BULL'S HEAD'....FORMER PUB

'FIGHTING COCKS' INN/PUB

ST ANNE'S CHURCH, PARK HILL

ST COLUMBA'S URC CHURCH, MOSELEY.

ST MARY'S CHURCH , MOSELEY

ALCESTER ROAD

STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ON ITS WAY TO 'KINGS HEATH STATION' AND THEN ONTO KINGS NORTON....(KINGS HEATH STATION NO LONGER EXISTS)

'SORRENTO HOUSE'......BECAME A MATERNITY HOSPITAL.

ST MARY'S ROW.

Moseley railway station

Wake Green Road

Oxford Road

Moseley Hall, former home of John Taylor,partner of Samson Lloyd in Lloyds & Taylors Bank

Trafalgar Road Tram Shed