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The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 1
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12. Priory Road. c2001
The plaque said "Victory Place." The street has since been demolished.
Close to 'Spaghetti Junction,' this street was left fairly derelict for a couple of years, but now it has all been swept away, along with nearby blocks of
high rise flats.
This row of houses were at the rear of, and parallel to, the houses in the last picture. There was another row of gardens behind it. All gone now.
These were the first photos that I took with the Kiev 3a that had arrived that very morning from Russia, wrapped in just two A4 pieces of paper!
The other side of the street. In this space used to be a pleasant- looking junior school. At the top of the slope is Aston Hall Road
The plaque said "Victory Place." The street has since been demolished.
Close to 'Spaghetti Junction,' this street was left fairly derelict for a couple of years, but now it has all been swept away, along with nearby blocks of
high rise flats.
This row of houses were at the rear of, and parallel to, the houses in the last picture. There was another row of gardens behind it. All gone now.
These were the first photos that I took with the Kiev 3a that had arrived that very morning from Russia, wrapped in just two A4 pieces of paper!
The other side of the street. In this space used to be a pleasant- looking junior school. At the top of the slope is Aston Hall Road
16. Aston Cross Aston. 1978
All of this has gone now - replaced by a traffic island. There used to be a photographic shop just over the road that was managed by Mr Colin Slater, a former colleague. Out of the picture, to the left, was the HP Sauce factory, which was famously lost to Birmingham late in 2006 following Heinz's decision to move its manufacture to The Netherlands.
BRMB, originally a local commercial radio station, was situated in the taller of the buildings in the centre of the picture. There is now a traffic island in the center of this junction.
Some demolition going on.
All of this has gone now - replaced by a traffic island. There used to be a photographic shop just over the road that was managed by Mr Colin Slater, a former colleague. Out of the picture, to the left, was the HP Sauce factory, which was famously lost to Birmingham late in 2006 following Heinz's decision to move its manufacture to The Netherlands.
BRMB, originally a local commercial radio station, was situated in the taller of the buildings in the centre of the picture. There is now a traffic island in the center of this junction.
Some demolition going on.
21. Aston Road
At the light controlled junction with Dartmouth Street that has since been obliterated and replaced by a large traffic island. This area was important to the local motorcyclist for opposite E A Wood was the Aston Autos showroom of used motorcycles, and Premier Motors' motorcycle department was round the corner in Dartmouth Street, opposite the car showrooms. Of particular significance to me was that they stocked Velocette spares. It was also the first occasion that I saw salesman Eric Barnes at work. I noticed him later at GrandFair, Perry Barr, and later still we both worked for Roneo Neopost, where we "shared" Herefordshire, he as area salesman and I as service engineer.
This part of Aston Road disappeared under the construction of the M38 feed road from Spaghetti Junction (the M6 interchange) to the city center.
25. Aston Road. Mar 1981
Urban Renewal was introduced far too late for so much of Birmingham but here are a few renewed tunnel back houses behind an unimproved
scrap yard.
Aston Road at its junction with Aston Brook Street. Taken from the almost completed but not yet open, Aston Flyover - Middleway.
"Where is it?"
Following suggestions received. This seems to be the most likely location from the ones suggested by
viewers. The background building appears on a slide taken in the Dartmouth Street area.
At the light controlled junction with Dartmouth Street that has since been obliterated and replaced by a large traffic island. This area was important to the local motorcyclist for opposite E A Wood was the Aston Autos showroom of used motorcycles, and Premier Motors' motorcycle department was round the corner in Dartmouth Street, opposite the car showrooms. Of particular significance to me was that they stocked Velocette spares. It was also the first occasion that I saw salesman Eric Barnes at work. I noticed him later at GrandFair, Perry Barr, and later still we both worked for Roneo Neopost, where we "shared" Herefordshire, he as area salesman and I as service engineer.
This part of Aston Road disappeared under the construction of the M38 feed road from Spaghetti Junction (the M6 interchange) to the city center.
25. Aston Road. Mar 1981
Urban Renewal was introduced far too late for so much of Birmingham but here are a few renewed tunnel back houses behind an unimproved
scrap yard.
Aston Road at its junction with Aston Brook Street. Taken from the almost completed but not yet open, Aston Flyover - Middleway.
"Where is it?"
Following suggestions received. This seems to be the most likely location from the ones suggested by
viewers. The background building appears on a slide taken in the Dartmouth Street area.
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35. Birchfield Road.
Opposite the junction with Arden Road, approximately. In the gap between shops to the left of the picture were once the premises of Speedway
Motors. These shops were cleared to make room for the road to be widened into a dual carriageway and for the flyover.
Opposite the junction with Arden Road, approximately. In the gap between shops to the left of the picture were once the premises of Speedway
Motors. These shops were cleared to make room for the road to be widened into a dual carriageway and for the flyover.
Opposite the junction with Arden Road, approximately. All of these shops were cleared to make room for the road to be widened and for the
flyover.
Near the junction with Heathfield Road
Opposite the junction with Arden Road, approximately. In the gap between shops to the left of the picture were once the premises of Speedway
Motors. These shops were cleared to make room for the road to be widened into a dual carriageway and for the flyover.
Opposite the junction with Arden Road, approximately. In the gap between shops to the left of the picture were once the premises of Speedway
Motors. These shops were cleared to make room for the road to be widened into a dual carriageway and for the flyover.
Opposite the junction with Arden Road, approximately. All of these shops were cleared to make room for the road to be widened and for the
flyover.
Near the junction with Heathfield Road
46. Villa Road Handsworth. 1979
Shops on the corner of Villa Road and Hampstead Hill. My mother always referred to this as Bendall's Corner, presumably after a business that was once there. The leftmost shop used to be Alfred Krasnerdobsky's electrical shop after he moved from nearer Soho Road.
Shops on the corner of Villa Road and Hampstead Hill. My mother always referred to this as Bendall's Corner, presumably after a business that was once there. The leftmost shop used to be Alfred Krasnerdobsky's electrical shop after he moved from nearer Soho Road.
