EAW001239 ENGLAND (1946). New Street Railway Station, St Philip's Cathedral and the city centre, Birmingham, 1946

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Title [EAW001239] New Street Railway Station, St Philip's Cathedral and the city centre, Birmingham, 1946
Reference EAW001239
Date 24-June-1946
Link
Place name BIRMINGHAM
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 406947, 286953
Longitude / Latitude -1.897698610044, 52.480088551695
National Grid Reference SP069870

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THIS USED TO BE OCCUPIED BY 'THE MIDLAND EDUCATIONAL CO LTD' INTHE LATE 50'S. THEY RELOCATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OPPOSITE ' LEWIS'S DEPARTMENT STORE.

Griffin
Saturday 4th of July 2020 05:51:14 PM
THIS WAS THE REGIONAL HEAD OFFICE OF 'THE NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK' IN THE LATE 60'S IT MERGED WITH 'THE DISTRICT BANK' AND 'THE WESTMINSTER BANK' TO FORM THE 'NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK', THIS IN TURN WAS TAKEN OVER BY 'THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND' (RBS)

Griffin
Saturday 4th of July 2020 05:44:06 PM
ALONG THE TOP OF THIS BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF' WATERLOO STREET' AND 'BENNETTS HILLS' IS INSCRIBED " NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK,. NATIONAL BANK OF ENGLAND ESTAB. MDCCCXXXIII , REBUILT ANNO DOMINI MDCCCLXIX, ENLARGED MDCCCXC". ( established 1833, rebuilt 1869, enlarged 1890)

Griffin
Saturday 4th of July 2020 05:38:02 PM
THIS TEMPLE LIKE BUILDING BELONGED TO 'THE BIRMINGHAM BANKING COMPANY' (BBC). CARVED OVER THE ENTRANCE ARE THESE INITIALS. THIS EVENTUALLY BECAME THE 'BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND BANK'. THEN THE' MIDLAND BANK' WHICH WAS THEN TAKEN OVER BY 'THE HONK KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION' (HSBC). THE BUILDING IS NOW A BAR/RESTAURANT BUT STILL HAS THE 'MIDLAND BANK' SIGNAGE ONTHE OUTSIDE.

Griffin
Saturday 4th of July 2020 03:43:44 PM
GLASS BARREL VAULT OF THE 'GREAT WESTERN ARCADE'

Griffin
Saturday 4th of July 2020 03:15:24 PM
THIS WAS THE HEAD OFFICE OF 'THE BIRMINGHAM MUNICIPAL BANK'. IN 1974 IT JOINED THE 'TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANK CONSORTIUM', AND CHANGED ITS NAME TO ' THE BIRMINHAM MUNICIPAL TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANK'. AND THEN TO 'TSB' . AFTER STOCK MARKET FLOTATION, THE WHOLE OF THE TSB BANKING SYSTEM WAS TAKEN OVER BY 'LLOYDS BANK' BECOMING 'LLOYDS TSB'. AFTER THE BANKING CRISIS IN 2008, TSB WAS DEVOLVED FROM LLOYDS, TO PROCEED AS SEPERATE ENTITIES AGAIN. THIS BUILDING IS AT PRESENT (JULY 2020) STILL UNOCCUPIED.

Griffin
Saturday 4th of July 2020 03:14:25 PM

Griffin
Saturday 4th of July 2020 03:00:06 PM
THE 'GAUMONT' CINEMA, PROMOTING THEIR 'CINERAMA' SCREEN WHICH USED A CURVED SCREEN, AND FOR MANY YEARS SHOWED 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC'

Griffin
Saturday 4th of July 2020 02:56:38 PM
THIS IS STILL CALLED 'THE MINORIES'. ORIGINALLY, AS SHOWN, IT WAS A ROAD FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC EXTENDING FROM TEMPLE ROW TO OLD SQUARE. AFTER THE 'REDEVELOPMENT' OF OLD SQUARE, A SET OF STEPS WERE CONSTRUCTED AT THE JUNCTION WITH 'THE MINORIES' EFFECTIVELY ENDING THROUGH TRAFFIC. ' THE 'MINORIES' HAS BEEEN RESURFACED WITH A COLOURFUL PAVEMENT FOR PEDESTRIANS ONLY.

