Boy at gate – but where?

[az_gila]

Could it have been Corporation offices? They where almost church like at one time.

Here is a later and smaller one still on Garston Old Rd.

[GeorgePorgie]

Here is the chuch that got demolished in Colins pic and a new church erected in its place which is still standing.
Sadly it doesn't show the side of the gates.

[hmtmaj]

Think I agree with you ( for once George )

Colin, give Dave and George a coconut

Mart

[GeorgePorgie]

I fink the new church or the building alongside was a school for the deaf?

But the case is solved in my view but what was the name of the old church on Park Way/Princess Ave?

[ChrisGeorge]

Here is the chuch that got demolished in Colins pic and a new church erected in its place which is still standing.
Sadly it doesn't show the side of the gates.

Great detective work, Davec. But isn't the church in the LRO view of 1928 the same church that is visible in the distance in the Google view in post 11?

Chris

[GeorgePorgie]

No Christopher, it wasn't the same church as the 1928 pic,the new church was erected to the same specs with various differences and the brickwork in 1928 matched the surrounding houses ie white brick whereas the new church is all redbrick.

google it and you see slight differences to that in 1928,particulary the architecture over the doors.

Sherlock strikes again.

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I've found out where the gates where? there is an Electrical substation been built where the gates would have been.

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi George

Thanks for that explanation about the rebuilding of the church and also for identifying where the gates would have stood. This has been a most interesting puzzle and fascinating to read all the input into identifying the location.

Chris

[grekko]

No Christopher, it wasn't the same church as the 1928 pic,the new church was erected to the same specs with various differences and the brickwork in 1928 matched the surrounding houses ie white brick whereas the new church is all redbrick.

google it and you see slight differences to that in 1928,particulary the architecture over the doors.

Sherlock strikes again.

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I've found out where the gates where? there is an Electrical substation been built where the gates would have been.

GP, is this roughly the area you mean? Click image for larger view

[az_gila]

No Christopher, it wasn't the same church as the 1928 pic,the new church was erected to the same specs with various differences and the brickwork in 1928 matched the surrounding houses ie white brick whereas the new church is all redbrick.

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Since it was such a close rebuild, could it have had bomb damage in the blitz and needed a quick major rebuild, so they kept the old outline?

[Lyns]

I have no idea about location but its such a wonderful pic I want to show more people. I presume its ok to do that?

[Colin Wilkinson]

Thanks for all the effort. I visited Selbourne Street today and - for a moment - thought the gates were still there outside the octagonal Deaf and Dumb Institute but they were not the same ones (although they look as if they have been there for some time - see photo). Also, the buildings opposite were not the same.
I'll have another visit tomorrow.

[GeorgePorgie]

Colin the gates would have been here on the otherside of the building......

[grekko]

I'll go along with that Dave,and as Mart said a good find.

I'm thinking those cast iron gates? where the entrence to the church opposite the houses?,but Im not too sure whether what is front now has been there since the photo was taken?

Below is the front view of those house I think? and the second view is whats facing those houses across the road.

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GP, I think the first photo is looking at corner of Northbrook and Parkway.and the church in the second photo, that's the old Welsh Presbyterian church at the top of Upper Hill Street,and the tramway ran across the view from there.

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Here is the chuch that got demolished in Colins pic and a new church erected in its place which is still standing.
Sadly it doesn't show the side of the gates.

GP,Can't find a record of demolition and rebuilding , when did it happen?

[Davec]

Colin, the little lad is smack bang in the middle of the road, so for the 'gates' to swing out that far they would have to be something rather special - at least in terms of width.

I really don't think that they belong to a building on either side of the road.

This is where I was thinking the action had taken place - the angle is as near as I can get it and the landscape on the left is totally changed, apart from the wall.

[grekko]

Colin, the little lad is smack bang in the middle of the road, so for the 'gates' to swing out that far they would have to be something rather special - at least in terms of width.

I really don't think that they belong to a building on either side of the road.

This is where I was thinking the action had taken place - the angle is as near as I can get it and the landscape on the left is totally changed, apart from the wall.

Do you think he'd be positioned somewhere like this? Click to enlarge