Social history relevant to Birmingham

[Astoness]

i found this of interest

 

[mw0njm.]

i found this of interest

thanks lyn. ,,,,,,,,it was beautiful once

 

[lmr3103]

Very interesting Lyn, thanks for posting it. Hindsight's a wonderful thing isn't it...

 

[brummy-lad]

Hi Lyn, you've come up trumps again with that. So where did Mrs. Bulger live? I think that was the ladies name.

 

[Astoness]

Hi Lyn, you've come up trumps again with that. So where did Mrs. Bulger live? I think that was the ladies name.

hi john wish i knew where she lived...think i will watch it again to see if there are any clues

 

[Linda Jennings]

Very interesting Lyn, thanks for posting it. Hindsight's a wonderful thing isn't it...

It certainly is!

 

[Eric Gibson]

Where did they find al those 'posh, putting it on.' speakers?

 

[Morturn]

Where did they find al those 'posh, putting it on.' speakers?

The frightfully posh BBC accents were of its time. This Received Pronunciation is the accent traditionally regarded as the standard for British English, the story is its geographically neutral however, it’s a discussion that would need another thread.

 

[mw0njm.]

i say old man....arf arf .............bet they never lived in a slum dwellings

 

[robert]

I think the new homes where around great colmore st and lee bank road.

 

[Astoness]

not in birmingham but would think stories like this one were the same all over the country...you would think that all this happened many years ago but the bradley children in this video are most likely still living...some things dont change though as housing is still a big problem...maybe it will never change

 

[mw0njm.]

not in Birmingham but would think stories like this one were the same all over the country...you would think that all this happened many years ago but the Bradley children in this video are most likely still living...some things don't change though as housing is still a big problem...maybe it will never change

Thanks lyn for posting.
housing is still a big problem...maybe it will never change... Its hard to believe Hovels are still being lived in today 2020.but they are.

 

[Astoness]

and this one which has a tragic ending to living in a high rise..

 

[mw0njm.]

and this one which has a tragic ending to living in a high rise..

lyn. when i lived in a high rise,i was fixing my car in the car park. and someone through something of the balcony. i thought scum bag. but when i went and had a look what is was it turned my stomach it was not an item.

 

[carolina]

i found this of interest

Lyn can I share this please?

 

[Astoness]

of course you can carolina...i posted it as i find anything to do with social history very interesting no matter where it is

lyn

 

[carolina]

of course you can carolina...i posted it as i find anything to do with social history very interesting no matter where it is

lyn

Thanks Lyn

 

[Morturn]

A very interesting article in the Guardian - Invisible TVs and a giraffe called Don: extraordinary Midlands’s scenes – in pictures.

John Myers captures quietly ordinary images of people, places – and sometimes animals – often taken within walking distance of his Stourbridge home.

Enjoy

 

[mikejee]

I agree Mort. Was intrigued by the brickmaker. As I see it the brick she is making is enormous! And in the shop counter , it looks like Black country people lived on CornFlakes

 

[Tinpot]

I agree Mort. Was intrigued by the brickmaker. As I see it the brick she is making is enormous! And in the shop counter , it looks like Black country people lived on CornFlakes

I found the brickmaking interesting also and would love to see more photos about the local brickmaking industry. She could have been making a decorative tile or slab.

 

[Morturn]

I found the brickmaking interesting also and would love to see more photos about the local brickmaking industry. She could have been making a decorative tile or slab.

I was thinking the same too. It looks quite big for a brick in 1983.

 

[Richard Dye]

A very interesting article in the Guardian - Invisible TVs and a giraffe called Don: extraordinary Midlands’s scenes – in pictures.

John Myers captures quietly ordinary images of people, places – and sometimes animals – often taken within walking distance of his Stourbridge home.

Enjoy

Mort, as you say the pictures are quiet and ordinary and yet seem to shout very loudly! If that make sense.

 

[Morturn]

Mort, as you say the pictures are quiet and ordinary and yet seem to shout very loudly! If that make sense.

Yes, they do indeed.