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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...

Back to Roll 51, firstly corner of Lee Bank and Elvetham Street apparently some of the last buildings to be demolished in the area in the 1970's, taken in November 1966. selection of three storey buildings, I like how the pavement is raised up above the road with its rails to stop the unwary

One of the issues with going through the rolls of film consecutively is there may be a better version of a photo later on - this has proved the case with the images posted from Roll 48 as Lyn pointed out. I have just moved to Roll 51 and come across better versions of these images which I will...

Final picture on this roll and one that shows the affect of the Middle ring road - it was taken looking down Pitsford Street , at the bottom of the slope is a two lane road with the Goods building on the other side, this has now all been replaced with four lanes of traffic and a central...

Turning 180 degrees we see the Birmingham Mint on Icknield Street, seems to be taken from a very muddy central reservation just after the middle ring road was finished - this side was the original road and another set of lanes built the other side of the reservation

This fine image is of the Great Western Goods Office in Pitsford Street, as can be seen the end wall is been reduced and I am afraid it disappeared altogether. The rail bridge to the right was also replaced with a wider modern structure to allow the four lanes of traffic. What a shame - it...