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Old street pics..

What a nice clean picture. I suspect there was a lot of dodging and burning (now made obsolete by digital editing) during the processing to produce that print... :encouragement: Oh, and I never knew that had been a Dunlop property on the left! :cower:
 
berniew said:
Station Street looking towards the Market Hall
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The photo is prior to 1934 as the trans were removed from Satation Street that year. Not clear from the photo but there is a stretch of double track where the tram is standing otherwise the tram would have a problem!
 
Bordesley Cattle Dock showing old cattle vans open and would have strawor feed for the cattle.jpgAnother from Warwickshire Railways Bordesley Cattle Dock I think the entrance was in Lower Trinity Street with opn sided coaches and straw on the floor for cattle food . The cattle were driven from here to the abertoirs by the Bull Ring
 
I must say Bernie, that although the photos are older than me, the scenes had not changed that much even by the late 50's, and I recognised them from my youth, brings back such happy memories for me, thanks for posting.paul
 
Everything changes so fast now. I liked Call The Midwife on TV as it was set around when I was born and I can remember the clothes and the way of life and the surroundings and gadgets such as they were as they didn't seem to change. Even the haircuts. Things changed a bit in the 60's don't you think then at an amazing rate. If you filmed something now I think it would be hard to guess what decade we were in.
 
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