Then and Now
Birmingham has an ever-changing skyline, so on this page I have attempted to recreate scenes from older images from the same viewpoint - or as close as I could get to it. In some photos, things like trees, recently built walls, new road layouts, and road signs have obstructed the 'shot', in others it may have meant that to obtain a more precise comparison I would have had to stand in the middle of a busy road - sorry, but I have no intention of doing that. In some photos the view has changed very little, in others, it has changed so much that it is almost unrecognisable.
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There are 125 Images in this collection.
Birmingham Town Hall and Victoria Square - as viewed from Colmore Row, Birmingham City Council House is on the right.
Upper Image: Author, and copyright status not known.
Upper Image Date: Not Known, perhaps late 40's/early 50's.
Lower Image Date: 08/09/2021.
Colmore Row - Birmingham City Council House on the left, Victoria Square is to the right, and the Town Hall is behind me.
Upper Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Upper Image Date: 1963.
Lower Image Date: 09/05/2018.
Waterloo Street, as viewed from Colmore Row.
Upper Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Upper Image Date: 1963.
Lower Image Date: 16/03/2020.
Waterloo Street, as viewed from its junction with Temple Row.
Upper Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Upper Image Date: 1963.
Lower Image Date: 16/03/2020.
Looking down Bennetts Hill from its junction with Colmore Row.
Upper Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Upper Image Date: 1963.
Lower Image Date: 11/05/2018.
Looking down Bennetts Hill from its junction with Colmore Row.
Upper Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Upper Image Date: 1963.
Lower Image Date: 11/05/2018.
Bennett's Hill. This section is between Colmore Row and Waterloo Street.
Upper Image: Author - Phyllis Nicklin, Copyright - MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham.
Upper Image Date: 03/07/1953.
Lower Image Date: 11/05/2018.
Looking along Navigation Street, New Street Station is to the left.
Upper Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Upper Image Date: 1963.
Lower Image Date: 05/02/2020.
Pinfold Street - Looking up Pinfold Street towards Victoria Square, with the former ABC cinema in view.
Upper Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Upper Image Date: 1963.
Lower Image Date: 09/05/2018.
Hill Street from its junction with Paradise Street .
Upper Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Upper Image Date: 1963.
Lower Image Date: 05/02/2020.