Aerial view of Woodview

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Date:1967

Description:This rare aerial view is from 1967. The tall tower block at the middle top of the photograph is Haddon Tower. To the right of it is St Luke's Church on Bristol Street. Following the road down from St Luke's we come to the crossroads junction of Lee Bank Road and Bristol Street. To the south east on that junction can be seen the Bristol Cinema. Near the bottom of the picture are the tower blocks and low rise flats that were ercted on Woodview - amongst them Nightingale and Brambling Walk. Next to those blocks can be seen what was Lee Bank Primary School, now called Woodview Primary School.

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Woodview Lee Bank Road (Middleway) Lee Bank Ladywood Edgbaston Bristol Street Bartlam, Norman 1946 - 1975 (Mid 20th Century)

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Creators: Mr Norman Bartlam - Creator

Image courtesy of: Mr Norman Bartlam

Donor ref:Norman Bartlam (65/8957)

Source: Mr Norman Bartlam , Mr Roy Edwards , Mr Alex Henderson , Ms Val Blake , Mr Ray Usher

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