Coach trip to Weston Super Mare from Lee Bank
This picture dates from circa 1957 and shows a party of people from the Y Blocks getting ready to embark for Weston Super Mare. At this time the development in the area of Lee Bank was still very recent ...
Courtyard in Great Colmore Street
This is a courtyard to the rear of Great Colmore Street. The photograph is undated but dates from late nineteenth/ early twentieth century. The presence of the family on the doorstep adds considerable ...
E.M. Baker's hardware shop, Great Colmore Street
Mrs E.M. Baker's hardware and fancy goods shop was at 121 Great Colmore Street. According to directories she was only trading here for a few years in the early 1960s. Previously at this address was an ...
Frederick Wilkes - Greengrocer
A portrait of Frederick William Wilkes, greengrocer of Lee Bank. In the 1901 Birmingham directory F.W. Wilkes makes his first appearance trading at 123 Great Colmore Street and for a short time afterwards ...
From Lansdowne House to Lytham Croft
This image was taken by Olive Dowdeswell from her balcony at Lansdowne House on Great Colmore Street. Lansdowne was part of the Bath Row Development - later to be named Lee Bank. this redevelopment took ...
From the balcony of Nash House
The Queen Mother waves to the crowd below during her official visit to see the "Bath Row Development". She toured Nash House - one of the "Y Blocks" on Great Colmore Street. Also with her on the balcony ...
Grand Junction Public House at 180 Great Colmore Street
The Grand Junction stood right at the corner with Bell Barn Road. Looking across here into the distance is Elvetham Road with a newsagents just visible. A "Park Drive" cigarette advert can be seen on ...
Grand Junction, Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank
The Grand Junction public house was at 180 Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank, where it joins Bell Barn Road. The acute angle of the junction makes for a building of unusual shape, with an unusual name. This ...
Grant Street, Lee Bank
Destruction in Grant Street, Lee Bank, caused by enemy action on 19th November 1940. 80 houses were demolished and 200 others badly damaged. Five people were killed and A.R.P. Warden Henry Pickering was ...
Great Colmore Street
Great Colmore Street in April 1970. The two figures look rather desolate in these surroundings, but behind them the tower of St Thomas' Church still stands proudly, having survived both World War II and ...
Great Colmore Street
Picture probably taken not too long before demolition of the street. Some curtains are still visible in the houses nearest the photographer so perhaps some people were still in residence. Sadly no numbers ...
Great Colmore Street
The Grand Junction Public House stands to the left of the picture with the public urinal standing outside. This view of Great Colmore Street is at the top end near the junction with Bell Barn Road.
Great Colmore Street
Undated photograph of Great Colmore Street. The children are in Victorian/ Edwardian costume so it is probably early twentieth century. The snow on the ground suggests it is Winter. As to which section ...
Great Colmore Street
The centre of the photograph is the Great Colmore Garage which was owned by Leonard Allen. Next door is the shop owned by James Hayward. The car parked next to the shop is on Clifton Grove. Today this ...
Great Colmore Street - August Bank Holiday 1968
View down Great Colmore Street on August 28th 1968. Judging from the slope this is looking down towards the Bristol Street end but as the numbers are not visible it is difficult to say where exactly it ...
Great Colmore Street in Kelly's Trade Directory 1939
Great Charles Street, Great Francis Street
Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank
Houses in Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank, photographed on 7 March 1965 when demolition was not far off. The entire district, as a designated redevelopment area, underwent massive change from the 1950s ...
Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank
Redevelopment was well advanced when this photograph was taken in Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank, presumably in the 1960s. Tower blocks and great sweeps of grass have replaced the streets of Victorian ...