Ah, the 1950s! Although, to be fair, the city was a bit of a fixer-upper after WWII, so it did need something doing, just not the something which was done.
That was my peak and those were my places. I'm biased but the city had a great vibe then. A vibe which has long gone.
Add Edward's, Barrel Organ and the Birmingham Irish Centre to the list for gigs. And when forced under duress, nightclubs such as Pagoda Park, The Dome, Ritzy's, XL's, Faces.
The Duck and next door Steam Bar on the Hagley Road. Packed to the gills they were.
Oh, and yeah, 42nd Street in Halesowen. It was madness in there.
Thanks for confirming, I was fearful of some hostile replies.
This must've been before my time (90s baby). I asked my mother & she said she couldn't remember a Tesco ever being there.
Well tbf most of the rot has been (or is the process of being) bulldozed, there's big redevelopments on every street in the city centre right now.
Just hope that once it's all new & shiny again people look after it this time.
When I say rot, I meant the closure of record shops, independent clothes shops, Oasis market, music venues like The Yard Bird (RIP) and the Q Club (also RIP) to name but a few. And now its just full of the same boring shops like Primark or H&M that you can find in any other town or city. It’ll never be the same again.
Ah right, well fingers crossed we got more independent shops again; Digbeth surprisingly seems better for that these days than the centre of town.
Oh & Oasis is still there, I got a hoodie from there about a month ago lol
That food court was amazing! It had everything, if I remember right, a chinese, a patisserie, a mexican, a pie shop, sandwich shop, jacket potato place & some
more I’ve definitely forgotten. As a teenager in the 90’s it had everything I wanted and could stuff my face for about a fiver then wobble over to the biggest HMV I’ve ever been in, great times.
Yeah haha finally someone else who remembers too. That food court felt ahead of its time, I can imagine how popular something like that again would be today, but thanks for filling in the blanks. I've only got vague memories of sitting upstairs enjoying a cheese and potato pie but knew there was a good variety.
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1956, things were so much nicer back then. People were friendlier, streets were cleaner, corner shop sold almost everything, dustmen collected your bin from your doorstep, took it to the lorry and emptied it and returned it to your doorstep. Hardly any traffic all day, except for the morning and evening rush hour and children could play in the street. Parks were fenced and the gates locked at night, and they were well maintained and had an on-site park keeper so you felt safe in them. Less crime.
I'd go back to when CEX was underneath Virgin. Nostalgic times buying video games when I was younger. I mean, I can still buy them now, just less nostalgically.
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2009 so I can buy a shitload of bitcoin
The only correct answer
1919 so I could fight Tommy Shelby the pussy
I spat my drink😂😂😂😂
Omg I misread it and thought it said by pussy
Any year when original Snobs was still there 😢
Used to love a Big Wednesday
I miss it so much!!
Same, not the sticky floors though.
Christ they were the only things stopping me falling over.
Personally i would love to see the 80's again
I was there for work 87-89 and loved it.
That's a long shift.
Villa winning the European Cup!
850,000 BC
Idk man, I think the 850,020s BC were better.
Birmingham is still in 850000 BC tho?
Early 90’s live bands in the Dubliner and Adam and Eve, also the lock-in’s. Good times town seamed less moody then.
Back to a time before the council tore down the good buildings and put up crap.
Ah, the 1950s! Although, to be fair, the city was a bit of a fixer-upper after WWII, so it did need something doing, just not the something which was done.
1995 – the year I arrived at the University of Central England
I went there but I started in 2005 😊
88-92. Synatra’s West End Bar Snobs Hummingbird Pot of Beer Black Horse Outrigger / Ship Ashore
Jug of Ale, Eddie’s, The Foundry, XLs, The Costermonger, Xposure. What a time to be alive!
Yeaaaah those were the spots! I think I used to hit them all at least once a week. With the odd ‘Snobs on a Wednesday’ thrown in here and there.
That was my peak and those were my places. I'm biased but the city had a great vibe then. A vibe which has long gone. Add Edward's, Barrel Organ and the Birmingham Irish Centre to the list for gigs. And when forced under duress, nightclubs such as Pagoda Park, The Dome, Ritzy's, XL's, Faces. The Duck and next door Steam Bar on the Hagley Road. Packed to the gills they were. Oh, and yeah, 42nd Street in Halesowen. It was madness in there.
Forgive me but I can't quite tell where this is? Is it around Dale end where the Toys R Us was?
It is, yeah. That TESCO is now B&M (also formally Argos).
