EAW006930 ENGLAND (1947). New Street Railway Station and the city centre, Birmingham, 1947
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Title | [EAW006930] New Street Railway Station and the city centre, Birmingham, 1947 |
Reference | EAW006930 |
Date | 30-June-1947 |
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Place name | BIRMINGHAM |
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Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 406709, 286778 |
Longitude / Latitude | -1.9012069120525, 52.478518105968 |
National Grid Reference | SP067868 |
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Market Hall |
rmawby |
Sunday 11th of April 2021 08:49:35 PM |
Lewis's Building |
rmawby |
Sunday 11th of April 2021 08:48:57 PM |
77 Irving Street |
Graham |
Sunday 6th of December 2020 11:11:44 PM |
ST THOMAS'S CHURCH...BATH ROW....AND THE LOCATION OF THE 'PEACE GARDEN' |
Griffin |
Tuesday 18th of August 2020 02:58:07 PM |
103 Latimer Street |
Graham |
Thursday 2nd of July 2020 11:08:12 PM |
2 bk 111 Cregroe Street |
Graham |
Saturday 5th of October 2019 10:15:59 AM |
57 Latimer Street the birthplace of Graham Philip Richards on the 14th August 1953 |
Graham |
Sunday 21st of July 2019 10:41:42 AM |
7 Back of 134 Irving Street the home of William Endall Richards in 1918 the Great Grandfather if Graham Philip Richards |
Graham |
Sunday 21st of July 2019 10:40:16 AM |
Colmore Arms Public House |
Graham |
Wednesday 18th of October 2017 05:47:23 PM |
PICCADILLY ARCADE.....ORIGINALLY A PICTURE HOUSE, OPENING IN 1906. CLOSED IN 1912 AND CONVERTED INTO A SHOPPING ARCADE. MAIN WALKWAY SLOPES AWAY FROM NEW STREET DOWN TO STEPHENSON ST (EVEN WITH THE STEPS), ECHOING THE SHAPE OF THE OLD CINEMA SEATING DESIGN. |
Griffin |
Wednesday 21st of September 2016 06:43:36 PM |
KEY HILL CEMETERY (NON CONFORMIST) MORTUARY CHAPEL.......(DEMOLISHED) |
Griffin |
Wednesday 21st of September 2016 06:22:36 PM |
WARSTONE LANE CEMETERY MORTUARY CHAPEL.........(DEMOLISHED) |
Griffin |
Wednesday 21st of September 2016 06:20:17 PM |
ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, HANDSWORTH....BUILT 1851-1855, |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 05:55:32 PM |
LOCATION OF 'DENNISON' WORKS. |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 05:48:44 PM |
'ALBERT WORKS'...CONSTRUCTED IN 1863 FOR W.E.WILEY,,A PEN MANUFACTURER......OLD MAP OF 1884-90 SHOWS 'ELECTRICAL ENGINE ETC'...NOW CALLED 'THE ARGENT CENTRE' OFFICES AND HOUSES THE BIRMINGHAM 'PEN MUSEUM'. |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 05:46:11 PM |
FLEET STREET.....THIS WILL BECOME THE MUSEUM CALLED 'THE COFFIN WORKS'...WHERE THE 'NEWMAN BROTHERS COFFIN FURNITURE FACTORY' USED TO BE. |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 05:07:02 PM |
OLD MAP SHOWS THIS AS 'CHARITY SCHOOL (GIRLS)', LEGGE LANE....BUT ANOTHER SOURCE LISTS IT AS A PENCIL CASE FACTORY, 3 LEGGE LANE... BUILT IN 1893, (PRESUMABLY AFTER THE SCHOOL MOVED)....LATER USED AS OFFICES BUT PRESENTLY EMPTY. |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 04:42:52 PM |