Griffin
Saturday 4th of July 2020 02:51:57 PM
CUPPOLA OF THE 'GREAT WESTERN ARCADE' ALONG WITH THE BARREL VAULTED ORIGINAL GLASS ROOF. (THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN APEX ROOF). THE ARCADE WAS BUILT WHEN THE RAILWAY CUTTING WAS COVERED OVER, MAKING THE TUNNEL, AFTER THE LINE WAS EXTENDED FROM SNOWHILL STATION TO MOOR STREET STATION AND BEYOND. IT ALSO BECAME PART OF THE COVERED ROUTE FOR PASSENGERS BETWEEN SNOWHILL STATION AND NEW STREET STATION.

Griffin
Saturday 4th of July 2020 02:43:09 PM
Snow Hill Station.

Triggy
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 08:17:07 PM
Entrance to Snow Hill Station, Birmingham.

Triggy
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 08:16:32 PM
DAVENPORTS BREWERY, BATH ROW.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 04:34:48 PM
BOW STREEET SCHOOLS....BOYS, GIRLS & INFANTS.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 04:33:15 PM
ST CATHERINE OF SIENNA RC CHURCH. OPENED IN 1875 WITH ADDITIONS IN 1893. THE TOWER AND BELFRY DATE FROM 1909. THIS CHURCH WAS SWEPT AWAY WITH THE WIDENING OF BRISTOL ST/HORSEFAIR AND A NEW CHURCH WAS BUILT TO A CIRCULAR DESIGN, A LITTLE FURTHER BACK FROM THE NEW CARRIAGEWAY.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 04:31:17 PM
'THEATRE ROYAL'..NEW STREET.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 04:04:33 PM
'THE WHITE SWAN PUBLIC HOUSE'...SMALLBROOK ST. THE REAR WAS USED TO BUILD 'DAY'S CRYSTAL PALACE' WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME 'THE BIRMINGHAM EMPIRE THEATRE'.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 04:03:09 PM
REMAINS OF 'THE BIRMINGHAM EMPIRE THEATRE'....WWII DESTRUCTION.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 03:59:48 PM
ST MICHAEL'S RC CHURCH.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 03:51:31 PM
ALBERT STREET.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 03:50:08 PM
'CITY ARCADE'...THE PORTION REMAINING LINKING UNION STREET WITH UNION PASSAGE. THE REST OF THE ARCADES, (CITY & MIDLAND) IN THIS AREA WERE DESTROYED BY WWII BOMBINGS WHICH ALSO DESTROYED THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 03:49:04 PM
'OLD ROYAL' PUB....CORNER OF CHURCH ST & CORNWALL ST.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 03:33:31 PM
THE BIRMINGHAM & MIDLAND EYE HOSPITAL...1883....CHURCH STREET.....NOW AN HOTEL AND BISTRO.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 03:23:16 PM
OLD JOINT STOCK...PUB & STUDIO THEATRE..4 TEMPLE ROW WEST. BUILT IN 1864 AS A LIBRARY, BUILDING QUICKLY ACQUIRED BY THE 'BIRMINGHAM JOINT STOCK BANK' WHICH HAD STARTED IN 1861,. IT MERGED WITH 'LLOYDS BANK' IN 1889 AND LLOYDS CONTINUED USING THE BUILDING. CONVERTED INTO A PUB IN 1997, WITH THE 95 SEAT THEATRE OPENING IN 2006. (JOINT STOCK BANKS COULD RAISE MORE CAPITAL THAN PRIVATE BANKS, AND THEREFORE COULD LEND MORE, AND FLOURISHED ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE LONDON WHERE PRIVATE BANKS JEALOUSLY PROTECTED THEIR STATUS)