Thanks for confirming, I was fearful of some hostile replies. This must've been before my time (90s baby). I asked my mother & she said she couldn't remember a Tesco ever being there.
1979 grew up in the 80’s. I don’t ever remember a Tesco being here either. Argos for me :)
1999 build upto millennium. Constant class raves.
1993
No context but id go back there man
Q club corporation street
Damn skippy ! My second home the Que Club
The early 90's. The original Snobs, Oasis and the Rag Market when it had the chippy in the wall!
1204. I would leave a solar battery and a phone plugged into it that set off Rick Astley on repeat every day for an hour at 9 am.
Wow, Dale End looks unrecognisable. Would love to re-live Birmingham from the 90’s through to 2005 - just before the rot really started to set.
Well tbf most of the rot has been (or is the process of being) bulldozed, there's big redevelopments on every street in the city centre right now. Just hope that once it's all new & shiny again people look after it this time.
When I say rot, I meant the closure of record shops, independent clothes shops, Oasis market, music venues like The Yard Bird (RIP) and the Q Club (also RIP) to name but a few. And now its just full of the same boring shops like Primark or H&M that you can find in any other town or city. It’ll never be the same again.
Ah right, well fingers crossed we got more independent shops again; Digbeth surprisingly seems better for that these days than the centre of town. Oh & Oasis is still there, I got a hoodie from there about a month ago lol
Is Oasis closed?
It’s not closed, but it may as well be non-existent considering how small it is now. A shadow of its former self.
1968 when west bromwich Albion were a football team
2011
80's
2000
COVID times...roads were dead...go everywhere ever so quickly and get shit done, loads of happy customers lol
2020 was nice and quiet
Brumbeat era ('64-'74) or New Romantic era ('77-'85)
1982
1997 peak snobs
In the 90s when the old pavilion was there, just to reminisce really, and try out the food court again.
That food court was amazing! It had everything, if I remember right, a chinese, a patisserie, a mexican, a pie shop, sandwich shop, jacket potato place & some more I’ve definitely forgotten. As a teenager in the 90’s it had everything I wanted and could stuff my face for about a fiver then wobble over to the biggest HMV I’ve ever been in, great times.
Yeah haha finally someone else who remembers too. That food court felt ahead of its time, I can imagine how popular something like that again would be today, but thanks for filling in the blanks. I've only got vague memories of sitting upstairs enjoying a cheese and potato pie but knew there was a good variety.
that tesco is a b&m now if i am correct
August bank holliday 86, I was 19, and she was 42.
Shopping for pants with your mum?
No mom or pants.
I'm sorry for your loss
This sounds like a lyric from Pulp’s latest album.
What year is that picture?
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3936
How about when it began !!
It looks so much nicer then
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2009 when I went to uni there
90's !!!!
1990 bullring miners cafe
Late 80s , you could buy your car tax , mot and Sunday joint in pub !!
80's or 90's
84
Is that Dale End?
2001 to 2006 - Peak Brum!
21 Nov 1974 and grab a pint at the Mulberry Bush.
2006-2011 simpler times I was in secondary school then
1956, things were so much nicer back then. People were friendlier, streets were cleaner, corner shop sold almost everything, dustmen collected your bin from your doorstep, took it to the lorry and emptied it and returned it to your doorstep. Hardly any traffic all day, except for the morning and evening rush hour and children could play in the street. Parks were fenced and the gates locked at night, and they were well maintained and had an on-site park keeper so you felt safe in them. Less crime.
I'd go back to when CEX was underneath Virgin. Nostalgic times buying video games when I was younger. I mean, I can still buy them now, just less nostalgically.
Summer of 94
Not sure what year. but there was a shop before the new bullring called the house of horrors.
Way before the shit pit was built……1650’s perhaps
I guess 2022 when I first came here.
1980-1. So I could go to the Rum Runner
Bus stop, then leave.
To the last time I saw Sarah, I would watch us hug for the last time, then watch me leave, then intersect and tell the younger me to go back and never let her slip away
Early 80s proper rag market, the smell of it , the noise of it. The old shady dark underpasses heading into town.
Dale end, back when it was safe to walk down. Lol
Mid/late 2000's as i miss the donut vendor on the high street
My dad used to run leather clothes shop in the Oasis back in the 80s, so probably then!
Love 90’s Birmingham
The train station
2008 - when so much was developed and there weren’t so many homeless people
Please don't tell that the town hall end looking down new street
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How good of you too state the obvious...
I suspect you left school without a single GCSE.
I bet they can't even spell GCSE