The Etap Hotel on Bristol Street
Built in just a few months this hotel is located at the junction of Bristol Street and Great Colmore Street. The construction was interesting because it was built in sections whereby each room was "dropped ...
The Gala
Famously known as The Broadway Cinema for most of its life it was in the seventies known as The Cinephone and in the eighties as The Gala. Showing on this day was "Bambi", probably one of the summer re-runs ...
The Old Meeting Church, Bristol Street
The Old Meeting Church stood on the east side of Bristol Street, on the corner of Ashley Street. The church was built by the Unitarians, dissenters who had quite a long history in Birmingham. The famous ...
The remains of Haddon Tower
The day after Haddon Tower was demolished this was all that remained of it. A pile of rubble, perhaps two storeys high, being cleared away by the bulldozers. To see the demolition itself, have a quick ...
The Wellington Public House
The Wellington Public House on Bromsgrove Street. This view in 1979 is almost unchanged today. Just visible to the left is The Diskery record shop and to the right is the now closed Starkey's the bakers....
View down corridor in St Luke's School
The old frieze paper displays from the days when this building was a school are still visible on the right hand side. Now a Sure Start centre this building is due for demolition.
Wild flowers on Lee Bank
These flowers, growing amidst all the redevelopment of Lee Bank, are on the bank on Bristol Street. It is this bank which still annually displays the crocuses forming the words "Birmingham Superprix - ...
William Arundel - Fancy Bread Baker
Arundel had two premises. One was at 89 Bristol Street on the side of the street which now has the Etap Hotel and the grass bank. It would have stood in the vicinity of that grass bank. The other premises ...
Wycliffe Baptist Church, Bristol Street
A view of Wycliffe Baptist Church, on the corner of Bristol Street and St Luke's Street, Lee Bank. Opened for worship in 1861 this building has been described as the most beautiful Free Church place of ...
YMCA Hostel on Bristol Street
The Hostel was opened in 1919 to cater for the large number of demobilised men in need of assistance with accommodation. In 1936 alone it was reported that 228 free beds had been provided and 1,027 free ...