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Birmingham history videos and clips
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Richard Dye
master brummie
I remember those times, those cars. Brings back many memories! Music is a little strange.
Richard Dye
master brummie
I remember living in an area like Hockley, Alfred St Aston. We were fortunate living in front!
Richard Dye
master brummie
So many memories! Very well done.
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
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih5ZtedkhAk&ab_channel=BBCArchive
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
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film...5-online?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Mark Tooze
master brummie
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!
Richard Dye
master brummie
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.
Barbara Tarbuck
proper brummie kid
splinter555
knowlegable brummie
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.
Happy Days.
Not sur eif these two videos on different aspects of housing have been on before., but do not remember them
player.bfi.org.uk
player.bfi.org.uk
Watch Balsall Heath Slum - BFI Player
Vincent Crescent in Balsall Heath is dead. 'Shelter' condemns the condition of 33 terraced houses in the street. Would Ј30 per head really be enough to fix things?
player.bfi.org.uk
Watch Low Level Housing - BFI Player
What's happened to the Castle Vale estate? Once one of the jewels in Birmingham City Council's housing policy, why do families not want to live there?
player.bfi.org.uk