A book has just appeared on ebay entitled "Birmingham District Old & New. Useful Knowledge for Health & Home" Published 1933.(https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-OLD...862278?hash=item48aeb6d246:g:P-gAAOSwYK1bLBFq) . It appears to be a book of household hints with a large section on estate agents with descriptions of areas of Birmingham and their amenities. I suspect it might have been subsidised by the estate agents.
A few pages are reproduced including the frontispiece (below), What attracted my attention was that although it was published in 1933, the "View of Birmingham" was probably mid 19th century or even earlier. Christchurch is shown next to the Town Hall and the open fields are very close to the town hall.
t is also another early view of the town, though the date is unknown.
A few pages are reproduced including the frontispiece (below), What attracted my attention was that although it was published in 1933, the "View of Birmingham" was probably mid 19th century or even earlier. Christchurch is shown next to the Town Hall and the open fields are very close to the town hall.
t is also another early view of the town, though the date is unknown.