Aerial view from Clydesdale Tower
Looking towards the South side of the city. Bristol Street is in the near foreground. Bromsgrove Street can be seen curving onto Bristol Street.
Aerial view of Bristol Street area
This view in 1965 has a few notable landmarks. To the bottom left is the circular dome of St Catherine of Sienna Church. On Bristol Street can be seen the Broadway (later Gala/ Cinephone) Cinema next ...
Aerial view of Woodview
This rare aerial view is from 1967. The tall tower block at the middle top of the photograph is Haddon Tower. To the right of it is St Luke's Church on Bristol Street. Following the road down from St ...
Aerial view towards Lee Bank and Bristol Street
At the bottom of the view is the Benmore Estate with the Woodview area to the left. Above Woodview to the middle left is Lee Bank - the new park area and Y Block flats being instantly recognisable.
Albert Edward Heaton
Albert Heaton was the Vicar of St Luke's Church in Bristol Street from 1909 to 1926.
Billy Smart's Circus 1954 at Bingley Hall (pages 20-21)
On these pages from the circus programme we have a piece on "the guv'nor" Billy Smart himself. The right hand page focuses on the Polar Bears and Racing Camels.
Birmingham Super Prix
Every August Bank Holiday weekend from 1986-1990 Birmingham city centre was transformed into a street racing circuit, Formula 3000 cars screaming down Bristol Street, Belgrave Middleway, Sherlock Street ...
Blessing of the Church of St. Catherine of Siena, Lee Bank
The blessing of the new Catholic Church of St Catherine of Siena, Lee Bank, would have taken place in 1965. The new church, designed by Harrison & Cox, was built in 1964/5 on the corner of Bristol Street ...
Bomb Damage in Bristol Street
To the right of the photograph is The Wellington Public House which still stands at the junction of Bromsgrove Street with Bristol Street. The windows have been visibly blown out in the blast which has ...
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
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
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
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
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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