Then and Now Images - B5 Postcode
Some locations on this page are: Fazeley Street, Floodgate Street, High Street Deritend, Milk Street, River Street.
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High Street Deritend - The buildings in the older image were demolished and is now a car park for the Custard Factory, the building on the right in the more recent image is South & City College.
Upper Image: Author - Phyllis Nicklin, Copyright - MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham.
Upper Image Date: 05/08/1960.
Lower Image Date: 25/06/2018.
Workshop - H.G Meadows, 'Gold Beater' and 'The Coymle Manufacturing Co' on Floodgate Street is there no more, South & City College is there now. The photo on the right was taken by me on 13/09/2008, I did try capturing a more recent photo, but the tree in the image on the right has since grown and covers the only identifiable feature - the window of Floodgate Street School behind.
Left Image: Author - Phyllis Nicklin, Copyright - MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham.
Left Image Date: 05/08/1960.
Right Image Date: 13/09/2008.
Milk Street - Looking along Milk Street towards High Street, Deritend, part of Floodgate Street School is visible through the railway arch.
Upper Image: Author - Phyllis Nicklin, Copyright - MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham.
Upper Image Date: 25/07/1953.
Lower Image Date: 24/06/2018.
River Street - View taken from Floodgate Street, business name changes, different cars, tower block in the background, but apart from that, not much difference.
Upper Image: Author - Phyllis Nicklin, Copyright - MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham.
Upper Image Date: 25/09/1968.
Lower Image Date: 16/08/2023.
The rail bridge over Fazeley Street at the junction with New Canal Street.
Upper Image: Author, and copyright status not known.
Upper Image Date: 1948.
Lower Image Date: 06/03/2020.