Pudding, Thanks for brightening the photos. Very true, too.
Phil, I don't have a problem as such in that it reflects the changing ethnic background of those living in the areas. However, it is still such a shame that all of our traditions and heritage is fast disappearing!
For instance; only two pubs left in Vauxhall......White Towers and the Dog & Partridge! Just look back at all the photos you have posted of the pubs we all went in as kids! The inner-city is bereft of all that we remember as kids; the shops, the people, the work-places, the community.....endless!!!!!!!
As to whether that is progress or loss is a matter of opinion.
I hold no rose-tinted memories of outside toilets or brew-houses, or the fact that we suffered the damp and lack of money or personel posessions, rather,I treasure the way we were and the way we lived together as of greater importance! For what did we do? We moved out and away, yet love to remember those old days. Further, what will we, or our descendants, do in time? We, or they, will move further away and discuss the same as we do here!
Birmingham?
? AND THERE LIES THE SADNESS FOR ALL BRUMMIES!!!!!
Tony
Tony