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Charles Street, WORCESTER, WR1 2BE

This photo, taken from the A38 City Walls Road, shows the recently rebuilt TE with five trees in front of it. Charles Street can be seen to the right of the photo. The TE still has (01905) 2xxxx numbers plus other six-digit numbers, and its postcode is WR1 2BE.

A shuttered entrance on the former BT building on Charles Street in Worcester.

Pavement on Charles Street in Worcester, the building on the left used to be offices of BT.

Situated in Charles Street, which is to the left of the photo, this building used to be a Telephone Area Office during the GPO era, but has since been rebuilt to be the city's main TE. To the right of the photo can be seen four trees which have been planted in recent years.

The large red brick building on the left used to be the BT building in Worcester, as far as I know currently this building is unoccupied.

This building was formerly that of Williamson and Sons founded in 1858 which was founded by William Blizzard Williamson. This building which stands on Charles Street is now offices for Onside Independent Advocacy. The two storey building was built in 1893, it is red brick with terracotta dressing, it is probably by JH Williams. The original company with its name on the front of the building was founded as a sheet metal works in Providence Street; it was called the Providence Works (possibly on the site of the redundant former BT building, behind the photographer). The company which began small, grew from this base and evolved to become part of an amalgamation of many other UK firms and became Metal Box who had a factory at nearby Perry Wood in Worcester. The company made up to two million open top cans a day to carry various goods such as: vegetables, fruit, beer, beefsteak, puddings and dairy cream. During the Great War (World War I) the company produced, Aircraft parts, Ammunition, Tank parts, and Tobacco tins.

The comparatively modern building used to be occupied by BT, I am not sure is it is currently in use. View here from Foundry Street. I think the two BT vehicles in the foreground are coincidental.

This former British Telcom building viewed here from City Walls Road in Worcester has been unused for many years. In the summer this building is completely hidden by the trees, see: Image]

A view over central Worcester, taken from upper level of the multi storey car park.

An elephantine BT complex, built c1970 by the Renton Howard Wood Partnership. It's pretty neat, in brick and bronze cladding, relentless piers all the way down until you hit three oriels.