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Hale Grove, BIRMINGHAM, B24 0NB

The original war memorial Image had no room for any more names. This polished black granite obelisk was erected for the millennium, opposite the west front of the 1930s St Mary's church. The inscription at the base of the left-hand face of the memorial reads: "We name before God, These from our homes and parish, Who have laid down their lives In the cause of peace and freedom"

The polished black granite Millennium obelisk commemorates lives lost in armed conflicts since 1945. There is a solemn inscription: We name before God, These from our homes and parish, Who have laid down their lives In the cause of peace and freedom. The Great War memorial can be seen in the shadow on the right Image This large red brick church was designed by E.F.Reynolds and completed in 1930. It is at one end of the axis of a former council estate that has been rebuilt as private housing. The Paget School was and still is at the western end. The straight axial Varley Road has been remodelled and traffic-calmed as Hale Grove, Varley Road and Paget Green. St Mary's Close, foreground, is a paved circle on a spur from Padstow Road.

Looking down Varley Road to the just visible St Mary's Church from the edge of Paget Green.

A First World War memorial of pink sandstone. The red brick church it adjoins was built in 1930, the focal point of a former housing estate. Opposite the church is a polished black granite obeliskal war memorial erected for the millennium Image

This large red brick church was designed by E.F.Reynolds and completed in 1930. It is at one end of the axis of a former council estate that has been rebuilt as private housing. The Paget School was and still is at the western end. The straight axial Varley Road has been remodelled and traffic-calmed as Hale Grove, Varley Road and Paget Green.

I seem to recall that some of the properties in St Mary's Close were church-related sheltered accommodation. The polished black granite Millennium obelisk commemorates lives lost in armed conflicts since 1945. There is a solemn inscription: We name before God, These from our homes and parish, Who have laid down their lives In the cause of peace and freedom.

This area appears to be a former council estate that has been almost completely rebuilt as private housing. Varley Road was the formal axis, with St Mary's Church at the eastern end, here seen in the distance, and the Paget School at the western end, behind the camera. The original straight road has been remodelled to prevent speeding.

Part of the 1929/1930 development of the main St Mary's church seen behind, the church hall was included in the 1995 Grade II listing https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101235495-church-of-st-mary-and-church-hall-tyburn-ward#.XsKUQGhKjcs & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1235495

Designed and built in the late 1920s (1929/1930) by the architect E.F. Reynolds in a Byzantine/Romanesque style. The church and its adjoning Church Hall Image to the north were Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101235495-church-of-st-mary-and-church-hall-tyburn-ward#.XsKUQGhKjcs & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1235495 in 1995.

The junction with Tyburn Road B4148 is ahead.