Gives one a warm comfortable feeling looking at these pictures. Everything makes more sense. Trams and buses that invite travel. A sense of purpose and meaning.
As a Brummie born in 1955 I found Birmingham upto 1970 a dirt Dump riddled with slums and reminents of the second world war, from 1970 onwards Birmingham City Council got rid of the slums building new Houses and totaly rebuilding the City Centre and now is a beautiful modern cosmopolitan City to be proud of.
@@deanhowell5936 am 68 and I went home on a bus a few weeks ago in Birmingham,the bus was full, and I was the only white person on that bus!!..thats what's changed.
@_B.M_ is is bad now. I left brum in the 90s and now it's full of Muslims gangs, and groomers. It would be like going to the middle east and seeing white people and churches every where. Its different and bad.
I know what you mean, I'm from Erdington and used go to the fox and goose on a Sunday for the disco in 1979 with my first love ... Ahhh I still love and miss her.... But thats life 😂
Definitely after. All the invading was done by the Brits years ago when they went round colonising half the world. Nobody wanted them in all those countries, they just turned up, that's about as invading as you get.
@@wendywolfman😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I’m a Brummie born 1955. Tony Blair, don’t be ridiculous. I recognise many of those places. They disappeared in the 1960s and 1970s.
Most of what you see here is still standing, I've lived here my life I can name locations. But I know what you mean, architectural modernisation aside, Birmingham as a city has changed a great deal over 70 years.
I think it would be good for everyone to return back to their corners! As a black woman born an raised in Birmingham, I agree that the country you see here in these pictures has long gone to the dogs. I hope this country can be restored back to it glory days, as much as I would like to enjoy the glory days of the carribean islands from which I inherently came. The war is over now - let's get rid of the welfare system and the NHS. Folks will soon start selling up and fleeing!
What utter rubbish, I grew up in these times and Birmingham was a smelly dity place, since it has been rebuilt it is a clean aired modern cosmopolitn City.
Born and bred in the city centre in the 50s it was always my home until the infestation which has dragged it down just like all third world countries.☹️
@@_B.M_ I would agree economically however that’s the end of the story. Everything else has gone downhill due to mass immigration and crime. As a serving copper for 30 years I have seen the underbelly of the city which is progressively getting worse. Whatever money they throw at it or building they build, as the motto goes, you might be able to polish a turd but will still be a turd!😎🍺
Did you live in this period, these photos only show the better bits, most of inner City Birmingham at the time of these photos was made up od slum housing , dirty factories and bombed out buildings from the second world war, far superior now
I know it wasn’t all rosey then but it was definitely a better place than today even the back to back houses with neighbours all chipping in toilets and the washing done in the yards gas lighting ha, well things move on .
R I P Birmingham like all other city's ,I was born in Liverpool 18 in 1945 in the 60 I had a and went to the cabin the birth of the Beatles served my time at fords and in a great union supporting are brothers. And sister in strikes but far better times life was easier trams great music I bought a house with my wife in 1971 now decades later the rot has set I love my city but it's getting over run not through vermin but in other ways it's a shame thanks to decades of badly run government starting with Blair opening the flood gates I feel sorry for the very you kids growing up they will have no life Christianity almost gone I wouldn't be surprised if the take over a great 2 cathedrals over the catholic and the protestant wat a city it was but there are still great Liverpool people here who will always make any one who comes here feel welcome ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I was born in Birmingham in 1991 and I find this stupid. If you was born in 1985 you’d complain. If you was born in 1975 you’d complain. It’s a generational thing.
Gives one a warm comfortable feeling looking at these pictures. Everything makes more sense. Trams and buses that invite travel. A sense of purpose and meaning.
Very well put, I totally agree.
Great pic of the tram going past the Shakespeare pub. Both long gone now.
As a brummie born in 1962 it was a much better place way back its become unrecognisable now .
As a Brummie born in 1955 I found Birmingham upto 1970 a dirt Dump riddled with slums and reminents of the second world war, from 1970 onwards Birmingham City Council got rid of the slums building new Houses and totaly rebuilding the City Centre and now is a beautiful modern cosmopolitan City to be proud of.
A once beautiful city 😢
My Home City, during my growing up years. I can always date such photographs, by the Cars, and the fashions. They make me feel emmotional.
Those really were the days. Regards, John
When Birmingham was great, not like it is today unfortunately
What's about it now? What has changed?
@@deanhowell5936 am 68 and I went home on a bus a few weeks ago in Birmingham,the bus was full, and I was the only white person on that bus!!..thats what's changed.
@@knowhatimean5141 is that a bad thing?
@@deanhowell5936 exactly. times change. different does not mean bad. Simply different!!
@_B.M_ is is bad now. I left brum in the 90s and now it's full of Muslims gangs, and groomers. It would be like going to the middle east and seeing white people and churches every where. Its different and bad.
Absolutely wonderful and there was 3 pictures of where i am from - Shard End, the Heathway and the old Beaufort cinema at the Fox and Goose 😁
I know what you mean, I'm from Erdington and used go to the fox and goose on a Sunday for the disco in 1979 with my first love ... Ahhh I still love and miss her.... But thats life 😂
Birmingham where i still live..... memories here nice video 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
Excellent photos,well done
Many thanks!
Was this before or after the invasion?😢
Definitely after. All the invading was done by the Brits years ago when they went round colonising half the world. Nobody wanted them in all those countries, they just turned up, that's about as invading as you get.
Just look how clean everything is . Not a bit of graffiti in sight beautiful.
As children we went to Lewis, to see father Christmas so excited, now wouldn't go if you paid me, so sad what's happened
all references to Christ mas, has become illegal
If Santa was down the pub all we got was Mr. Holly.
