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Kingstanding Together

From the Heritage Archive

Kingstanding, then and now

Same places, decades apart — 25 of them so far. Drag the handle, or use the arrow keys, to travel between an archive photograph and the view later on.

2 pairs

1923: A country lane between trees and hedges, with figures walking in the distance.1923
Today: The north side of Kingstanding CircleToday

The Circle, 1923 and today

In 1923 it was a country lane looking east towards Sutton Coldfield. Within a few years it became the busy heart of the estate.

Kingstanding CircleThe 1923 picture

1923: Library of Birmingham, Local Studies and History Department, LSH WPS WK-K10-0068 (3/1294) · Today: Martin Richard Phelan · CC BY-SA 2.0

1929: An open building site with houses under construction, rough ground in the foreground and trees on the distant skyline.1929
2014: Harringay Road curving between grass verges under a large tree in full leaf, with brick houses behind.2014

Harringay Road, 1929 and 2014

On 19 October 1929 Harringay Road was a building site of rough ground, horse-drawn carts and half-built houses. In 2014 it curves between grass verges under a big tree in full leaf.

The 1929 pictureThe 2014 picture

1929: Library of Birmingham, Local Studies and History Department, LSH WK K10 0060 (3/1286) · 2014: Photo: Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph / Wikimedia Commons

Help us finish the set

These archive photographs don’t have a partner yet. If you pass one of these spots, stand where the old photographer stood, take the view today and send it to us — we’ll pair them up here, credited to you.

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