EPW054229 ENGLAND (1937). The city centre, Birmingham, 1937

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Title [EPW054229] The city centre, Birmingham, 1937
Reference EPW054229
Date 13-July-1937
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Place name BIRMINGHAM
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 407160, 286278
Longitude / Latitude -1.8945764873765, 52.474016875162
National Grid Reference SP072863

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Navigation Street

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Sunday 9th of June 2024 09:48:26 PM
Worcester Street

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Sunday 9th of June 2024 09:45:47 PM
The Market Hall

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Sunday 9th of June 2024 09:45:13 PM
The 'Golden Eagle' pub

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Sunday 9th of June 2024 09:43:35 PM
St Martin's church

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Sunday 9th of June 2024 09:42:06 PM
Thorp Street Drill Hall (Warwickshire Regiment)

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Friday 29th of December 2023 11:29:39 AM
Kent Street Swimming Baths

SteveN
Tuesday 14th of February 2017 08:55:18 PM
THE OLD REP...STATION STREET.

Griffin
Tuesday 17th of November 2015 08:49:59 PM
SMITHFIELD MARKETS ..(WHOLESALE).

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 08:47:02 PM
VINE STREET....

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 08:41:19 PM
CENTRAL ROW...

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 08:40:33 PM
MARK LANE.....

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 08:39:16 PM
THE 'BRITISH OAK' PUB

Griffin
Tuesday 17th of November 2015 08:33:37 PM
ODEON NEW STREET CINEMA AUDITORIUM.

Griffin
Tuesday 17th of November 2015 08:31:33 PM
QUEENS DRIVE......SEPARATING THE TWO 'HALVES' OF NEW STREET STATION....DISAPPEARED WHEN THE STATION WAS TOTALLY CHANGED IN THE 60'S REBUILD.

Griffin
Tuesday 17th of November 2015 08:30:31 PM
THE CORNER OF THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN SAVED AND PRESUMABLY WILL BE REFURBISHED...(THE FIRM OF 'M & J SHAPERO LTD' HAD A SIGN ON THE FRONT)

Griffin
Tuesday 17th of November 2015 08:05:16 PM

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:34:49 PM

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:34:02 PM
'THE SCALA CINEMA'

Griffin
Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:32:44 PM
THIS IS NOW THE LOCATION OF 'THE ARCADIAN' CENTRE.

Griffin
Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:31:04 PM
OLD MAP SHOWS THIS AS THE LOCATION OF AN ANCIENT WELL CALLED 'LADY WELL'.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:27:43 PM

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:25:54 PM

Griffin
Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:25:16 PM
WROTTERSLEY STREET....USED TO JOIN SMALLBROOK STREET BUT NOW TRUNCATED, AFTER THE RINGROAD CONSTRUCTION, AND EFFECTIVELY A CUL-DE-SAC.

Griffin
Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:18:06 PM
SHERLOCK STREET

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:13:48 PM
NOW CALLED 'THE JUBILEE CENTRE'

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:12:15 PM
THE 'BIRMINGHAM EMPIRE' THEATRE... A MR JAMES DAY BUILT A THEATRE, CALLED 'DAY'S CRYSTAL PALACE', OPENING IN 1862, ON THE FORMER SITE OF 'THE WHITE SWAN' PUBLIC HOUSE. THIS CONCERT HALL FINALLY CLOSED IN 1893, SOLD TO 'MOSS EMPIRES LTD' WHO DEMOLISHED MOST OF IT AND REBUILT ANEW, OPENING IN 1894 AS 'THE NEW EMPIRE OF VARIETIES'. ALSO KNOWN AS 'THE EMPIRE THEATRE', 'THE EMPIRE PALACE', AND 'THE BIRMINGHAM EMPIRE'......THE BUILDING WAS DESTROYED BY WWII BOMBS IN 1941 AND WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1951.....FROM THE 60'S THE NEW BUILDINGS HAVE HOUSED A SUCCESSION OF NIGHTCLUBS.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 07:07:37 PM
THE CROWN PUB/INN

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 06:34:58 PM

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 06:30:12 PM
SINGER'S HILL SYNAGOGUE....BIRMINGHAM HEBREW CONGREGATION.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 06:04:45 PM
THE CRAVEN ARMS PUB....CORNER OF BLUCHER ST & UPPER GOUGH ST.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 06:03:23 PM
NAVIGATION STREET.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:58:35 PM
HOLLOWAY HEAD.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:56:37 PM
ST CATHERINE OF SIENNA RC CHURCH....DEMOLISHED WHEN BRISTOL STREET WAS WIDENED..NEW CHURCH IS SET FURTHER TO THE LEFT OF PICTURE.

Griffin
Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:55:33 PM
THIS IS NOW WHERE THE 'PAGODA' ISLAND IS, OVER THE UNDERPASS.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:52:29 PM
SUFFOLK STREET.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:50:21 PM
BIRMINGHAM TECHNICAL SCHOOL

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:49:34 PM
OLD ENTRANCE TO THE 'ALEXANDRA' THEATRE.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:48:10 PM
THE 'VICTORIA' PUB/INN.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:46:35 PM
ST JUDE'S CHURCH

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:45:08 PM
JOHN BRIGHT STREET

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:44:07 PM
BRISTOL STREET

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:43:04 PM
PERSHORE STREET

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:38:34 PM
THE 'BACK TO BACK' HOUSES.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:36:34 PM
BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME.

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:35:31 PM

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Tuesday 17th of November 2015 05:34:26 PM