Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Shops in Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking south, c.1959. Just off the photograph to the right is Wellington Road. These buildings were demolished to make way for the Birchfield Underpass in the early ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
A deserted Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, by night.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Shops on the eastern side of Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, on 25th February 1959 before the construction of the underpass. On the extreme left the railway line passes underneath the road as it enters Perry ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Aerial view of Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, during the construction of the flyover section of the road in the 1960s, looking south. Just off centre is Holy Trinity Church.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, photographed c.1959 just before the construction of the Birchfield Road Underpass swept most of these buildings away. The view looks north towards the junction with Wellington ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
41 Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, showing the condition of the property on 22nd March 1971 before sewer work started. The building had been the premises of a boot repairer whose painted advertising slogans ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Shops in Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, presumably before the construction of the Birchfield Road underpass.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north not long before the construction of the Birchfield Road Underpass in the early 1960s. In the distance is Walsall Road, with Aldridge Road forking off to the ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
The newly opened Birchfield Road underpass, Perry Barr, looking south towards the city centre on 6th April 1962. The large building on the right beside the bridge is the Old Crown & Cushion public house, ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
The Birchfield Road underpass, Perry Barr, looking north on 31st May 1962. To the left, on the corner of Wellington Road, is the Old Crown & Cushion public house, which has lost its forecourt to the new ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road underpass, Perry Barr, looking north. The building with 'Birchfield' on the side is the Birchfield Cinema, opened in 1913 and closed on 3rd March 1962. In this view of April 1962 it is ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north towards the junction of the Walsall and Aldridge Roads. In the distance a small traffic jam is apparently being caused by a steamroller, while a lorry marked ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr. 14th July 1960. Single storey row of shops built in the late 1950's
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking south towards the city centre before the construction of the Birchfield Road Underpass in the early 1960s. On the left can be seen the Birchfield Cinema, with the ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, before the construction of the Birchfield Road Underpass in 1962. In spite of the bus that claims to be heading for Great Barr the view is looking north towards the junction ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north. Much of this scene was swept away when the Birchfield Road Underpass was constructed in the early 1960s.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north towards the greyhound racing track, c.1959. To the left, off the picture, is Perry Barr railway station.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north in November 1966 before the construction of the Birchfield Road flyover in the early 1970s. The spire in the distance belongs to Holy Trinity Church.