Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, under construction on 6th June 1961. Pedestrian subways can be seen beneath the new roadway. The view is looking west down Wellington Road.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
A close-up view of the lighting set in the tiled walls of Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr. The photograph was taken on 12th March 1962 while the underpass was still under construction.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, under construction in November 1961, looking south. In the foreground the new bridge over the railway line is under way.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, photographed on 17th April 1961 during the construction of the underpass. In this view, looking north, the junction itself is in the distance in front of the right-hand building, ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
The reconstruction of the boundary wall of Holy Trinity Church, Birchfield Road, during the construction of the flyover section in 1970. In this view, looking down Trinity Road, the toolmarks are clearly ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, looking south on 24th January 1962 during construction. Across the centre of the photograph is the new bridge carrying the much wider Birchfield Road over the railway ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Old toll-gate, Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, as it would have appeared in 1870 (from a 1954 illustration). The gate was erected in 1830 when the turnpike road was opened from Perry Barr to the Old Walsall ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Old toll-gate, Birchfield Road, Perry Barr. Erected in 1830 when the road to Great Barr was turnpiked, the gate was removed in 1879. (This is the caption to WK P3 0070a.)
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking south before the construction of the Birchfield Road Underpass in the early 1960s. At the top right-hand corner is the inn sign outside the Old Crown & Cushion.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north in November 1966. On the right in the middle distance is the Bull's Head public house on the corner of Fentham Road.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north in 1914. On the right is the Birchfield Cinema which had opened the previous year. Most of these buildings disappeared when the Birchfield Road Underpass was ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Proposed scheme for the redevelopment of Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north from the flyover towards the underpass, which is just visible in the middle distance.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking south, c.1959. On the extreme right is the entrance to Perry Barr railway station.
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
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.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
A deserted Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, by night.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north at the point where the underpass would later be built. Just off the photograph to the right are Birchfield Library and the cinema.