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Phil

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Re: Then & Now
« Reply #803 on: September 21, 2017, 03:24:14 PM »
Now before we turn left into Holliday Street we see The Glassmakers Arms on our right.
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Re: Then & Now
« Reply #804 on: September 22, 2017, 11:26:05 AM »
after turning left into Holliday Street roughly opposite Berklley Street we pass Holliday Street canal wharf, later a public works department and now the site of the new Registry Office.
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« Reply #805 on: September 22, 2017, 11:33:11 AM »
A little further and we pass the always rather convoluted entrance to Gas Street.
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« Reply #806 on: September 22, 2017, 11:47:47 AM »
Taking a look back after passing under the Holliday Street canal aqueduct.

(the then photo here comes from the John Ball collection).
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Re: Then & Now
« Reply #807 on: September 22, 2017, 11:53:17 AM »
Now passing the junction of Bridge Street


The middle image if the three is from the John Ball collection.
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Re: Then & Now
« Reply #808 on: September 22, 2017, 12:29:11 PM »
We are now at the end of Holliday Street, where once stood the offices for the Central Goods Yard replaced in the 60's by Stanier House holding the offices for British Rail Midlands.
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Re: Then & Now
« Reply #809 on: September 22, 2017, 12:30:22 PM »
Just the other side of the Central Goods offices was Allport Street
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Re: Then & Now
« Reply #810 on: September 22, 2017, 12:31:24 PM »
Getting down Suffolk Street just past Navigation Street.
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Re: Then & Now
« Reply #811 on: September 22, 2017, 12:36:09 PM »
We are now at the end of Suffolk Street at the junction 0f John Bright Street and Smallbrook Street.
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Re: Then & Now
« Reply #812 on: September 22, 2017, 01:58:16 PM »
Now passing the junction of Bridge Street


The middle image if the three is from the John Ball collection.

That 3rd image is essentially the view out of my office window  ::)
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Re: Then & Now
« Reply #813 on: September 22, 2017, 01:59:34 PM »
We are now at the end of Holliday Street, where once stood the offices for the Central Goods Yard replaced in the 60's by Stanier House holding the offices for British Rail Midlands.
Such a lovely building replaced by a faceless office block  >:(
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