Where Am I? No. 104 - City Arcade in Birmingham - id by Claire.t

[Mike in Cumbria]

Yes please.   I am sure that I am not the only person to be confused?

Based on which posts?

[ScouseBoy]

I remember at least one arcade in Southport as late as the 1970s.

I also remember arcades in Manchester City centre in the 1970s

Look at the clothes in this one.         But also look at the bicycles.

The photo was possibly taken between 1920 and 1939,  But when was it built?

1890  or earlier?

[ScouseBoy]

Is it Wayfarers Arcade in Southport?

[arthurk]

Arthur,
" It’s the only L-shaped Victorian arcade in the country, which makes it unique,"

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Arcade-s-ornate-splendour-captured-canvas/story-11963338-detail/story.html

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01fkb/

See photographs

Regards

Malky

Another picture of the Hull one here:

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276270/binaries/8%20Hepworth%27s%20Arcade.%20Picture%20Paul%20Lazenby.jpg

(Story at http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-s-11-best-buildings-10-worst/story-26278152-detail/story.html)

The tracery (pattern of bars etc between panes) still looks wrong to me, but as Hull suffered major bombing in WW2, I wonder if it might have been rebuilt to a slightly different pattern? More research on that would be needed.

I wasn't too sure about the L-shaped comment - the Newcastle one is on a triangular site and has a central aisle with 3 smaller aisles coming off it as entrances, so from some angles they might look a bit L-shaped. Not that it looked right anyway.

Another one for the reject pile (I think) - Walsall.

One of the problems with this one is that shopping centres are more prone than churches to major renovations - and demolitions before anyone thought of listing them. There's no end of modern pictures, but I've yet to find a good source of old ones that would give a better comparison (cf comment on possible bomb damage).

Arthur

[ScouseBoy]

Have a look at   www.wayfarersarcade.co.uk

It looks identical to me.

Southport,  Lord Street.  built 1898

[Treetotal]

It could well be Hepworth's Arcade in Hull...as you look at the photo...you are entering the walkway from Silver Street off Whitefriargate....at the bottom there is a left turn to a shorter walkway that leads to the market place as you turn right.
Fanthorpe's Music shop is on the corner and has been there since Adam was a lad 

It looks very different now 

Carol

[ScouseBoy]

It is Wayfarers Arcade on Lord Street  Southport in the County of Lancashire.

[arthurk]

It is Wayfarers Arcade on Lord Street  Southport in the County of Lancashire.

Sorry, I'm not convinced. The tracery is wrong, and Wayfarers looks a lot brighter and airier - wider in proportion to its height - than the one we're looking for.

Arthur

[groom]

I agree Arthurk - I don't think the proportions, even allowing for modernisation, are correct.