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I was at university in Brum from 1980, I can remember going to see The Jam at Bingley Hall which stood where the ICC is now.
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I was born and bred in old birmingham 1952. This is where I was brought up
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Some other images I have found.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...5/DSC00334.jpg That's Salford Bridge which is now part of the Spaghetti Junction. http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...5/DSC00336.jpg Erdington (Birmingham) Race Course which no longer exists. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43...ess/134415.jpg A 50's traffic jam - somewhere in town ![]() http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...aleEnd1960.jpg Dale End in 1960. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...dywood1968.jpg Anderson Steet in Ladywood, 1968. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...OTower1967.jpg BT Tower in 68 ![]() |
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Me too. Missed The Jam. And have no memory of Bingley Hall. I love that canal bit down there - near the Sealife Centre, now. Used to frequent the bars there, when it was revived, around the late 1990s.
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and I went to see the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Walker Brothers, Roy Orbison at the Birmingham Odeon; the Rolling Stones at the Town Hall (that was just something else!), The Who,Spencer Davis, at the Gaumont. And many, many many more! A very good time to be a teenager!
![]() When I said that I saw The Stones, I meant just that because I didn't hear them, it was impossible because of the volume of screaming that the girls were doing. They were late appearing on stage and our last bus was at 10.30pm so we gave up the ghost and left, we caught that last bus and saved ourselves a taxi fare home. |
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I saw The Stones at the Town Hall and Screaming Lord Sutch was a supporting act. When he performed Jack the Ripper he was throwing offal into the audience and it caused a bit of a stir, he was banned from doing it on the second performance.
When I said that I saw The Stones, I meant just that because I didn't hear them, it was impossible because of the volume of screaming that the girls were doing. They were late appearing on stage and our last bus was at 10.30pm so we gave up the ghost and left, we caught that last bus and saved ourselves a taxi fare home. ![]()
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Where about was the Erdington Race Track?
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Would love to see something like that happen today, a street race.
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Surprise no one has mentioned the Media Archive for Central England.
www.macearchive.org Lots of videos from ATV Today and Midlands Today from the late 50's onwards. |
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You can see plenty of them on Saturday evenings on the big estates.
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If anyone is on Facebook and from the Northfield/Longbridge areas then we have a great group called Northfield Past where we discuss the past and have a great collection of photographs and videos from around the B31 areas including Rubery, Rednal, Lickey Hills, Kings Norton etc. Currently just over 3000 members but plenty of room for more
![]() https://www.facebook.com/groups/northfieldpast/ Come say hello |
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And a car ran into the fence just near where we were standing - I've never seen a large group of people move so quickly before...... I thought it was great (the Superprix, not the accident!) - a shame they stopped it, but I dare say the expense must have been huge. |
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There have been plans to bring it back since 2004 with people like Eddie Jordan and Mika Hakkinen amongst many high profile names backing the idea. There are some images around of what the new track would look like and how it compares to the old one. Only problem stopping it is the funding and whether BCC would allow it to run really.
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There have been plans to bring it back since 2004 with people like Eddie Jordan and Mika Hakkinen amongst many high profile names backing the idea. There are some images around of what the new track would look like and how it compares to the old one. Only problem stopping it is the funding and whether BCC would allow it to run really.
Yes, it causes total disruption for the locals, but it is fantastic. We saw several bands, the food was brilliant and the buzz was incredible. |
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If anyone is on Facebook and from the Northfield/Longbridge areas then we have a great group called Northfield Past where we discuss the past and have a great collection of photographs and videos from around the B31 areas including Rubery, Rednal, Lickey Hills, Kings Norton etc. Currently just over 3000 members but plenty of room for more
![]() https://www.facebook.com/groups/northfieldpast/ Come say hello Click the link, see for yourselves the level of intellect that's displayed, you'll laugh your socks off.
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Where about was the Erdington Race Track?
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It was called Bromford Bridge Racecourse, so it was in that area - near the Fort Shopping Park. It closed in 1965.
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For those that know Erdington, the big house in Pype Hayes Park is now up for sale.
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I have fond memories of Birmingham when I and other
Sth London school kids were evacuated to the Billesly, Sth Yardley area during the V1 flying bomb era - Summer 1944 with recollections of German POWs working the farmland on Billesly common - The canal with dozens of colourful butterflys and dragonflys The . Boating Lake on Trittiford Park - helping to alleviate homesickness for young children seperated from parents during the war. |
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If anyone is on Facebook and from the Northfield/Longbridge areas then we have a great group called Northfield Past where we discuss the past and have a great collection of photographs and videos from around the B31 areas including Rubery, Rednal, Lickey Hills, Kings Norton etc. Currently just over 3000 members but plenty of room for more
![]() https://www.facebook.com/groups/northfieldpast/ Come say hello |
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i was born there, the photo`s of the old bullring bring back memories. i was always fascinated, as a child, by the bombed out houses with the inside exposed, the bedroom wallpaper was invariably floral. i can still smell the smog and fumes too.
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