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.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Shops in Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, between Willmore Road (to the left) and Wellington Road, photographed on 18th December 1959.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, under construction on 6th June 1961.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, under construction on 14th March 1961. In the background is the Old Crown & Cushion on the corner of Wellington Road.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, under construction on 24th January 1962. The view looks west along Wellington Road, with the Old Crown & Cushion on the far right.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, under construction on 18th April 1961.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, under construction on 12th September 1961. The view looks south with Wellington Road on the right.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, showing the underpass under construction on 14th March 1961. The view is looking north.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, looking south-west during construction on 17th April 1961
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, under construction on 14th March 1961. At this point the underpass cuts through what had been the forecourt of the Old Crown & Cushion public house, seen in the ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, looking north with the Old Crown & Cushion on the left. Construction is well under way on 18th April 1961.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, in May 1961, looking north and giving some idea of how construction advanced while traffic continued to use the road. On the right the Birchfield Cinema, apparently screening ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, looking north and showing the underpass at an advanced stage of construction on 24th January 1962.
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, under construction on 29th January 1962. In a rather dramatic image a crane is positioning beams to form one of the bridges over the underpass. In the left background ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, under construction on 29th January 1962. A crane is lowering beams into place that will form one of the bridges carrying Wellington Road and Aston Lane traffic over ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Birchfield Road Underpass, Perry Barr, at a stage when construction was almost complete on 12th March 1962