THE CHAMBERLAIN CLOCK..... |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 04:38:13 PM |
HEAD OFFICE OF 'THE BIRMINGHAM MUNICIPAL BANK'....NAME CHANGED IN 1974 TO 'BIRMINGHAM MUNICIPAL TSB' WHEN THEY BECAME PART OF THE TSB CONSORTIUM....'TSB' WAS FLOATED ON STOCK EXCHANGE BY GOVERNMENT (EVEN THOUGH OWNERSHIP WAS INDETERMINED)...TAKEN OVER BY LLOYDS BANK TO FORM 'LLOYDS TSB BANK'....NOW DEMERGED BACK TO SEPERATE ENTITIES. |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 02:56:31 PM |
'THE WEST END CINEMA'...ORIGINALLY AN EXHIBITION HALL..PICTURE HOUSE,DANCE HALL,CINEMA..CLOSED IN 1965 AFTER BEING SOLD FOR REDEVELOPMENT, REPRIEVED UNTIL DEMOLITION IN 1967...ATV STUDIOS WERE BUILT ON THE SITE IN 1969. |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 02:46:15 PM |
'THE PARADE' |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 02:28:53 PM |
'EASY ROW' AT THE TOP OF 'EASY HILL'...ALL BUT DISAPPEARED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1970'S LIBRARY "REDEVELOPMENT". |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 02:26:24 PM |
'THE SHAKESPEARE' PUB...EST 1873..CORNER OF LIONEL ST AND SUMMER ROW. |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 02:23:19 PM |
'THE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE'..BROAD ST...OPENED IN 1856 AS 'THE ROYAL MUSIC HALL'.....RENAMED 'THE PRINCE OF WALES OPERETTA HOUSE' BY THE NEW OWNERS IN 1862 TO CELEBRATE THE WEDDING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PRINCESS ALEXANDRIA,(LATER BECAME EDWARD VII AND QUEEN ALEXANDRIA)...'OPERETTA HOUSE' PART OF NAME DROPPED IN 1865...SOLD IN 1866 AND REFURBISHED AND AGAIN BEFORE BEING SOLD IN 1898...DECLINED PROGRESSIVELY...ON 9TH APRIL 1941 RECEIVED A DIRECT HIT, DESTROYING COMPLETELY THE INTERIOR..NEVER REOPENED...DEMOLISHED IN 1987... REPLACED BY 'BIRMINGHAM NEW SYMPHONY HALL', OPENING IN 1991. |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 02:15:30 PM |
LOCATION OF THE BIRMINGHAM FIRE SERVICE BUILDING...CONVERTED TO A DAY NURSERY...AND NOW APARTMENTS.
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Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 01:49:29 PM |
ST CHAD'S BISHOP'S HOUSE....ALSO BUILT BY AUGUSTUS PUGIN (1812-1852)FOR THE FIRST ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF BIRMINGHAM...THOMAS WALSH....IN 1840 AND DEMOLISHED IN 1959 FOR THE CREATION OF THE RING ROAD. IT COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IF THE CATHEDRAL WOULD PAY FOR THE EXTRA COST TO DIVERT THE RING ROAD AS HERBERT MANZONI WANTED, BUT THE COST WAS TOO HIGH, SO A FINE PUGIN CREATION WAS LOST.(WOULD IT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED IN LONDON?????)THE CHIMNEY PIECE AND TWO CHAIRS ARE PRESERVED IN THE 'VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM' IN LONDON. |
Griffin |
Monday 30th of November 2015 09:13:58 PM |
ST CHAD'S RC CATHEDRAL.....BUILT BY AUGUSTUS WELBY PUGIN IN 1841. |
Griffin |
Monday 30th of November 2015 06:24:34 PM |
