Old Birmingham pictures - Page 2

Smileyface · May 2nd, 2007, 11:48 PM

Here it is http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...=241426&page=2

Probably one of the best and most poignant threads ever created on ssc - get your hankies ready from page 4 onwards!

Telfordboy · May 3rd, 2007, 12:28 AM

If only Dale end still looked like this

There'd be no need for MG

Markb03 · May 3rd, 2007, 12:44 AM

Where in Erdington was that race track?

Biosonic · May 4th, 2007, 10:04 AM

Maybe Woody can merge the 2 threads somehow???

***woodhousen*** · May 4th, 2007, 10:36 AM

i'll try!

Erebus555 · May 4th, 2007, 06:41 PM

I couldn't find the other thread! I was sure we had one but all I found was the 1970s Birmingham thread.

Markb03 · May 5th, 2007, 11:32 AM

Where in Erdington was that race track?

Erebus555 · May 5th, 2007, 06:27 PM

Bromford I think.

Markb03 · May 6th, 2007, 07:55 PM

Spaghetti junction 1970

Chester Road 1920

Sir Josiah Mason's Church, Station Road, Erdington
I posted them both to show what a nice building they knocked down to build the one now

Station Road, Erdington 1926

Telfordboy · May 6th, 2007, 10:31 PM

Oh, that makes me sad.

Butterfield · May 6th, 2007, 10:47 PM

There is surely no way the second photo, of Chester Road, is from 1970 - looks more like 1870 to me!

Telfordboy · May 6th, 2007, 11:04 PM

I was just thinking something similar.

Markb03 · May 6th, 2007, 11:53 PM

Indeed sorry meant to be 1920

Butterfield · May 7th, 2007, 12:27 AM

Erebus555 · May 7th, 2007, 01:31 PM

Wow, thanks for those. The loss of the church is a shame. I hear the Emmanuel Church in Wylde Green is under threat despite being locally listed. It is a beautiful old church, which, in my opinion, could really do with a church tower.

I found some interesting information about Spag Junction and what the area was like before. The place was totally overrun by rabbit warrens and was never cultivated. But one guy in the 1870s predicted that it would witness a major development for Birmingham - had he foreseen the construction of Spag Junction?

Butterfield · May 7th, 2007, 02:39 PM

Oh wow!

But what did they do with the poor lickle wabbits?

Erebus555 · May 7th, 2007, 03:04 PM

Sent them to the Copeley Escarpment just up the road, which was soon demolished in itself.

Here's the passage written by Thomas Townsend in 1876 that seems to predict the coming of Spaghetti Junction:

"My Muse claims no Vision of Prophecy, still
Let me dream of thy future, fair Copeley Hill!
Will some levelling Brummagem Mayor of the day
In some vast Improvement Scheme sweep thee away..."

Butterfield · May 7th, 2007, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erebus555

Sent them to the Copeley Escarpment just up the road, which was soon demolished in itself.

What's that?

Erebus555 · May 7th, 2007, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butterfield

What's that?

It's a bit of rock that sticks out the ground. This one had caves in it and was used during WWII as an air raid shelter. When the war finished the rabbits were sent there. Though many remained at Gravelly Hill naturally.

Biosonic · May 8th, 2007, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butterfield

Oh wow!

But what did they do with the poor lickle wabbits?

Poisoned them, shot them and fed their little corpses to the foxes.

Did you know that the area around New St Stn used to teem with frogs, and there is a particular place (I forget where) called The Froggery?

May 3rd, 2007, 12:28 AM	#22
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May 4th, 2007, 06:41 PM	#26
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May 5th, 2007, 06:27 PM	#28
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May 2nd, 2007, 11:48 PM	#21
Smileyface BAND AID Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: back in Walsall.... Posts: 4,505 Likes (Received): 0	Here it is http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...=241426&page=2 Probably one of the best and most poignant threads ever created on ssc - get your hankies ready from page 4 onwards!

May 3rd, 2007, 12:44 AM	#23
Markb03 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 479 Likes (Received): 0	Where in Erdington was that race track?

May 5th, 2007, 11:32 AM	#27
Markb03 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 479 Likes (Received): 0	Where in Erdington was that race track?

May 6th, 2007, 07:55 PM	#29
Markb03 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 479 Likes (Received): 0	Spaghetti junction 1970 Chester Road 1920 Sir Josiah Mason's Church, Station Road, Erdington I posted them both to show what a nice building they knocked down to build the one now Station Road, Erdington 1926 Last edited by Markb03; May 6th, 2007 at 11:54 PM.

May 6th, 2007, 10:31 PM	#30
Telfordboy Fus-Ro-Dah! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yo' mama! Posts: 10,593 Likes (Received): 6	Oh, that makes me sad. __________________ You may be able to contact me at the Hall of the Wendigo should you really feel the need. http://hallofthewendigo.informe.com/forum/

May 6th, 2007, 10:47 PM	#31
Butterfield lime-hating shrublet Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Leyland Posts: 18,553 Likes (Received): 222	There is surely no way the second photo, of Chester Road, is from 1970 - looks more like 1870 to me!

May 6th, 2007, 11:04 PM	#32
Telfordboy Fus-Ro-Dah! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yo' mama! Posts: 10,593 Likes (Received): 6	I was just thinking something similar. __________________ You may be able to contact me at the Hall of the Wendigo should you really feel the need. http://hallofthewendigo.informe.com/forum/

May 6th, 2007, 11:53 PM	#33
Markb03 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 479 Likes (Received): 0	Indeed sorry meant to be 1920

May 7th, 2007, 12:27 AM	#34
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May 7th, 2007, 01:31 PM	#35
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	Wow, thanks for those. The loss of the church is a shame. I hear the Emmanuel Church in Wylde Green is under threat despite being locally listed. It is a beautiful old church, which, in my opinion, could really do with a church tower. I found some interesting information about Spag Junction and what the area was like before. The place was totally overrun by rabbit warrens and was never cultivated. But one guy in the 1870s predicted that it would witness a major development for Birmingham - had he foreseen the construction of Spag Junction? __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

May 7th, 2007, 02:39 PM	#36
Butterfield lime-hating shrublet Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Leyland Posts: 18,553 Likes (Received): 222	Oh wow! But what did they do with the poor lickle wabbits?

May 7th, 2007, 03:04 PM	#37
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	Sent them to the Copeley Escarpment just up the road, which was soon demolished in itself. Here's the passage written by Thomas Townsend in 1876 that seems to predict the coming of Spaghetti Junction: "My Muse claims no Vision of Prophecy, still Let me dream of thy future, fair Copeley Hill! Will some levelling Brummagem Mayor of the day In some vast Improvement Scheme sweep thee away..." __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

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