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The Birmingham News was launched on March 14, 1888, by Rufus N. Rhodes as The Evening News, a four-page paper with two reporters and $800 of operating capital.At the time, the city of Birmingham was only 17 years old, but was an already booming industrial city and a beacon of the "New South" still recovering from the aftermath of the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
Corporation Street is a main shopping street in Birmingham city centre, England. Though it has a distinct southern terminus – the junction of New Street and Stephenson Place , adjacent to the entrance of New Street station – the location of its northern terminus is debatable.
Pages in category "Newspapers published in Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first known Birmingham newspaper was the Birmingham Journal, which was published by Thomas Warren from 1732 and whose early contributors included Samuel Johnson. [1] The most notable of the town's early newspapers however was Aris's Birmingham Gazette, which was founded in 1741 and continued publishing until 1956. [2]
Superdrug Stores plc (trading as Superdrug) is a health and beauty retailer in the United Kingdom, and the second largest behind Boots UK. The company is owned by AS Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Limited [3] [a] which is part of the A.S. Watson Group. It was acquired as part of the buyout of Kruidvat BV in October 2002.
Barrow's Stores, also known as Barrow's, was an upmarket department store located in Birmingham, England.In the late 1950s, Barrow's Stores moved into the emerging supermarket business, and in 1964 was purchased by Fitch Lovell, the food distribution and manufacturing group, who eventually merged the business into their own chain, Key Markets.
Corporation Street may refer to: Corporation Street, Birmingham; Corporation Street, Manchester; Corporation Street Bridge, Manchester; Sheffield Inner Ring Road
Birmingham city centre used to have a trolleybus system in the 19th century and early-20th century which extended towards the suburbs. The trolleybus system was replaced by motor buses and the city centre is now the hub for the bus system in the city. The buses mainly terminate at Bull Street, Corporation Street and Moor Street, Queensway.