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Bomb damage in unidentified streets

Until October 2019 the damsdeepzoom.shoothill.com was http and showing as an 'insecure' site in browsers. Then like most websites they changed to https and the Microsoft Deep Zoom stopped working. Perhaps Shoothill have simply not configured it to be certificated as an https site.

I always had the impression that it was not a major part of Shoothill's operations. Deep Zoom was certainly a very useful tool for searching and viewing a large collection of images.
 
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What does the Library mean by "Re-writing The Book"? Which book? Or is it another type of meaningless comment by loved by officialdom? Will the book be accurate when re-written, or airbrushed?
 
Remember how it looked ... one of the best image search tools I ever used ... :)
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The photos were digitised and stored on a server somewhere .. and one wonders whether they still are on a server ?
 
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Had a "winge" about this collection disappearing. This is reply from Library.
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Jim, if you have contact with Geoff Burns at the Library of Birmingham perhaps you could ask him where the digitised images currently are. Those links the Library supplied do not seem to have any method of finding the images. The links are also http and modern browsers flag them as insecure.
 
The Shoothill collection of photos contains many photos of bomb damaged streets which don't seem to have been identified. This first set #1 -#12 shows damage to non-residential properties. I've numbered each photo so that if you wish to comment it would be helpful to quote the number of the photo. Many thanks. Viv.

Photos #1 -#4
Thanks for the photos Viv, especially of the tunnel. I live on Allens Croft Road and my great aunt told me of the tragedy of what happened there. I walk through it sometimes and just can't imagine what those poor people felt.
 
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