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Birmingham, New Street
A great view of New Street in Edwardian days.
Birmingham, New Street Station
No date for this postcard of New Street Station.
Tram, Bristol Road, Birmingham, Old Postcard
A 1904 postcard of a tram on the Bristol Road.
High Street and the Bull Ring, Birmingham
An undated view of the Bullring and High Street.
Birmingham, Snow Hill Station
Snow Hill Station - again undated.
Birmingham New Street
Another early 20th Century view of New Street..........
Birmigham New Street
....and New Street again, this time in the 30s or 40s.
Cannon Hill Park
Cannon Hill Park in the 1930s.
Birmingham, Lewis' Lorry
We used to go shopping in Lewis' during the war - it was the only place you could
get Brylcreem !
Colmore Row, Birmingham
Colmore Row - late 1920s or early 1930s ?
Victoria Law Courts, Birmingham
Victoria Law Courts.
Stone Bridge Hotel Coventry Road, Birmingham
The Stone Bridge Hotel on the Coventry Road - this postcard was mailed in 1909.
Edgbaston, Plough and Harrow
The Plough and Harrow, Edgbaston - a postcard mailed in 1910.
Olton Mill
Olton Mill in the early 20th Century. My Dad was born in Olton in 1901 and would
have known this place.
Birmingham, the Crown, Digbeth
Ye Olde Crowne, Digbeth - no date for this one.
Birmingham New Street
An excellent image of New Street in a postcard mailed in 1904.
Botanical Gardens, Birmingham
A 1939 postcard of the Botanical Gardens.
Birmingham University
The University - no date for this one.
Hall Green, Green Lane
A 1918 postcard of Green Lane, Hall Green.
Mitchells and Butlers Brewery
"Hops in transit from the cold store to the brewery". An undated postcard
produced for Mitchells and Butlers.
Bourneville
Selly Manor, Bourneville - a 1926 postcard.
New Street Station, Birmingham
A 1903 postcard of New Street Station.
Cricket, Cannon Hill Park
Cricket in Cannon Hill Park in the early 20th Century.
Copt Heath Avenue, Solihull
Copt Heath Avenue in Solihull.
Black Horse, Northfield
An excellent view of the "Black Horse" on the Bristol Road South at Northfield. No date.
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