guilbert53
master brummie
In the early 1980s Birmingham council began to clear the area around Broad Street to build the International Convention Centre (ICC), the National Indoor Arena (NIA), and Brindley Place, as well as many apartments.
I went up there with my trusty camera (pre-digital of course) to try and capture the area before, and during, the development of the site.
So I have dug out the photo album (do you remember the days we stuck pictures in albums) and I have scanned them all in.
Looking at them now some are not very good, and I often seemed to go up there on a dull Sunday, so some pictures are rather dark.
Note I also went back in 2010 / 2011 and retook many photos from the same spot, so I have many photos showing the area in the 1980s, and again in the 2010s, and boy are there major changes.
For those that only know the "new" buildings in that area, you may be interested in seeing how it WAS in that period, and how far Birmingham has come since then.
Note I have 30 different "views" (and often multiple photos of the same view) so will post all 30 views over the next few weeks.
Note I do have these pictures as larger files and a better quality if anyone wants them.
I went up there with my trusty camera (pre-digital of course) to try and capture the area before, and during, the development of the site.
So I have dug out the photo album (do you remember the days we stuck pictures in albums) and I have scanned them all in.
Looking at them now some are not very good, and I often seemed to go up there on a dull Sunday, so some pictures are rather dark.
Note I also went back in 2010 / 2011 and retook many photos from the same spot, so I have many photos showing the area in the 1980s, and again in the 2010s, and boy are there major changes.
For those that only know the "new" buildings in that area, you may be interested in seeing how it WAS in that period, and how far Birmingham has come since then.
Note I have 30 different "views" (and often multiple photos of the same view) so will post all 30 views over the next few weeks.
Note I do have these pictures as larger files and a better quality if anyone wants them.
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