Anderton Street
Norman Bartlam writes that: This picture and others like it filled the pages of the local press as a prelude to a visit to the area by Housing Minister Richard Crossman. After the ministerial visit, which ...
Brunswick Road
Brunswick Road during demolition
Building the Middleway Blocks
Building of the four Middleway Blocks commenced in the early nineteen sixties. At the time this picture was taken significant land clearance has obviously taken place in what was to become the open parkland ...
Darwin Street
Taken after the demolition as part of urban renewal of the area. The foreground lamp-post looks singularly forlorn.
Demolition on Rickman Drive
The remains of Rickman Drive in process of demolition. Rickman Drive was part of the Lee Bank development - the state of disrepair of which led eventually to the latest redevelopment by Crest Nicholsona ...
Edgbaston Road
House in Edgbaston Road ready for demolition
Edgbaston Road
Rear of a house in Edgbaston Road ready for demolition
Exeter Passage off Holloway Head, Ladywood
Exeter Passage photographed by Public Works in 1968. The road is still there today, albeit only just, as it is one of the last parts of the Lee Bank area to closely resemble a world war two bombsite. ...
From the balcony of Nash House
The Queen Mother waves to the crowd below during her official visit to see the "Bath Row Development". She toured Nash House - one of the "Y Blocks" on Great Colmore Street. Also with her on the balcony ...
Great Colmore Street
Picture probably taken not too long before demolition of the street. Some curtains are still visible in the houses nearest the photographer so perhaps some people were still in residence. Sadly no numbers ...
Haddon Tower Blowdown (film footage)
This picture shows Haddon Tower on Bristol Street undergoing preparatory clearance for demolition. The top floors have already been stripped of fittings and fixtures and the contractors are working their ...
Handsworth Urban Regeneration
"A tractor demolishes a building in Handsworth as part of Birmingham Council Urban Regeneration Scheme. During the early part of the 1980's it was claimed that up to £20 million had been invested in Handsworth ...
Harry Richardson - District Surveyor
Harry Richardson's biography comes from the Handsworth Magazine, and is also available as a download file. Mr Richardson lived at 166 Oxhill Road.
Mr Harry Richardson, A.M.I.C.E., who was appointed ...
Housing Conditions
Cannon Hill Place, Balsall Heath which ran between Hallam Street and Jakeman Road. This is typical of the environment in parts of Balsall Heath in the 1970's as large swathes of decrepit housing was boarded ...
Housing conditions
November 1975. Residents of two streets, George Street and Homer Street in Balsall Heath went to court to force the council to re-house them. This was the cover story in the November 1975 edition of The ...
Housing Conditions
Housing conditions were so bad that a number of tenants were forced to take legal action against the Council.
This was the cover story in the November 1975 edition of The Heathan which can be accessed ...
Housing Conditions
Here we see the interior of one of the tenant's houses before they were forced to take legal action.
This was the cover story in the November 1975 edition of The Heathan which can be accessed at this ...
Housing Conditions
Several families in George Street and Homer Street forced the council to re-house them. These are the conditions of their original homes.
This was the cover story in the November 1975 edition of The ...