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This is a glimpse of the elusive Gibson's Arm canal basin, which accesses this area via a tunnel from the Crescent Wharf to the north. It was constructed in 1912 and was destroyed when the Hall of Memory was built sometime before the second world war, so a very rare image indeed.
Thursday 11th October
8:18am
Apologies, 1912 should read 1812.
Monday 15th October
12:11pm
Baskerville Passage runs in front of these buildings
Thursday 11th October
9:31am
Broad Street
Thursday 11th October
9:26am
This is a covered canal loading arm leading off the Gibson's Arm canal basin.
Thursday 11th October
8:19am
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal passes underneath Summer Row at this point, as it drops down the "old thirteen" locks to Aston.
Thursday 11th October
8:13am
These two trams are on a bridge over the Newhall Branch canal.
Thursday 11th October
8:08am
Birmingham Canal Navigations Newhall Branch. This led from the top of the Farmers' Bridge flight of locks to the original terminus of the canal at Newhall Street.
Thursday 11th October
8:04am
Mason's College. Poor old Josiah Mason had all of his major buildings demolished. Even his mausoleum in the grounds of his Orpanage in Erdington was razed to the ground and he and his wife Annie's bodies were cremated. Except for his name the most prominent thing to mark his passing is a bust of him on the Chester Road.
Tuesday 26th June
9:22pm
Mason also had the largest pen nib factory in the world. This is what gave him his wealth.
The Nibman
Sunday 2nd September
2:47pm
Council House
Tuesday 10th July
8:49pm
"Galloways corner" as it was locally known after the large
photographic shop junction of Colmore Row and New Street.
Thursday 28th June
10:07pm
Hill street...hill invented the first uniform postage stamp
Wednesday 27th June
6:31pm
Congrave passage.congrave inveted and fired rockets at the french at waterloo..his son won the VCin the first Afgan war.His Grandson won a VC on the Somme at Longuvalle
Wednesday 27th June
6:26pm
This block of buildings was demolished to open up Victoria Square.
Tuesday 26th June
9:19pm
Chamberlain Memorial Fountain
Monday 25th June
11:40pm