I was in Birmingham about five years ago. I recognize nothing in these photos. It is now a completely different city.
Yup. Thank you Tony Blair.
These photographs are from SEVENTY years ago - Your comment is pointless
I was born in 1960 and recognise most of the places pictured. Thank you
@@wendywolfman😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I’m a Brummie born 1955. Tony Blair, don’t be ridiculous. I recognise many of those places. They disappeared in the 1960s and 1970s.
Most of what you see here is still standing, I've lived here my life I can name locations.
But I know what you mean, architectural modernisation aside, Birmingham as a city has changed a great deal over 70 years.
Mermaid pub, collecting point for many a man (mainly Irish) for a days work back in the day, I miss so much from our past
I got a few shifts outside The Mermaid when I was 17 years old ...... 1973 . 👍🏴
1:39 wow, Centenary Square looked amazing back then
Being born in 1939 I can remember Birmingham when it was in England.
A time when Britain was Great. Happy Days.
This is a sentiment that I often hear from people who view the channel.
I think it would be good for everyone to return back to their corners! As a black woman born an raised in Birmingham, I agree that the country you see here in these pictures has long gone to the dogs. I hope this country can be restored back to it glory days, as much as I would like to enjoy the glory days of the carribean islands from which I inherently came. The war is over now - let's get rid of the welfare system and the NHS. Folks will soon start selling up and fleeing!
What utter rubbish, I grew up in these times and Birmingham was a smelly dity place, since it has been rebuilt it is a clean aired modern cosmopolitn City.
So nostalgic for me. I remember the 'Circle' and going to the Odeon Kingstanding as a child! Life was so simple back then!
An English city that was 100% English, not the shit hole it is today with many parts unrecognisable
I was born in nineteenth forty nine and I remember this well
I loved Brum once now I can't stand the dive,I would rather pull my teeth out with pliers than be there now,it's become a third world doss house.
Love it !
Great Picture of Colmore Row, it looks amazing
This is poignant. I grew up in Brum during the 50s. Change is inevitable as they say, but sadly not every change is desirable.
and what say, did we have in it ?
1:16 Kingstanding Circle, now a decaying mess
Always reminds me of our trips to Sutton Park
All look at it nowadays 😢
Captions would have dded immeasurably to this.
Birmingham is a vile place to live now days
How do you work that one out, Birmingham in those days was smelly and full of slums. I grew up in these times
Once a beautiful english city. Not any more im afraid .i wouldn't even think of going there today.
Born and bred in the city centre in the 50s it was always my home until the infestation which has dragged it down just like all third world countries.☹️
Economically, it is doing better than it was in the 50s.
@@_B.M_ I would agree economically however that’s the end of the story. Everything else has gone downhill due to mass immigration and crime. As a serving copper for 30 years I have seen the underbelly of the city which is progressively getting worse. Whatever money they throw at it or building they build, as the motto goes, you might be able to polish a turd but will still be a turd!😎🍺
@@_B.M_yes, let's celebrate those all important GDP numbers in a modern day cultural wasteland
@@_B.M_ That would be why the city council is bankrupt, and the city has the lowest employment rate in the country.
If it wasn't for planners,trendy architects and their love of concrete we'd now have one of the best beautifull,classic cities in Europe.
WELL SAID!!!!!!
When birmingham was a nice place look of the state of it now absolute disgrace 😢
All great Cities are the same, even London, and don't think it will ever change for the better
Did you live in this period, these photos only show the better bits, most of inner City Birmingham at the time of these photos was made up od slum housing , dirty factories and bombed out buildings from the second world war, far superior now
Notice how all the slabs on the sidewalks are all even proper job
When birmingham was white
Those were the days of real tranquilty! 😊 UK
I know it wasn’t all rosey then but it was definitely a better place than today even the back to back houses with neighbours all chipping in toilets and the washing done in the yards gas lighting ha, well things move on .
Yes thank god for automatic washers and dryers and vacuum cleaner and in door toilets
I want to lives there ! But I in Hong Kong now😂
R I P Birmingham like all other city's ,I was born in Liverpool 18 in 1945 in the 60 I had a and went to the cabin the birth of the Beatles served my time at fords and in a great union supporting are brothers. And sister in strikes but far better times life was easier trams great music I bought a house with my wife in 1971 now decades later the rot has set I love my city but it's getting over run not through vermin but in other ways it's a shame thanks to decades of badly run government starting with Blair opening the flood gates I feel sorry for the very you kids growing up they will have no life Christianity almost gone I wouldn't be surprised if the take over a great 2 cathedrals over the catholic and the protestant wat a city it was but there are still great Liverpool people here who will always make any one who comes here feel welcome ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Birmingham had got it's own big Ben?
Who knew? Thanks for the comment.
no it hasn't
@@nickb5391 Just cos you got a little big ben,
@@Gunnar_Gunnarsonclosed k in hockley, jewelry quarter
Long gone now , just memories
Miss school supplies.
It was better in those days
Did you live in those days like I dis as a child, if you did you woudn't make such a silly comment
Scum live here now
Islamic Republic of Brum, more like. 😥
What Crap, there are no more Islamic people in Birmingham than London, Manchester or Paris
I was born in Birmingham in 1991 and I find this stupid. If you was born in 1985 you’d complain. If you was born in 1975 you’d complain. It’s a generational thing.
Who pissed on your cornflakes?
RIP Brum.... murdered by immigration
And corporation masquerading as government
And horrible urban planning.
@@westy6214 A Countrywide disease
So was my uncle.