St Luke's Church, Bristol Street
St Luke's Church, Bristol Street, Lee Bank. The photograph was taken in 1899, three days before demolition was due to begin. Even in this general view the stonework looks worn and weathered.
St Luke's Church, Bristol Street
View of the side chapel in St Luke's Church. This was originally the screen from St Asaph's Church on Great Colmore Street. When St Asaph's was closed the side chapel screen was saved and removed to St ...
St Luke's Church, Bristol Street
View of St Luke's Church, Lee Bank, on the corner of St Luke's Road and Bristol Street. In this illustration dating probably from the 1890s the building on the left is the church school. The building ...
St Luke's Church, Bristol Street
Interior of St Luke's Church, Bristol Street, Lee Bank, photographed before demolition began in 1899.The point of the picture was probably to show how unsafe the church was as the pillars are clearly ...
St Luke's School Bell
The school bell from St Luke's School, still in situ despite the school's closure in 2002. The building is now a Sure Start centre, the bell remains as a testament to the past.
St Luke's School Plaque
The plaque commemorating the opening of St Luke's school. This plaque is still located in the building today. The school closed a few years ago and is now a Sure Start centre, though several reminders ...
St Luke's School Playground
The old school playground of St Luke's. Although it has been a few years since the school closed the playground is still recognisable. Benches for sitting on and gridlines for play are still visible today. ...
St Luke's School Playground
Another view of the playground today (2004). Despite the four years since the school's closure it is still recognisable as a school playground. Gridlines and playground architecture are still there to ...
St Luke's School, Lee Bank
St Luke's School in Bristol Street, Lee Bank. St Luke's was a Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School but has since been closed down. Behind it can be seen the roof of St Luke's Church. The tower ...
Statue of George Dawson
The original statue of George Dawson, sculpted by Thomas Woolner. The canopy stands on four granite columns and was designed by J.H. Chamberlain. George Dawson (1821-1876) was originally a Baptist minister, ...
Superprix Pass
Sponsor's pass for the 1989 Superprix event in Birmingham over the August Bank Holiday. Part of the track followed the middleway that runs through the Lee Bank area and along Bristol Street. The hospitality ...
Taking a break
Workmen taking a break from preparing Haddon Tower on Bristol Street for demolition. They are removing fixtures and fittings; their progress down the tower was easy to spot by seeing if a floor had still ...
The Bell on Bristol Street
The Bell Public House was a magnificently designed building. It stood on the junction of Bristol Street and Great Colmore Street - exactly where the Etap Hotel stands today. The road running behind the ...
The Broadway
The front of the Broadway Cinema in 1954. "Sign Of the Pagan" is showing starring Jack Palance as Attila The Hun. Two shillings and four pence would have got you a seat on the balcony!
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The Cinerama in 1963
The Cinerama was formerly known as the Bristol and later as the ABC. For a while though it was the Cinerama.
Cinerama was the brain child of motion picture engineer Fred Waller. His work at the Paramount ...
The Diskery and the Wellington
On the corner of Bromsgrove Street and Bristol Street is the Diskery, a mecca for record collectors since the late 1950s, although the shop was originally in Hurst Street and only moved to its Bromsgrove ...
The East Window at St Lukes
The East Window was the gift of Dr E Robinson MD in 1909 the work of Messrs Harvey Ashby, John Bright Street. Dr Robinson was the Vaccination Officer for the City.
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The Etap Hotel
This hotel can be found on the Bristol Street/ Great Colmore Street junction. Lying behind it is Rickman Drive. At one time on this site was The Bell public house, a considerably grander building than ...