Birmingham

[ironmonger]

I have recently found the following site.
BIRMINGHAM HISTORY FORUM
Obviusly it bas been there sometime but I thought if there are any
Birmingham people who have not found it they will find it very
intersesting. It is full of photographs and memories of earlier days.
I have also managed to find two of my ancestors through old friends
I met on there

[Iluvspikey]

very interesting!

[cazzz1975]

its an excellent forum

[VHG]

I go on it a lot.

I have also posted a number of photographs of Birmingham that I have taken over the years.

How about this picture I took in the early 1980s

[IMG]http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/
guilbert53/veryold2.jpg[/IMG]


And here is the same view today, up by the convention centre.

[IMG]http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/
guilbert53/View1Picture6.jpg[/IMG]

[boxtops]

I might have a look at it, I haven't lived in Birmingham since 1988.

[boxtops]

for VHG (if it works)

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/
guilbert53/veryold2.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/
guilbert53/View1Picture6.jpg

[boxtops]

bother, no, sorry :-(

[VHG]

Links did not work, lets try again

Here is the old picture from the early 1980s

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/guilbert53/veryold2.jpg

[VHG]

Here is the same view from a year or so back

President Clinton (as he was then) had a pint at the G8 summit in the pub on the left.

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/guilbert53/View1Picture6.jpg

[VHG]

How about a second "before and after".

This view is from the early 1980s, this is near the NIA (National Indoor Arena)

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/guilbert53/View32Picture1.jpg

[boxtops]

Is that first one Brindley Place, VHG?

[mojay]

A current display at Birmingham Museum and AG is - Birmingham, its people, its history. I've been here in Birmingham since 1970 and found a recent visit to the museum more than interesting

[VHG]

And here is the second "after" from a year or so back

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/guilbert53/View32Picture2.jpg

[VHG]

>>>Is that first one Brindley Place, VHG?

Sort of, the second modern picture gives an idea of where it is.

The picture was taken with my back to the NIA (which was not there in the old picture of course) facing toward Broad St.

The Convention Centre is on the left of the canal, and Brindley Place (the Sea Life centre) is on the right of the canal.

[VHG]

Here is a picture of what becamse Brindley Place when they were developing it in the mid 1980s.

You can see the Ikon Gallery (which was a school) in the background

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/guilbert53/View12Picture2.jpg