A circle of 300 year old oak trees have recently been been felled to make way for yet another Tesco.
As usually happens , it is suddenly discovered that they were all diseased and must be felled immediatly.
This is at Hall Green on the A34 from B,ham to Solihull , so its goodby to the high street shops there then.
Never believe what politicians tell you !! Some 20 years ago it was announced that the Birmingham General Hospital was in a desperate state of repair and should be demolished in the interests of safety and make way for a new development. The words " Falling down about our ears" were used.
Having worked there I remembered a solid Victorian building with some walls 3 feet thick ( Had to drill them) so found this hard to believe.
Then the plans were altered , the QE was developed instead, and the B,ham General ,Victorian brickwork still standing solidly, 20 years later , is now The Princess Diana Childrens Hospital.
As usually happens , it is suddenly discovered that they were all diseased and must be felled immediatly.
This is at Hall Green on the A34 from B,ham to Solihull , so its goodby to the high street shops there then.
Never believe what politicians tell you !! Some 20 years ago it was announced that the Birmingham General Hospital was in a desperate state of repair and should be demolished in the interests of safety and make way for a new development. The words " Falling down about our ears" were used.
Having worked there I remembered a solid Victorian building with some walls 3 feet thick ( Had to drill them) so found this hard to believe.
Then the plans were altered , the QE was developed instead, and the B,ham General ,Victorian brickwork still standing solidly, 20 years later , is now The Princess Diana Childrens Hospital.
