Then and Now Images - B11 Postcode
Some locations that were on this page: Armoury Road, Golden Hillock Road, Saint Johns Road, Sydenham Road, Warwick Road.
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The Armoury Road entrance to the BSA, photo taken at the junction with Golden Hillock Road, Small Heath, Birmingham.
Upper Image: Author - Phyllis Nicklin, Copyright - MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham.
Upper Image Date: 23/07/1953.
Lower Image Date: 25/10/2018.
Grand Union Canal - Viewed from the bridge on Golden Hillock Road, Small Heath. The BSA Factory is the large building in the upper photo (demolished in the mid to late 1970's).
Upper Image: Author - Phyllis Nicklin, Copyright - MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham.
Upper Image Date: 12/11/1968.
Lower Image Date: 11/01/2019.
Outdoor/Off License - The main business of shops like these were to sell alcoholic beverages, they also sold popular tobacco brands, and snacks, such as crisps, peanuts etc, but not much else. Located on the corner of Sydenham Road and Golden Hillock Road, Small Heath, Birmingham.
Upper Image: Author, and Copyright status not known.
Upper Image Date: 1961.
Lower Image Date: 10/10/2018.
The Lodge at the entrance to the grounds of the BSA. Old maps show that there was a lodge here long before the BSA was built. When I was young the grounds were known as 'The Beeza', I used to play in there, it had almost everything a young lad wanted in it: - a canal, a river, a railway line, and a good supply of abandoned cars to play in.
Upper Image: Author - Phyllis Nicklin, Copyright - MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham.
Upper Image Date: 12/11/1968.
Lower Image Date: 10/10/2018.
BSA In the Distance - The 'Birmingham Small Arms' factory in the distance, also known as the 'BSA', and also known as the 'Beeza'. Demolition of the BSA started in the early 70’s, and was completed c1980.
The off license/outdoor on the right was numbered 292 Golden Hillock Road, it was demolished circa1990.
Upper Image: Author - Phyllis Nicklin, Copyright - MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham.
Upper Image Date: 23/07/1953.
Lower Image Date: 10/10/2018.
Saint John's Church in The Distance - Looking up Saint John's Road from Warwick Road, Sparkhill/Greet, Birmingham.
Upper Image: Author, and Copyright status not known.
Upper Image Date: Not known.
Lower Image Date: 10/10/2018.