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Cornwall Street

Catalogue reference: BCC/1/AO/D/3/8/1/14/16

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This record is a file about the Cornwall Street dating from 1950s-1971.

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BCC/1/AO/D/3/8/1/14/16
Title
Cornwall Street
Date
1950s-1971
Description

Cornwall Street - 1 index card, 3 photographs, 1950s - 1971.
Undated but 1950s: 2 prints on Ilford paper by the City Engineer & Surveyor, both with reference PA 10294/2. Both show Pearse Service Station and car park, with a sign for Regent petrol. One view shows Spicers Ltd on the corner of Cornwall Street and Livery Street. The Livery Street entrance to Snow Hill Station is visible. A number of vehicles are shown, including a Ford [registration FOR 484] and an Austin van in Dunlop livery [registration NOG 864]. The other view shows the rear of the Dunlop van and along Cornwall Street to the Old Royal pub on the corner with Church Street.

06/12/1971: 1 print by the Public Works Department with reference PA 7165/8. This shows a commercial or industrial building on the corner of Cornwall Street and Church Street.

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Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/242c3345-2219-4dda-adf4-42b407168def/

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Cornwall Street