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.
Bradshaws awaiting demolition
The Cregoe/ Irving Street half of the shop closed and awaiting the bulldozers. The clock has noticeably gone already and to the right can be seen Wright and Platt who were on Irving Street for many years. ...
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, 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 ...
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 Street
Taken in January 1954. This section of Bristol Street is still recognisable today. The bank in the centre is still a bank today although it is now the Royal Bank of Cyprus.
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 along Bristol Street, looking southwards, is apparently dated 23 February 1957. The vehicles look to be of that date, particularly the Midland Red bus, but it may seem a little odd that the ...
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 School
Bristol Street School stood at the end of Irving Street facing onto Bristol Street. To the right of the photograph can be seen the National Privincial Bank and the spire of the old St Catherine of Siena ...
Bristol Street, Lee Bank
201 Bristol Street, Lee Bank, photographed on 11 October 1960. Number 201, in the centre, belonged to S. Cole & Co., wine and spirit merchants. To the left, apparently offering personal services, is Birmingham ...
Bristol Street, Lee Bank
Rear view of properties in Bristol Street, Lee Bank. Bristol Street forms one side of one of the postwar Comprehensive Dedevelopment Areas where large-scale demolition and redevelopment took place. The ...
Bristol Street, Lee Bank
A terrace of early 19th-century houses in Bristol Street, Lee Bank, probably photographed in the early 1950s. These quite handsome houses with their bay windows were all swept away during postwar redevelopment. ...
Bristol Street, Lee Bank
A scene in Bristol Street, Lee Bank, forming part of a collection of photographs taken in the Lee Bank area not long before demolition and redevelopment in the 1950s and 1960s. This one was probably taken ...
Bristol Street, Lee Bank
Without further information it is not so easy to pinpoint this location, but it is towards the southern end of Bristol Street, Lee Bank. On 27th October 1965, when this photograph was taken, the buildings ...