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Good Friday Procession, St Jude's, Birmingham, Date Unknown

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A Good Friday procession in Birmingham. St Jude's was demolished in 1971, and it is very hard to specifically locate this photo - although please...

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Corporation Street, Birmingham, c. 1904

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A Raphael Tuck postcard looking down Corporation Street. It's almost impossible to tell exactly where the picture was taken from, given the...

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Midland Red Digbeth Garage, c. 1930s

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Originally built in 1929, as a local bus station, the building was renamed Spencer House in the 1950s, and quickly became the central hub for coach...

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Tram waits in Martineau Street, Birmingham, c. 1930

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Trams at this stop head for Washwood Heath, according to the board.

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Pearks Stores, Birmingham, c. 1910

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The staff pose for a picture outside Pearks Stores on the corner of Edgbaston Street. The perfect Victorian urban scene, complete with cheeky...

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The New General Hospital, Birmingham, 1898

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In Gallery: Images from The Making of Birmingham..., c. 1897

This image is contemporaneous with the opening of the hospital in Steelhouse Lane - it is still in use today, as Birmingham Children's Hospital....

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New Street, Birmingham, c. 1897

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In Gallery: Images from The Making of Birmingham..., c. 1897

Image taken from 'The Making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise and growth of the Midland metropolis ... With ... illustrations, etc',...

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New Post Office, New Street, Birmingahm, c. 1889

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In Gallery: Images from The Making of Birmingham..., c. 1897

This image appears to have been taken at the opening of the New Birmingham Post Office on 18th March 1889. Image taken from 'The Making of...

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Corporation Street, Birmingham, c. 1897

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In Gallery: Images from The Making of Birmingham..., c. 1897

Image taken from 'The Making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise and growth of the Midland metropolis ... With ... illustrations, etc',...

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New Post Office Interior, New Street, Birmingham, c. 1889

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In Gallery: Images from The Making of Birmingham..., c. 1897

This image of the interior was probably taken around the opening of the new Post Office on March 18th 1889. Image taken from 'The Making of...

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Aston Local Board Offices, c. 1897

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In Gallery: Images from The Making of Birmingham..., c. 1897

Image taken from page 625 of 'The Making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise and growth of the Midland metropolis ... With ......

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H.J. Bussell, Baker, Nechells, c. 1897

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In Gallery: Images from The Making of Birmingham..., c. 1897

Image taken from 'Illustrated Midland Business Review and View Album. Special edition for the district of East Birmingham, with part of Aston,...

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St. John, Deritend, c. 1897

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In Gallery: Images from The Making of Birmingham..., c. 1897

Taken from page 22 of 'Illustrated Midland Business Review and View Album. Special edition for the district of East Birmingham, with part of Aston,...