VICTORIA BUILDINGS.....BLUE PLAQUE INDICATES THAT HERE WERE THE PREMISES OF JOSEPH GILLOTT'S PEN MANUFACTORY. |
Griffin |
Monday 30th of November 2015 06:19:54 PM |
OLD BCT BUS GARAGES....ON CORNER OF MILLER ST & ELKINGTON ST. |
Griffin |
Monday 30th of November 2015 06:01:17 PM |
ELKINGTON ST. |
Griffin |
Monday 30th of November 2015 05:59:46 PM |
LOCATION OF 'THE NEWTOWN PALACE THEATRE' , OPENED IN 1914 AS A CINE & VARIETY THEATRE, DIDN'T LAST LONG AS A VARIETY VENUE (ESPECIALLY WITH THE 'ASTON HIPPODROME' ABOUT A MILE AWAY) CONTINUED AS A CINEMA UNTIL CONVERSION IN 1961 TO A BINGO HALL. THIS LASTED UNTIL CLOSED BY LADBROKES IN 1983. REMAINED CLOSED AND DECAYING UNTIL DEMOLISHED FOR THE WIDENING OF NEW JOHN ST WEST IN THE 1990'S. |
Griffin |
Monday 30th of November 2015 05:56:45 PM |
'HOLY TRINITY' PARISH CHURCH,BIRCHFIELD..... BIRCHFIELD ROAD. |
Griffin |
Monday 30th of November 2015 05:44:02 PM |
LOCATION OF WHERE 'C.BRANDEUR & CO.' USED TO BE....ALTHOUGH NOW EMPTY, BUILDINGS ARE STILL STANDING AND AWAITING REFURBISHMENT AND CONVERSION......AND HOPEFULLY NOT DEMOLITION!!!!! |
Griffin |
Monday 30th of November 2015 05:39:36 PM |
THE ASTON HIPPODROME.....LAUREL & HARDY, AMONGST OTHERS, PERFORMED HERE AND DRANK IN THE BARTON ARMS ACROSS THE ROAD. THE THEATRE LASTED UNTIL ITS DEMOLITION IN THE EARLY 1980'S.....NOW THE LOCATION OF 'THE DRUM'. |
Griffin |
Monday 30th of November 2015 05:22:12 PM |
'THE BARTON ARMS' |
Griffin |
Monday 30th of November 2015 05:17:48 PM |
LOCATION OF 'JOSEPH LUCAS'..GT KING ST..... BUILDING HERE STARTED FROM 1896, WITH PROGRESSIVE EXPANSION AND BUILDING UP TO THE 1950'S (THE MEMORABLE EDIFICE WAS COMPLETED IN THE 1930'S)..... DEMOLISHED 1988/9. |
Griffin |
Friday 27th of November 2015 02:06:44 PM |
OLD RC CHURCH OF 'ST CATHERINE OF SIENNA' |
Griffin |
Friday 27th of November 2015 12:34:47 PM |
LOCATION OF THE 'BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE'. |
Griffin |
Friday 27th of November 2015 12:32:38 PM |
THE 'BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME'..HURST STREET...WITH THE ORIGINAL TOWER. |
Griffin |
Friday 27th of November 2015 12:30:19 PM |
OLD MAPS SHOW THIS AS THE LOCATION OF 'LADY WELL'...AN ANCIENT SOURCE OF WATER....NOW THE LOCATION OF THE 'ARCADIAN' |
Griffin |
Friday 27th of November 2015 12:28:43 PM |
town hall |
richard |
Thursday 16th of October 2014 11:00:21 PM |
Class31 |
Tuesday 19th of August 2014 01:44:08 PM | |
Class31 |
Tuesday 19th of August 2014 01:42:01 PM | |
Class31 |
Tuesday 19th of August 2014 01:38:24 PM | |
The George & Dragon pub |
aajhiggs |
Thursday 26th of December 2013 11:12:23 PM |
AN OLD 'MITCHELL & BUTLER'S' PUB....WAS DERELICT AND BOARDED-UP IN 2008...SHROUDED IN SCAFFOLDING FROM 2009 FOR RENOVATION...SCAFFOLDING STILL THERE AT GROUND LEVEL IN SEPT 2015....RENOVATION NOT QUITE FINISHED...(FUTURE USE UNKNOWN). |
Griffin |
Tuesday 1st of December 2015 01:47:14 PM |
User Comment Contributions
The Hall of Memory, Birmingham, 09/08/2014 |
Class31 |
Tuesday 19th of August 2014 01:42:35 PM |