Blue Fence thinking
Crest Nicholson are currently redeveloping the Lee Bank area. Once an area is scheduled for clearance, fences are put up and then someone has to go around and paint them blue! Not sure why the fences ...
Bow Street, Lee Bank
Bow Street, Lee Bank, in a photograph taken before demolition and redevelopment.
Bradshaws - Shut after 54 years
The day Bradshaws closed only received this short report in the Evening Despatch. It closed at noon on 29th March 1958 after 54 years open in Cregoe Street.
Bradshaw's closes - Queues for the last time
Article from the Evening Despatch on the closure of Bradshaw's Stores in Cregoe Street. The store closed in 1958 after 54 years open to the public. Bernard Bradshaw, the owner, had considered a new store ...
Bradshaws closing down Sale
First advert placed in the Evening Despatch by Bradshaws after they announced their closing down sale. The Lee Bank development compulsorily purchased many buildings in the area. The closure of Bradshaws ...
Bradshaw's of Cregoe Street
This 1935 advertisement for Bradshaw's of Cregoe Street - 'Bradshaw's Drapery and Boot Warehouse', as it says on the wall - is bound to appeal to someone writing captions. It is the kind of advertisement ...
Bradshaws of Cregoe Street
Bradshaws opened on Cregoe Street in 1904 and stayed there till 1958 when they were compulsorily purchased as part of the urban renewal of the area. The shop occupied sites on both sides of Cregoe Street ...
Bradshaw's of Cregoe Street, Lee Bank
As the big letters on the right-hand building say, 'This is Bradshaw's', the shop in Cregoe Street, Lee Bank, where you could buy just about anything for your home. H.B. Bradshaw Ltd began as drapers ...
Brambling Walk, Woodview Estate
Brambling Walk is located on Woodview which is an area under substantial redevelopment by the Optima Community Association. It can be found just off Charlotte Road.
Bristol Road and Wellington Road
View of the local shops which stand on the junction of these two roads. The Washmore Launderette is instantly familiar but the picture is undated and the business has been there for many years. The Prudential ...
Bristol Road and Wellington Road, Edgbaston
A view of the little row of shops in Bristol Road, Edgbaston, at the junction with Wellington Road, coming in from the right. The photograph was taken in 1979, looking southwards. Facing the camera is ...
Bristol Street
It was clearly a sunny day on 7 September 1949 when this photograph was taken in Bristol Street. The view is looking north towards the city centre and the church on the right is Old Meeting Church. On ...
Bristol Street
Nos. 137 to 143 Bristol Street in a photograph dating from the 1950s. These shops were on the west side of Bristol Street, the city centre therefore being to the right. On the left, at no. 143, was Mrs ...
Bristol Street
Tramlines are being taken up in this photograph of Bristol Street, although the exact date is unknown. The last tram on the Bristol Road routes ran on Saturday 5th July 1952, but it may well have been ...
Bristol Street
This view is of the western side of Bristol Street - the side that has been completely demolished in the course of later development and road improvement. On the left, at 197 Bristol Street, is S.K. Moss, ...
Bristol Street
The last of the redbrick shops that once ran all along both sides of Bristol Street. The main section left today now runs between the Bromsgrove and Wrentham Street junctions. Looking down at the lower ...
Bristol Street and Wrentham Street, Lee Bank
These buildings in Bristol Street, Lee Bank, at the junction with Wrentham Street, are among the few that remain of the shops and other businesses that used to line both sides of Bristol Street. From ...
Bristol Street in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including part of Bristol Road South. The rest of the entry for Bristol Street is on another page.
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