Date:2nd of May 1957
Description:On 2nd May 1957 H.M. The Queen Mother visited the new blocks of flats built between Great Colmore Street, Grant Street and Wynn Street. These blocks - Avon, Lansdowne and Nash - are still known locally as the "Y Blocks", a reference to their shape. Also in the photograph are the Lord Mayor Ernest Apps (left), Dorothy Blackford, David Blackford and Janet Abbotts - who is the dark haired lady looking up from the lower balcony.
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Janet Abbott lived in Lee Bank for 57 years. In Summer 2004 she took the time to ...
Looking towards Nash House on Grant Street. To the left are the low rise flats and ...
One of the Y Block developments constructed in the nineteen fifties. The three blocks ...
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On 2nd May 1957 H.M. The Queen Mother visited the new blocks of flats built between Great Colmore Street, ...
Nash House was selected out of the three blocks as the one which would be visited by Her Majesty. Preparations ...
Each of the blocks had a caretaker and this photograph shows Harry with one of the other caretakers ...
An official brochure for the visit was published which gives details of the itinerary. Also listed are ...
The schedule focusing on the 11:35am leaving of the University for the Y Blocks. As part of her Birmingham ...
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Source: Mr Ron Butler , Mrs Gwen Hatton , Ms Angela Dyer , Mrs May Williams , Mr Arthur Sadler , Mrs Janet Abbotts , Ms Rose Pearson , Mrs Dolly Ray , Mrs Pamela Edwards , Mrs Betty Queen , Mr Ken Smith , Ms Julia Wagstaffe , Woodview Primary School , Ms Carol Woolley , St Thomas's School , E.R. Mason Youth Centre , Mr Bernard Allen , Mrs Gladys Russell , Mrs Pat Jones , Ms Angela Maloney , St Thomas Old Scholars , Mr Ken Bonham
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