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Phil

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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #66 on: June 10, 2018, 08:24:39 PM »
An early photo of the Bull Ring, it looks as if this horse trough was outside St Martins Church and just in front of where they later built the underground toilets. It seems that the chap in the photo is having a rest after pedaling into town on his bicycle, did the large wheels make the journey shorter?
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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #67 on: June 11, 2018, 07:40:18 PM »
Another trough and another loo this time, this one I remember as it was still there in the 50's and early 60's. It resided at the bottom of Lawley Street on the bottom of Garrison Lane at that time. Now I suppose like most of the others that abounded in Birmingham I suppose it resides in son City Councillors garden full of flowers.
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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #68 on: June 12, 2018, 08:36:31 PM »
I remember this one as well at the junction of Cattell Road and Coventry Road outside The Greenway public house.
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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #69 on: June 12, 2018, 09:45:50 PM »
Phil, that is the only one I really remember. It was a landmark for anyone going to the Blues matches and there was always a crowd of drinkers from the Greenway around it. I guess that whole corner was knocked in the early 70s?

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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #70 on: June 12, 2018, 10:19:14 PM »
There was a loo in King Edwards Place , I used that a couple of times as a kid when Chipperfield's circus came to Bingley Hall at Christmas
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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #71 on: June 12, 2018, 10:42:23 PM »
Scipio


The urinal on King Edward place has been posted on here by myself just a few posts back.
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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #72 on: June 13, 2018, 09:32:30 AM »
Scipio


The urinal on King Edward place has been posted on here by myself just a few posts back.





Sorry Phil , didn't notice it
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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #73 on: June 14, 2018, 11:27:34 AM »
There are a few on here who might recognise this urinal, it's on Stratford Street at Camp Hill just adjacent to K.E.G.S.
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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #74 on: June 14, 2018, 01:49:31 PM »

I do not remember this one  in Digbeth





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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #75 on: June 14, 2018, 07:46:43 PM »
Roy


It's still there in Alison Street, up the side of Digbeth Police Station, this is an older photo of the same urinal before they added the road signs.
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Re: horse troffs and loos in brum
« Reply #76 on: June 14, 2018, 09:16:18 PM »
There are a few on here who might recognise this urinal, it's on Stratford Street at Camp Hill just adjacent to K.E.G.S.



Phil not one I frequented ha ha
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