Old Birmingham pictures

[benbobjr]

just how i remember the area being when i was younger, great to see those pics!

[BonkeyDollocks]

Hello.

New to the forum and I'm a transport enthusiast particularly interested in Tarmac tippers.
Seeing as the head office was in Wolverhampton, I was wondering if there are any pics of Tarmac tippers (or any other interesting tippers for that matter) from the 1970s.

Many thanks in advance.

[fruit&nut]

Originally Posted by ReissOmari

Is that statue in the same place now?! Or near enough

No. The awful '60's scheme put Nelson put of the way on top of the public loos - it would be around where the side entrance to the bull ring between Selfridges and JD sports in now.

Erebus is right in that's it back roughly where it was originally now.

[morestoreysplease]

In the 1953 shot you can see the Queen's Gate building and to answer MichaelWolves, there is a shot of pre-2001 Sentinels in one of the Bull Ring shots. I'm guessing those Bull Ring pics are mid to late 90s.

[El_Greco]

I dont know if you guy saw this, but Ill post it here anyway -



Photo belongs to hoogbouw010

[Erebus555]

I'd put that at around 1910-11. Cheers.

[Guilbert53]

Originally Posted by Erebus555

I'd put that at around 1910-11. Cheers.

About 2 O'clock in the afternoon !

[ROYAL BLUE]

Fascinating range of hat's on show there.

[daz]

what's happening at Moor St. I'm overseas at the moment. Am I going to miss it's proper re-opening.

[mikey23]

Originally Posted by ROYAL BLUE

Fascinating range of hat's on show there.

Top hats and bowlers are definitely something lacking from today's world. The cape is another.

[Erebus555]

I found a few old pictures of churches in Birmingham.

This is the Church of the Messiah on Broad Street, which was built over the canal. The building to the left is the Brasshouse Pub whilst to the right would be O'Neills/ Crown Pub with the ICC behind it.


View from Gas Street Basin (not a photo obviously)


Newhall Hill Church (interior)


Church of the Messiah Domestic Mission - this is now Fazeley Studios


Hurst Street Domestic Mission


This Unitarian Free Church was in Walsall, since demolished

[hoody]

^ Church of the Messiah is amazing. Why was it demolished?

The Queens Hotel @ New Street Station. Another crime.

[Biosonic]

Church of the Messiah (he's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy) is still there

[hoody]

Originally Posted by Biosonic

Church of the Messiah (he's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy) is still there

Where?

There is walkabout? Is it that?

There is nothing on the otherside?

[Biosonic]

Sorry - I meant the Fazeley Studios one.

[Biosonic]

This seems the appropriate thread, and a worth cause:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/birmingh...00/9044753.stm

[Biosonic]

This seems the appropriate thread, and a worthy cause:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/birmingh...00/9044753.stm

Preserve Northfield Manor says local historian

There are calls for Northfield Manor to become a listed building
Historian and local resident Mike Vale is campaigning for Northfield Manor, or The Manor House as it is known locally, to be given listed building status.

Built in 1820, it became the home of George Cadbury and his wife Elizabeth in 1894.

George Cadbury lived at the Manor House until his death in 1922.

The building was given to The University of Birmingham in 1952, but was sold off in 2007 and has remained derelict ever since.

Bleak future

Mike is concerned about the future of the building and feels it should be preserved because of its historical significance and because of how much George Cadbury did for the people of Birmingham.

Mike from Northfield has been trying to discover what the future is for Northfield Manor, but says he has hit a wall of silence.

Mike was shocked when he found out the building wasn't listed and thinks it should be in order to honour the local legacy of the Birmingham chocolate maker.




"The rumours are they're going to build houses here which is of course totally against the whole aspect of George Cadbury.

"The Cadburys gave this to the people of Birmingham for a university for educational purposes.

"Now it's been sold off by the university and it looks like it's going to be the development of property for commercial gain, which is against everything George Cadbury stood for."

Mike approached the planning department to find out who owns the property and to find out what is going to happen to the Manor House, which is nestled in Manor Farm Park just off the Bristol Road.

As Mike couldn't provide a postcode for the location (the Manor house is in the middle of a park), he says they couldn't give him any information about it.

"I think this is a great shame, when you think about all of the things George Cadbury did for this area.

"He gave the orthopaedic hospital, he have the Lickey Hills to the people of Birmingham, he set up the Cadbury schools, he gave money to set up pensions for his workers at Bournville, he built the Bournville Village Trust - the houses with their gardens, he did all of that for people and now his house where he died in 1922 is derelict and nothing's been done about it.

"When you think about the history of the place, of who lived there and the things he did, not only on a local scale but on a national scale...I think it's an absolute scandal."

[morestoreysplease]

I am shocked that this lovely old building is not used. As a kid me and my mates used to go exploring Manor Park and mooch about the grounds and we thought it was like the house in the Ghost of Motley Hall!! I wonder if Mr Vale has approached English Heritage or the National Trust at all?

[Guilbert53]

Originally Posted by morestoreysplease

I am shocked that this lovely old building is not used. As a kid me and my mates used to go exploring Manor Park and mooch about the grounds and we thought it was like the house in the Ghost of Motley Hall!! I wonder if Mr Vale has approached English Heritage or the National Trust at all?

The National Trust will usually only take a house on if there is money from some sort of trust fund set up (maybe by the owners) to help fund its upkeep in the future.

English Heritage (a government department) look after historic properties and sites like castles, abbeys, earth works and so on (although they do "own" some properties like Osborne House on the Isle of Wight).

Not sure they are in the habit of taking on properties like this.

It really needs some sort of organization to take it on and do it up and use it (a hotel maybe) but there may be restrictions on its use.

[Biosonic]

How about Kraft dipping into their pockets?