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 03:16:57 PM
THE 'WEST END CINEMA'....OPENED AS 'CURZON HALL' IN 1864, FOR EXHIBITIONS. BY 1899 IT WAS SCREENING 'LIVING PICTURES'. CLOSED DURING WWI AND REOPENED AS 'THE WEST END CINEMA AND DANCE HALL' AFTER REFURBISHMENT IN 1925. A WURLITZER ORGAN FITTED IN 1926 BY THE NEW OWNERS 'PROVINCIAL CINEMATIC THEATRES'(PCT) WHO THEMSELVES WERE TAKEN OVER BY 'GAUMONT BRITISH THEATRE CORP.'IN 1929. GAUMONT BECAME PART OF THE 'RANK ORGANISATION' WHO RAN IT UNTIL CLOSURE. THE ORGAN WAS REMOVED IN 1965, RANK CLOSED IT AND THEN REPRIEVED IT, SOLD FOR REDEVELOPMENT IT FINALLY CLOSED IN 1967. 'ALPHA TELEVISION' (ATV CENTRE) WAS BUILT ON THE SITE IN 1969.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 02:49:23 PM
ST JUDE'S CHURCH, HILL STREET, COMMENCED CONSTRUCTION IN 1846 AND CONSECRATED IN 1851.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 10:08:27 AM
SITE WHERE THE ROYAL MAIL SORTING OFFICES WERE CONSTRUCTED TO ACCOMODATE THE MOVE FROM HILL STREET. WHEN ROYAL MAIL AGAIN MOVED THE SORTING OFFICES TO NEWTOWN, THE VACATED PREMISES WERE REDEVELOPED AND BECAME 'THE MAILBOX' RETAIL VENUE.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 10:02:14 AM
THE SCALA CINEMA, SMALLBROOK ST, WITH ITS GLAZED TILE FRONTAGE.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 09:55:13 AM
SINGER'S HILL SYNAGOGUE.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 09:53:04 AM
WWI MEMORIAL COLONNADE...PART OF THE HALL OF MEMORY CONSTUCTION OF 1925....REMOVED AND REBUILT IN ST THOMAS'S GROUNDS, BATH ROW,IN 1989, AS PART OF THE CREATION OF BIRMINGHAM'S 'PEACE GARDEN'.

Griffin
Wednesday 25th of November 2015 09:50:52 AM
'QUEENS HOTEL'....DESTROYED WHEN NEW STREET STATION WAS EFFECTIVELY ENTOMBED WITH THE 1960'S REDEVELOPMENT.

Griffin
Tuesday 24th of November 2015 11:22:21 PM
'GAS STREET'CANAL BASIN.

Griffin
Tuesday 24th of November 2015 11:16:58 PM
THE BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, LADYWOOD ROAD.

Griffin
Tuesday 24th of November 2015 11:15:10 PM
THE REMNANTS OF ST THOMAS'S CHURCH, BATH ROW.....NOW THE LOCATION OF THE 'PEACE GARDEN'..ALONG WITH THE WWI MEMORIAL COLONADE RELOCATED FROM BROAD STREET IN 1989 WHEN THE ICC AND CENTENARY SQUARE WERE CONSTRUCTED. THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ST THOMAS'S NEO-CLASSICAL CHURCH WAS LAID IN 1826 AND CONSECRATED THREE YEARS LATER. DESTROYED BY WWII BOMBS AND NOT REBUILT, AND IS THE ONLY REMAINING DAMAGED BUILDING FROM THE BLITZ STILL STANDING.

Griffin
Tuesday 24th of November 2015 11:12:51 PM
The Cathedral Church of St Philip, Birmingham, 09/08/2014

Class31
Monday 17th of August 2015 02:43:42 PM
The Hall of Memory, Birmingham, 09/08/2014

Class31
Monday 17th of August 2015 02:42:41 PM
Stephenson Place.

bluenose
Friday 25th of July 2014 07:47:58 PM
The, by then roofless, Market Hall in the Bull Ring.

Brasspot
Friday 23rd of August 2013 06:13:34 PM
This little house is still there, stranded and unloved amongst the modern hotels and city living apartments that now tower over it.

Brasspot
Friday 23rd of August 2013 06:09:21 PM
Woodroffe's Music Shop, as was.

Brasspot
Friday 23rd of August 2013 06:07:59 PM
The Old Contemptibles PH, Livery Street.

Brasspot
Friday 23rd of August 2013 06:07:05 PM
The spire (!) of the Cobden Hotel, a temperance hotel in Corporation Street. Sadly no longer with us.

Brasspot
Friday 23rd of August 2013 06:05:57 PM
Lewis's Department Store

Brasspot
Friday 23rd of August 2013 01:20:25 PM

Brasspot
Friday 23rd of August 2013 01:19:34 PM