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Last couple of pictures off this roll and we have moved out of the city centre - this is titled church at Six Ways Aston taken on the 7th September 1989 , fine church, unfortunaly it been six ways there are lampposts everywhere. Fine brickwork, windows and steeple

Finally am I right in thinking these photos were not taken from the current car park but the funny angled one that was there previously? I only ask as this photo seems to show how the car park used to look all shapes and angles and not the boring flat box that is there now

We now look across Broad Street towards the Hyatt Hotel, to the right of the Hyatt not much has changed modern office blocks but to the left the view off in to the distance has disappeared completely, from the left we have the former Bank , now The Exchange and to the right of that is currently...

Next we are looking straight down Cambridge Street Tower Blocks on the right, ICC on the left and ahead we have a number of cranes and not much else - The Indoor Arena ( currently known as Utilita Arena) has just started to be built and another step in the changes to the city centre and it...

We now move to the other end of the car park and the view up Cambridge Street and even though this was taken in 1989, the view has changed beyond belief- no more car parks , the gardens and the Library have replaced them the Rep has had a lot of work done to it - it has been re clad and look a...

starting off where we left off, on top of a car park rear of Baskerville House, this time we are looking at the canyon between Copthorne Hotel and Baskerville House at the end is a wall of office blocks and the windswept bridge that connects Broad Street with the City Centre, sharp contrast...

Same location but a move to the left we have the shops on Summer Row and a look down Lionel Street, there is the Shakespeare Inn on the corner, the College of Food ( Catering and tourism) Post office tower with the Telecom symbol,

Moving to Roll 11, an informative description, "around town in 1989 from the car park rear of Baskerville House. " this covers a number of photos so a use of prior knowledge has been used . For a picture that is not that old so much has changed, looking to the left end of the Copthorne Hotel...

Last one off this roll and this picture is included for interest as it was on the roll and for the extremely remote possibility that someone on the picture is recognisable. No idea of school, age or era thatthis was taken but it was obviously a class of " characters" with some not happy at...

This is Farm Street and my best guess at the pub name is Fenton / Benton Arms (?) love the layout, central door large leaded glass window and a door, left side has two door right has one - same on the first floor four windows to the left , three to the right. Roof is interesting pointed gable...

Even I can work this one out - The Sycamore on the corner of Sycamore Road and Park Road, an Atkinsons pub, it has a fine lamp over the door and amazing chimneys and a fine selection of chimney pots. There are a few hangers above ground floor level. Looking down sycamore Road the is a nice swan...

Roll 10b - as you know I am using a typewritten sheet of details to give information to the photographs - location time etc however 10b is not mentioned !! So I will post the picture and leave the rest to you if I cannot work out where it is. First is a dark image of a pub on the corner of...

Well thats my New year resolution out of the window - regular posts - keep up to date etc, and a month today it was Christmas - where did the time go!! I have not been entirely idle, I have gone through a few rolls tidying them up ready to post and found half a roll with a dog on - another...

Good point Trevor, and with hindsight a good idea - but at the time, I and perhaps others did not connect the importance or the interest these sort of images would generate. ( I totally agree with your comment - its not seen as a "dig" ) There was also a change in working practises - the...

Hi Trevor, these photos were all stored in a room in the Basement at Baskerville House (Broad Street), there was a large cabinet with slide trays, all the colour pictures are from them, not all slides were saved, it was a case of a quick hold up to the light and save it, the pictures were all...

Can I take this opportunity to thank you all for your help, assistance and kind comments over the year, your additional information has made the posts a real pleasure. I hope to post more regularly next year - but we will see !! Thanks Steve

Next we move up to The Albion Vaults corner of Nechells Place and Cato Street - not the best of images- background is rather washed out so that the image is visable. Corner pub set in the industrial landscape.

Next we have described as an " Old cafe house in Nechells Place" and it does look pretty much as described - looking like the terrace is slowly disappearing from the right - we can make out the remains of fireplaces on the ground and first floors the roof of the cafe is disappearing abd it...

The last picture from the site and I can only guess that they are stripping the building out and throwing it in a skip, large gates have been installed to provide security , but we have seen how well that worked, Funny to think that over 40 years have passed and the building has just sat there.

Next we get voyeuristic, peering through doors and gates to see how the negelect is progressing, although it is out of use it still looks an impressive brick built building . massive windows, delivery rails sticking out of the floors and the walls on the ground floor starting to crumble