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Handsworth - Wellington Road

Ian FOFB

Ian FOFB

Brummie yes ! Novice no !
The 'then' pictures are taken from old postcards, the 'now' pictures taken from Google Streetview.
The older of the pictures is thought to date from the 1900's.

Ian.
 
I had a mate who lived just behind where the camera was on the 'modern' photo, and I well remember many times waiting for a No 11 bus at the stop on the island. It was a 'fare stage' and some nights the buses would sit there for anything up to half an hour while the crew had their cuppa. It looks really semi-rural and up-market on the 'modern' photo, doesn't it?

Great stuff as usual, Ian.

Big Gee
 
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