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We has now crossed Constitution Hill and are looking back along the walkway to it.

Moving further up Key Hill now a few of the old buildings opposite the Cemetery, love the symmetry of the first building but notice as there is a slope the nearest end has a small round window , The taller building next to it also has some age with the metal framed windows. EDIT From Mark Tooze...

We now move to Key Hill and one of the pillars and rear wall of the Cemetery, unfortunately if you turn to the right the land is exactly as it was left once the road works had finished - what once was a cark park is now an overgrown eye saw. You can alos get some idea of the slope on the road...

This picture shows the view up to Hockley Brook with the school in the background Rather dark but shows the location . EDIT: Icknield Street school - Thanks Lyn

One of the many casualties was this small garage - obviously been there years, the brick built frontage was original and large extension at the rear seems to have evolved over time - like all the missing fencing too !!, Now replaced by the Jet garage, and the bus stop is no longer there -...

Next we seem to be standing on the central reservation looking down Icknield Street, the bridge in the distance is the replacement for the original single carriageway one although the building are still in place - this is what was there _-...

We now turn around to look back up the road with the underpass and Key Hill, we can see from the signs the delays and inconvenience that the project caused and moving from A to B even locally would have been a challenge - but none of this stopped the locals going shopping. I also noticed the...

Crossing what is now the traffic island and we can see the work to create the roundabout, Lodge Road is to the left of the white building hiding behind the Belisha Beacon , and Heaton Street now goes to the right of the lampposts. Took a lot of studying to notice the blocks of flats are no...

Now at the bottom of the road where Key Hill and all the other roads join as I said piles of rubble and a lot of destruction and lots of wavy orange fencing, Lodge Road straight ahead

We now move onto Roll 53 - this is mainly covering the construction of the Middle Ring Road, taken in August 1991with lots of rubble, fencing and destruction. As most of the images cover works the locations are vague - I will post the images and if I know where they are I will put them in. The...

another Pub this one is Woodman Inn Sherlock Street all dark wood and leaded windows, three storeys at the front stepping down to two at the back / side. Next door to the left is some serious boarding up and the land to the left of that seems to be cleared - not sure of a year or the actual...

Not sure if I have posted this one - its the Old Bull Ring from 1910 - or if it has been posted before - sure you will point it out if I or it has. Trying to work out the location that the photo was taken am I right in thinking top of St Martins? or am i totally wrong?

The rising sun is the next pub we have - I am afraid rather a stark image - I had to stretch the limits to get a viewable image - probably find a better one in a few rolls time !! Corner of Heneage Street and Windsor street taken in September 1961, brick built but everything on the ground...

Next pub is the Wellington - Corner of Balsall Heath Road and Mary Street, like the symitry of the view we have here - central door, leaded windows either side first floor couple of small bay windows either side of the sign and on the second floor a row of three small windows. Telephone box...

Back to a few pubs Bath Tavern on the corner of Gooch Street and Kent Street North. not much to add corner entrance and leaded windows. |s that a Ford Prefect? and a little mini too.

The next picture is rather vague -old houses in Lee bank 1960, few silly thoughts, love the wooden fencing ( pailings- is that the name?). The Inner Circle bus stop - by request - of course. A rather battered rubbish bin - heavy metal thing and the first house across the road with the bay...

Something a little different this is Nechells Park Road Baths , corner of Nechells Park Road and Aston Church Road - taken in 1960 the image is a bit stark that's me fiddling with the settings trying to improve the picture

This image is listed as bottom of Lee Bank but then says believed to be Lodge Road - does that make sense? Some of the last building left when redevelopment came to the area - love the layout of the buildings and if you look carefully they are all different nearest has two little windows, two...

Remember the pork butcher H Knight a few images ago - to the right of that shot is a line of buildings - this is Albion Works, Great Hampton Street, like the way the banding goes across the front of all the buildings, leaving no doubt about where and what they do there. Fantastic brick built...

This image has lots of history in it - plenty that you would not get these days, this is Dawsons The Ironmongers, again taken in 1966 a traditional corner establishment - with everything you need, windows full of products - some of it outside, see the Esso Blue sign on the wall and the...