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.
Left Image: Author, and copyright status not known.
Left Image Date: Not Known, perhaps late 40's/early 50's.
Right 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.
Left Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Left Image Date: 1963.
Right Image Date: 09/05/2018.
Waterloo Street, as viewed from Colmore Row.
Left Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Left Image Date: 1963.
Right Image Date: 16/03/2020.
Waterloo Street, as viewed from its junction with Temple Row.
Left Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Left Image Date: 1963.
Right Image Date: 16/03/2020.
Looking down Bennetts Hill from its junction with Colmore Row.
Left Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Left Image Date: 1963.
Right Image Date: 11/05/2018.
Bennett's Hill, as viewed from its junction with Waterloo Street.
Left Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Left Image Date: 1964.
Right Image Date: 16/03/2020.
Bennett's Hill. This section is between Colmore Row and Waterloo Street.
Left Image: Author - Phyllis Nicklin, Copyright - MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham.
Left Image Date: 03/07/1953.
Right Image Date: 11/05/2018.
Looking along Navigation Street, New Street Station is to the left.
Left Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Left Image Date: 1963.
Right Image Date: 05/02/2020.
Pinfold Street - Looking up Pinfold Street towards Victoria Square, with the former ABC cinema in view.
Left Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Left Image Date: 1963.
Right Image Date: 09/05/2018.
Hill Street from its junction with Paradise Street .
Left Image: Author - John Ball, Copyright - John Ball.
Left Image Date: 1963.
Right Image Date: 05/02/2020.