Suffolk Street & John Bright Street Birmingham
This is Suffolk Street on 24th of June 1959 the picture is taken from the corner of Holloway Head. The view today would be of Suffolk Queensway and it's slip roads from Holloway Head Island (by the Pagoda). In this picture Suffolk street is a mixture of not partictularly interesting buildings and spaces left by bomb damage, Suffolk street's best building is not really visible and it was the Technical College, lost because of re-development for Queesway, at the top of the street is Easy Row and the Hall of Memory. Some period vehicles are visible, an Austin A40 van, Ford Consul, Vauxhall Victor MkI whilst driving up the middle a Hillman Minx estate. The other side of the Bass advert is John Bright Street, a stub of which, partially pedestrianised, still leads from Navigation Street. In 1959 it looks much busier with a Birmingham 'standard' bus on the 45 route (no doubt a Cotteridge garage resident) Of particlar interest is the van in the foreground, this would have been in the red livery of 'The Dispatch',The Birmingham Mail liveried vans were dark blue) the van is based on the Austin Taxi chassis and was favoured for town deliveries because of the tight turning circle. The large ad is for Super National Benzol petrol and pre-dated the more stylized blue and yellow 'Head of Mercury'.
I do not have copyright and the photographer is unknown, it was photographed from a print.
Suffolk Street & John Bright Street Birmingham
This is Suffolk Street on 24th of June 1959 the picture is taken from the corner of Holloway Head. The view today would be of Suffolk Queensway and it's slip roads from Holloway Head Island (by the Pagoda). In this picture Suffolk street is a mixture of not partictularly interesting buildings and spaces left by bomb damage, Suffolk street's best building is not really visible and it was the Technical College, lost because of re-development for Queesway, at the top of the street is Easy Row and the Hall of Memory. Some period vehicles are visible, an Austin A40 van, Ford Consul, Vauxhall Victor MkI whilst driving up the middle a Hillman Minx estate. The other side of the Bass advert is John Bright Street, a stub of which, partially pedestrianised, still leads from Navigation Street. In 1959 it looks much busier with a Birmingham 'standard' bus on the 45 route (no doubt a Cotteridge garage resident) Of particlar interest is the van in the foreground, this would have been in the red livery of 'The Dispatch',The Birmingham Mail liveried vans were dark blue) the van is based on the Austin Taxi chassis and was favoured for town deliveries because of the tight turning circle. The large ad is for Super National Benzol petrol and pre-dated the more stylized blue and yellow 'Head of Mercury'.
I do not have copyright and the photographer is unknown, it was photographed from a print.