Birmingham’s economy flourished in the 1960s. By 1961 household incomes in the West Midlands were 13% above the national average, exceedingly even than those of London and the South East. Birmingham Rotunda opened in 1965 and a statue named Hebe was erected in Holloway Circus. The Midlands Arts Centre for Young People was built in the 1960s. Aston University was also founded in 1966. The city was a fantastic site for the nights, there were many clubs, discos, pubs and bars in the 1960s.
These fascinating nostalgic photos will take you back to old Birmingham in the 1960s.
#1 The Gaumont cinema in Steelhouse Lane, in 1965.
#2 Beatles fans queued through the night to get their hands on tickets for the December 9 gig. November 1, 1965
#3 Union Jack flying over Baskerville House, overlooking the Hall of Memory in Birmingham City Centre, August 1961.
#4 An almost perfect start at Bromford Bridge although the angle may give a misleading impression. 29th August, 1961.
#5 Beatles members, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison sign autographs for police officers whilst in Birmingham, in November 1963.
#6 Selly Oak in 1961.
#7 The Old Market Hall in Birmingham, April 25th 1961.
#8 Platform 1 of New Street Station in Birmingham, in 1965.
#9 Tame Valley canal at the rear of Leamington Road, Salford Bridge, in 1967.
#10 Monument Road, Ladywood, in 1960.
#11 Brays Road, Sheldon, in 1961.
#12 Northfield Road, Harborne, in 1962.
#13 Chief Superintendent H Palmer with Chief Inspector A Darke
#14 A view from the new Nechells Green Health Centre and lovely wide open spaces where once stood the back to back houses of Nechells, Birmingham, 8th September 1960.
#15 Duddeston tower blocks, Birmingham’s first multi-storey flats seen beyond the children’s play area in Duddeston Manor Road, 1st September 1968.
#16 Auchinleck House at Five Ways, Birmingham, September 1968.
#17 Kingshurst Hall, a 17th century moated hall, now derelict and soon to be demolished, which stands in the shadow of modern flats at Kingshurst Estate, 8th December, 1961.
#18 The Lyndhurst Estate in Erdington, in 1963.
#19 This huge “Welcome to Birmingham” sign was erected on the dual carriageway at the city boundary near Birmingham Airport to greet World Cup fans to Birmingham in 1966.
#20 Aston High Street in 1962.
#21 Sparkbrook in 1964.
#22 Flats at Stechford, with Giles Close House in the centre, in 1961.
#23 Chelmsley Wood housing in 1969.
#24 Parish church in Kings Norton, in 1960.
#25 A ward at Birmingham Accident Hospital, the men in beds are all motorcycle cases, in 1960.
#26 Clint Eastwood at the Albany Hotel on Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, 5th June 1967.
#27 Bullring Open Air Market, Shopping Centre and Rotunda, 27th July 1963.
#28 Bullring Open Air Market, Shopping Centre and Rotunda, 27th July 1963.
#29 Birmingham Reference Library in Ratcliffe Place, circa 1960.
#30 Malcolm X, African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist, poses beside the street sign for Marshall Street in Smethwick during a visit to the Midlands in 1965.
#31 Mr Norwood at Austin Motors with an old car and an Austin Seven Countryman, Birmingham, circa 1960.
#32 Birmingham Emergency Services.
#33 St Patrick’s Day March in Birmingham, 16th March 1969.
#34 Three young train spotters at a deserted Snow Hill railway station in Birmingham on a bank holiday Monday in 1962.
#35 Rush hour traffic using the flyover, 17th October 1961.
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The lamp tavern to the right of the photo….my first girlfriend was the landlords daughter pat evans
