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markwalker

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Re: Dudley Street Birmingham
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2014, 11:25:02 PM »
I'm annotating the pics to show more clearly where the businesses were.

Looks like Old Meeting Street bit the dust :-(

On the OS Map
The Yellow arrow is the New Street Station Complex
The Red arrows are our family business locations, all 3 units
The Purple oval is the Bull Ring Shopping Centre
The Green arrow is TKMaxx

In the Google Street view [2013]
The Red arrow is New Street Station
The Yellow arrow is Hinckley Street
The Green arrows are pointing towards our family business locations

I am of the understanding that we also owned and ran the tea rooms on the corner, the building advertising 'Drink Priory Tea' ... The white window graphics certainly match the other windows so this is also a great 'confirmation' find with Phil's new photos.

Cheers again Phil ... I owe you a pint! or a cup of tea :-)

markwalker

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Re: Dudley Street Birmingham
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2014, 11:25:59 PM »
Annotation of Dudley Street, Late 1800's

markwalker

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Re: Dudley Street Birmingham
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2014, 11:29:07 PM »
Annotation of Dudley Street, Google Street View 2013

planetmalc

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Re: Dudley Street Birmingham
« Reply #14 on: February 25, 2014, 05:23:33 PM »
Hi Mark

Welcome to you, I'm afraid the only photo I have is of the one that is on display on the library's site.
 
Phil, I think you might have posted an aerial view of that whole area, but I can't remember whether or not there were any of Mark's family's buildings still standing.
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Re: Dudley Street Birmingham
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2014, 06:14:56 PM »
I'll take a look and see what I have, because I think Mark might have got his annotation slightly wrong in the modern photo.
Phil died in 2020. RIP.

markwalker

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Re: Dudley Street Birmingham
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2014, 07:17:59 PM »
In speed to get it uploaded Phil, you are correct.

The green arrows need to drop down slightly as the last property, the Tea Rooms were opposite Hinckley Street according to the photo and OS Map.

Also the OS map location of TKMaxx makes the distance between the green arrows [family business location] and TKMaxx's corner position too far down.

I think they must have cleared the whole site inside the purple oval and also moved the main road.

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Re: Dudley Street Birmingham
« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2014, 07:46:13 PM »
Mark

Perhaps this section of the proposed ringway roads (back when they were only proposals) may help because they show what is going to be replaced. I'm afraid that the resolution is not very good and not everything that was proposed was done.
Phil died in 2020. RIP.


 

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