Rickman Drive development
The redevelopment of Rickman Drive is now complete. This view is taken from the top of the block at the Great Colmore Street end of the road looking down towards Haddon Tower (now demolished) which is ...
Spring Vale Hall
The Spring Vale shops and this hall were located on Lee Bank Middleway at the junction with Bristol Street. All of this area is part of the redevelopment plan for Lee Bank. The poster to the left reads: ...
St Thomas's Tower
The spire of St Thomas's Tower on Bath Row. This spire is visible from some distance in all directions. It has survived the blitz and also the last re-development of the area and is now "overseeing" the ...
Street art
This spray painting was on the hoardings next to the Attwood Green Community Centre. The painting was commisioned for an Open Day at the Centre by manager James Hobbs. Behind the hoardings the land was ...
Taking a break
Workmen taking a break from preparing Haddon Tower on Bristol Street for demolition. They are removing fixtures and fittings; their progress down the tower was easy to spot by seeing if a floor had still ...
The Attwood Green Community Centre being demolished
Just over thirty years after it was opened as a centre for the Midland Adult School Union, the building was demolished as part of the regeneration of the Lee Bank area. Latterly it had played host to ...
The Boardroom at the Attwood Green Community Centre
The boardroom was upstairs and used for all manner of meetings and talks, especially by Crest Nicholson and Optima Community Association. The Community Centre, which stood off Cregoe Street, has now since ...
The digger moves in
the business end of the digger which demolished the Community Centre on Gaywood Croft off Cregoe Street. People watched in fascination as it tore the place down in about one hour. Here it looks like something ...
The gardens at the Middleway Blocks
This photograph was taken by resident May Williams. The four blocks, Hogarth, Faraday, Audleigh and Chiswick are still there today. Much of the surrounding development from the fifties and sixties has ...
The hall at the Attwood Green Community Centre
The Community Centre was on Gaywood Croft off Cregoe Street and was formerly used by the Midland Adult School Union. This was the main hall used for many activities including talks, conferences, discos, ...
The Light Observation Group
Optima residents are creating designs for artworks on Attwood Green in partnership with three artists (left to right) Nayan Kulkarni, Jorge Orta and Lucy Orta. The joint collaboration is called the Light ...
The remains of Haddon Tower
The day after Haddon Tower was demolished this was all that remained of it. A pile of rubble, perhaps two storeys high, being cleared away by the bulldozers. To see the demolition itself, have a quick ...
Vase and photographs
Including photograph of Princess Diana.
View from above
Looking down from the new flats on the Wheeley's Lane/ Bath Row junction. Below is Bexhill Grove which stands on the route of the former Piggot Street. The blue building in the middle is the Crest Nicholson ...
Vote Yes
"Vote Yes" reads the spray painted words on the roller blind of a shop in the Bell Barn Shopping Centre off Cregoe Street in Lee Bank. The message was encouraging local residents to vote in favour of ...
Waiting for the park to open
Children from St Thomas's School in Great Colmore Street waiting at the gate for the official opening of the new park. Sunset Park was opened with the help of children from St Thomas's and Woodview School ...
waiting for the park to open
Children from St Thomas's Junior and Infant School wating for the gate of Moonlit Park to open for the official opening ceremony. The children had dressed in costumes reflecting the theme of star constellations ...
West Park area
Prior to the building of the West Park, this is the construction site area. To the distant left is St Thomas's Church, to the middle distance are Cleveland and Clydesdale Towers (The Sentinels) on Holloway ...