EPW048094 ENGLAND (1935). The Digbeth area, Birmingham, from the south-east 1935

St. David's Church

Thomas Street

Lancaster Circus

The Bull Ring

Birmingham Cold Store

Midland Red's Digbeth bus garage & Coach Station

THIS WAS THE SITE OF THE BIRMINGHAM HOME FOR LOST DOGS...........DEMOLISHED AND SITE CLEARED IN 2014.

BECAME THE SITE OF THE BIRMINGHAM DOGS HOME.........NOW EMPTY.

'FOX & GRAPES' PH (MITCHELLS & BUTLERS BREWERY TIED HOUSE), on corner of FREEMAN STREET and PARK STREET. CLOSED BY THE YEAR 2008. LEFT BOARDED UP AND PROGRESSIVELY DERELICT UNTIL SUFFERING A FIRE (ARSON) IN 2015. COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED AND SITE CLEARED BY 2019, BECOMING PART OF 'HS2' DEVELOPMENT

Incised into the frontage of this tower are the words 'WAREHOUSE.....BONSER & Co'.......now occupied by 'COW......VINTAGE CLOTHING'

THE SMITHFIELD GARAGE LTD........sign over old garage entrance gives date of 1923........The showrooms occupied the corner of MERIDEN STREET and DIGBETH HIGH STREET.

MERIDEN STREET

BIRMINGHAM 'GUN BARREL PROOF HOUSE' at the far end of BANBURY STREET, No 54.

THE OLD 'TYPHOO TEA' FACTORY.........NOW EMPTY.........Small portion now occupied by 'LATIF'S WHAREHOUSE' backing onto PICKFORD STREET.

NOW OCCUPIED BY ' THE TABOO CINEMA CLUB'

grosvenor street

curzon street goods station

holder's midland brewery nova scotia street

Bartholomew Row, now the only remaining section is the former Christopher Wray lighting building

St John's Chapel, Originally a C16th church, rebuilt 1735, tower added 1762, damaged in WWII and demolished in 1947.

Digbeth branch canal passing under the railway before it starts to climb the 6 locks of the Ashted flight.

Terminal basins of the Digbeth Branch canal. The junction with the end of the Grand Union Canal is through the road bridge, but hidden by various buildings.

Snow Hill station

MARKET HALL FROM 1825...LOST ROOF TO WWII BOMBINGS....BECAME FISH MARKET....LASTED UNTIL LATE 1960'S AFTER RING ROAD BUILT....REPLACED BY 'MANZONI GARDENS' ...NOW OCCUPIED BY DEBENHAMS STORE IN BULLRING.

CORNER NEW ST & HIGH ST.....DESTROYED BY BOMBING WWII....USED AS SITE FOR CIRCUS.....WHEN REBUILT IN EARLY 1950'S SITE WAS REFERRED AS 'THE BIG TOP'...

LOCATION OF CENTRAL FIRE STATION....NOW BEING CONVERTED INTO APPARTMENTS

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Moor Street Station

Digbeth Police Station

Alcester Street

Lower part of Highgate Park on Alcester Street.

The Market Tavern pub on the corner of Charles Henry Street and Moseley Street which still exists today (22 Jan 14)

Anchor Bedstead Works (derelict) OS Map 1913 (The Godfrey Edition 14.09)

Rea Street?

Birchall Street

Angelina Street?

Vaughton Street?

White House PH

Chales Henry Street?

Rowton House ( Now an Hotel) adjacent to Highgate Park

Rea Street School

Harrison (Birmingham) Ltd later Harrison Drape

Skinner St./Bromsgrove St. Junction

Site clearance work for building Fisher & Ludlow Ltd's Sherlock St. Works

Curzon Street Station

Digbeth Institute

Alfred Bird & Son Ltd Custard Manufactory

St. Martin's

Market Hall

Lewis's Department Store

St. Philips Cathedral