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The first photo looks like The Hole End.
That is still there. As it was 10 years ago.
Google view is of the Trinity Road Stand.
As it was 10 years ago.
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The first photo looks like The Hole End.
That is still there. As it was 10 years ago.
Google view is of the Trinity Road Stand.
As it was 10 years ago.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
The
The first picture is taken from Trinity Road somewhere near the Holte Pub. The old picture is taken from Aston Park with Nelson Road to the left. It seems that on the rebuilding of the the Holte End they have made a poor replica.
The first photo looks like The Hole End.
That is still there. As it was 10 years ago.
Google view is of the Trinity Road Stand.
As it was 10 years ago.
The first picture is taken from Trinity Road somewhere near the Holte Pub. The old picture is taken from Aston Park with Nelson Road to the left. It seems that on the rebuilding of the the Holte End they have made a poor replica.
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My brother had the original Architects drawings of the Holte end and about 50 photographs of it being built.My daughter has them now as well as about 100 first day covers of the Villa some signed by old players +the England Manager.She is Chair person of the Villa supporters (here in Kent)and never misses a game home or away.Had some good times at the old supporters club in the Holte from 57 onwards.
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
Thanks Doug!
Banjo
master brummie
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Still in 1980s Handsworth, Keith Berry looked along a somewhat untidy Terrace Road. Notice the telegraph pole on the immediate right and another in the distance.
Google driving the same road photographs the scene now. The untidy area opposite the houses now looks tidy and there are telegraph poles still in the same positions.
Google driving the same road photographs the scene now. The untidy area opposite the houses now looks tidy and there are telegraph poles still in the same positions.
A Sparks
master brummie
Richard Dye
master brummie
I went to school near there and remember the stores as well but late 50’s early 60’s.We lived in Handsworth Wood, I remember the village shops in the 80's very well
Great pictures! Thank you
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
A Sparks said:
We lived in Handsworth Wood, I remember the village shops in the 80's very well
and me too
We lived in Handsworth Wood, I remember the village shops in the 80's very well
and me too
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mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
Edifi said
EDIFI SAID.Yesterday at 8:19 PM
We ran the Villa shop across the road from the Holte.We then moved into the new supporters club in Trinity Rd.We asked Doug if we could open a shop there .He said it would never take off.Are Well.
EDIFI SAID.Yesterday at 8:19 PM
We ran the Villa shop across the road from the Holte.We then moved into the new supporters club in Trinity Rd.We asked Doug if we could open a shop there .He said it would never take off.Are Well.
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oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
On a snowy day in the 1960s Keith Berry photographed Freer Road, Aston. He had lived in the second house from the right for 25 years.
A streetview today.
On another day in the late 1950s, the Co-Op milkman stopped outside Keith Berry's house so he took a photo as the horse looked up with a mouthful of hay.
No Co-Op milkman there today.
A streetview today.
On another day in the late 1950s, the Co-Op milkman stopped outside Keith Berry's house so he took a photo as the horse looked up with a mouthful of hay.
No Co-Op milkman there today.
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Radiorails
master brummie
Neither is there any snow in the original photo! 
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
Not Birmingham, but may be of interest in a Then and Now context. I was trying to locate a route I had taken on a walk back in 1991 from Mordiford in Herefordshire. I had taken few pictures including one of a ruined wattle and daub cottage.
I came across a video on YouTube by "The Solitary Rambler" that showed a walk from Mordiford and passed the same cottage. I have put my picture from 1991 above that of 2018 showing the difference around 27 years later.
I came across a video on YouTube by "The Solitary Rambler" that showed a walk from Mordiford and passed the same cottage. I have put my picture from 1991 above that of 2018 showing the difference around 27 years later.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
Rookery Road, Handsworth. I travelled that road on the Outer Circle buses to and from Handsworth Technical School.
Rookery Road today.
Rookery Road today.
oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
There are various Alum Rock Road views in this thread and here is another looking towards the row of shops on College Road. The shop building on the left has an interesting turret but the modern view will show that it has been removed from the building.
The shop buildings are still there but the turret has gone and the open space seen in the old view was built on long ago.
The shop buildings are still there but the turret has gone and the open space seen in the old view was built on long ago.
As a Blues supporter (40's and 50's) I was told that at Villa Park you should keep your hands in your trouser pockets. Otherwise you might have a warm feeling down your leg. I never went there so I cannot confim this.french for yes. Oui oui
jmadone
master brummie
The guy at the bottom of the ladder was he a painter or glazier I wonder?