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Then and Now - please participate

When my father married his first wife, Ethel - standing in the doorway of the 'old' view - for a short while in the late 20s and early 30s they lived at this then new house in Fellows Lane, Harborne. The car, ON 6262, was his first - a Clyno "Royal" 2-seat plus dickey!
The recent picture is from an Estate Agent's details when it was re-sold a year or two ago.
 
nice pic Lloyd..i wonder what make of car is in the garage...

moss...thats a very good question..the church you see in the distance is st johns and at least thats still standing..

lyn
 
hi moss..well it too early in the morning for me to have my usual rant....:cry: i can only repeat what i have said many many times before...the powers that be didnt learn then and they never will..of course some buildings and also the very bad slum houses had to go....no question of that but we have lost so many good strong historical buildings over the past 50 odd years and it just dont bare thinking about.. what replaced them are now being demolished because of bad design and materials..i think we can only hope and pray that the buildings we do have left remain so that our kids and their kids at least will have some wonderful brum history and architecture to admire...end of rant..:)

lyn...
 
Canals behind Broad street.

First picture from early 1980s, second taken just last Friday (26th November 2010).

You can hardly see the difference !
 
Not much change here, the junction of Fox Hollies Rd and Olton Boulavard East, but at the time of the original photo to the right of the photographer would have stood the Fox Hollies pub now it's another supermarket.

Phil

Fox Hollies - Olton Boulavard.JPG
 
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This is a somewhat changed location it was taken at the bottom of Great Francis St Nechells which no longer exists. It shows the junction of Saltley Road with the railway bridge just out of sight on the right with a No 62 tram being followed into Great Francis St by a No 8 tram with Saltley Gasworks in the background. I suppose it is the camera that makes them look closer than they in fact are.

In the modern photo everything has gone, Great Francis St has been replaced by Melvina Rd. On the right still out of view is the railway bridge over Saltley Rd also out of view is the modern art sculpture "Youth" which was placed there in the 60's. On the left would be Nechells Community Centre another refinement of the 60, in front is the traffic island that replaced the junction at more or less the same time.

Phil

Great Francis St - Saltley Rd.JPG
 
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On my first view of the older photo of these two, I was a little surprised at the difference. Looking closer I realised how little difference there in fact was, and that all that had really been added was a bridge.

Foremans Rd, Sparkhill then & now.

Phil

Sparkhill Formans Rd.jpg
 
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Digbeth 1940s (Thanks to Stitcher) and 2012. Difficult to get the viewpoint exactly the same without knowing what lens they took the original with. I took this one from the central reservation so the road has been widened considerably, its the closest to the original photo I could get.
 
Maris, your pics are great, thanks for posting them.
Have to say I agree with you, that railway bridge looks much bigger on todays picture, wonder if it was extended at some point, I'm sure someone will know!
Sue
 
Not as good as Maris's photos but here are some I have done in the past and posted in other threads, using google maps.

Now and then Gt Hampton Row 1.jpg Wheeler st looking to gt hampton row now.jpg The barn aaaa.jpg

1. Great Hampton Row
2. Wheeler Street looking towards Great Hampton Row.
3. Elmdon Village Farm, Coventry Road, on the opposite side of the road to The Old Airport
 
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