EPW024708 ENGLAND (1928). The Parade and environs, Sutton Coldfield, from the south, 1928

THIS SEEMS TO BE THE PRESENT 'ROYAL MAIL' POSTAL DEPOT, ON UPPER CLIFTON ROAD........DURING WWII THIS WAS THE DISTRIBUTION CENTRE OF MAIL FOR THE UNITED STATES TROOPS IN EUROPE. THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDE BUT THE ORIGINAL SHED HAS BEEN PRESERVED.

THIS SEEMS TO BE 'SUTTON PARK STATION' ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY (WATER ORTON TO WALSALL LINE).......FELL INTO DISREPAIR AND LATER DEMOLISHED (ILLEGALLY) BY 'ROYAL MAIL' WHO WERE THEN FINED BECAUSE THE STATION HAD A PRESERVATION ORDER.....THE STATION WAS NOT REBUILT!!!

SUTTON COLDFIELD 'UNITED REFORM CHURCH' AND CHURCH CENTRE.

LOCATION OF PUB CALLED 'THE BOTTLE OF SACK'...NAME DERIVES FROM A SHAKESPEARE PLAY AND REFERS TO FORTIFIED WINE SUCH AS 'SHERRY' (CORRUPTION OF 'JEREZ', THE REGION IN SPAIN FROM WHENCE THE WINE CAME)

ORIGINALLY 'THE ROYAL HOTEL'...BECAME COUNCIL OFFICES...NOW BEING CONVERTED INTO HIGH SPEC APARTMENTS.

SUTTON COLDFIELD TOWN HALL.

'THE DUKE INN', DUKE STREET.

DUKE STREET CHURCH.

APPEARS TO BE THE BUILDING OF WHAT BECAME 'THE DOG INN' REPLACING AN EARLIER OLDER PUB OF THE SAME NAME......NOW A CLUB/NIGHTCLUB CALLED 'R.B'S'.

'THE EMPRESS' CINEMA, THE PARADE...OPENED IN 1923 AND CLOSED IN 1971. THE SITE IS NOW OCCUPIED BY THE 'RED ROSE CENTRE' CONTAINING 'SUTTON LIBRARY', VICTORIA STREET CAR PARK, SHOPS ETC.

BUILDING ON CORNER OF 'PARADE' AND 'HOLLAND DRIVE' .....STILL STANDING BUT PARTIALLY EMPTY...HOUSING 'BANK OF CYPRUS' ON GROUND FLOOR CORNER.

'THE CUP' PUBLIC HOUSE......BECAME A RESTAURANT AFTER EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS....NOW AGAIN BEING ALTERED.

SUTTON COLDFIELD COTTAGE HOSPITAL

This house on Park Rd is still standing

Former Midlald Rly station closed to passengers in 1930.

Railway station, former LNWR and still open.