I remember those times, those cars. Brings back many memories! Music is a little strange.
I remember living in an area like Hockley, Alfred St Aston. We were fortunate living in front!1971: The Man Who MODERNISED BIRMINGHAM | Miracles Take A Little Longer | BBC Archive
So many memories! Very well done.
Like the comments in the film about "the people not being dirty" - how true that was! Also the girl carefully coming down the staircase modelled on the north face of the Eiger - can remember a similar staircase in our back to back which frightened the bejaesus out of a 5 year old!Not sure if this has been on before. A BBC film from 1971 promoting all the Council has done and would do (!!) for the city. I wonder if any of the children being lectured at a school in one part of the film are members of the forum
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih5ZtedkhAk&ab_channel=BBCArchive
Wasn’t able to watch the film Mike, however there were many people feeding presses with no guards well into the 80’s unfortunately! And still today in many developing countries.Do not think this has been on before. Birmingham from 1930s Health and Safety today would have a fit with boys looking about 14 feeding presses with no guards
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film...5-online?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
I think you are right about it being Lifford Lane depot, back in the 1950,s on a sunday afternoon when no one was at work there, a few of us lads would walk along the canal and climb over into that council depot, cannablise a few scrap push bikes and make them into rideable bikes, some of those bikes were used for years afterwards and passed down to siblings.I’m guessing it’s all shot at the same place but I could be wrong. It’s not actually stated in the film where the incinerator is but I grew up about 500 yards away from it and recognised it instantly. I’d be interested to know where the sofa was collected from, it looks like a very well-to-do area. Moseley? Bournville?