Perry Beeches and the estate from the south-west, 1938

From the south-west, 8 September 1938: Aldridge Road, Beeches Road and Great Barr Primary School are in view, with Perry Park and the canal at the bottom right and Sutton Park on the horizon at the top left.

Notes

Oblique aerial photograph by Aerofilms Ltd, 8 September 1938 (Historic England Archive EPW059313). Historic England’s catalogue title: “The Kingstanding Housing Estate under construction, Queslett, from the south-west”. Places identified in this view by contributors to Historic England’s Britain from Above project: Aldridge Road, Beeches Road, Birdbrook Road, Curbar Road, Edale Road, the Beeches pub, Great Barr Primary School, Perry Park, the canal and Sutton Park. The original on Wikimedia Commons is about 4,800 px wide; the copy here is 1,280 px. See it at full size, and add what you recognise, at https://britainfromabove.org.uk/image/EPW059313.