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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.

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Kingstanding Library and the shopping parade under its flat canopy in January 2018, with parked cars along the kerb — Kingstanding Library, 1960s and 2018
Kingstanding got a library of its own in June 1964, after thirty years of borrowing books from a room in the Methodist church. Ron Jameson photographed its new glazed entrance and the flats above the shops; in 2018 the same block stood behind shutters.
Kingstanding Library The 1960s picture The 2018 picture
1960s: Photo: Ron Jameson. Reproduced with permission via Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · 2018: Photo: Martin Richard Phelan, 2018 · CC BY-SA 2.0

1960s: Colour photograph of the modern Kingstanding Library, with a “Kingstanding Library” sign over a glazed entrance and honeycomb screen walls, set into a parade of yellow-brick shops with flats above; a white Ford Popular is parked at the kerb. — Kingstanding Library, 1960s and 2018
Kingstanding got a library of its own in June 1964, after thirty years of borrowing books from a room in the Methodist church. Ron Jameson photographed its new glazed entrance and the flats above the shops; in 2018 the same block stood behind shutters.
Kingstanding Library The 1960s picture The 2018 picture
1960s: Photo: Ron Jameson. Reproduced with permission via Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · 2018: Photo: Martin Richard Phelan, 2018 · CC BY-SA 2.0

1965: Colour photograph of a large brick pub with tall chimneys and an “M&B” sign on its gable, with 1960s cars and a van parked on the forecourt and houses in the distance. — The Kingstanding pub car park, 1965 and 2011
Ron Jameson’s 1965 view from the pub car park shows the original Kingstanding, a building remembered for its “large chimneys and a big frontage”. By 2011 a smaller red-brick replacement stood on the site.
The Kingstanding pub The 1965 picture The 2011 picture
1965: Photo: Ron Jameson. Reproduced with permission via Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · 2011: Image reproduced with permission of Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding.

2011: A long red-brick pub building with three gables, the middle one lettered “Kingstanding” and “M&B”, behind a small car park with a public toilet kiosk on the left and cars on the forecourt. — The Kingstanding pub car park, 1965 and 2011
Ron Jameson’s 1965 view from the pub car park shows the original Kingstanding, a building remembered for its “large chimneys and a big frontage”. By 2011 a smaller red-brick replacement stood on the site.
The Kingstanding pub The 1965 picture The 2011 picture
1965: Photo: Ron Jameson. Reproduced with permission via Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · 2011: Image reproduced with permission of Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding.

1962: A black-and-white view of the new church’s brick west front: a tall gable with a large stained-glass window above double doors, a clock tower with a cross on the right, and a low wall with railings in front. — Christ the King, 1962 and 2010
The new Christ the King church was finished in time for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve 1962, replacing the parish’s wooden church. Its tall stained-glass west front caught the winter sun in 2010.
Christ the King Church The 1962 picture The 2010 picture
1962: Image reproduced with permission of Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · 2010: Image reproduced with permission of Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding.

2010: The brick front of Christ the King church in low winter sun: a tall gable with a full-height stained-glass window over green doors, a noticeboard, a square tower on the right and steps with handrails leading up. — Christ the King, 1962 and 2010
The new Christ the King church was finished in time for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve 1962, replacing the parish’s wooden church. Its tall stained-glass west front caught the winter sun in 2010.
Christ the King Church The 1962 picture The 2010 picture
1962: Image reproduced with permission of Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · 2010: Image reproduced with permission of Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding.

1966: A colour photograph of tall trees behind a rough wooden paling fence. — The King’s Standing mound, 1966 and 2005
In 1966 the tumulus on Kingstanding Road was an inconspicuous clump of trees behind a paling fence. By 2005 it was a low grassy hummock on an open green — the scheduled mound that gave Kingstanding its name.
The King’s Standing mound The 1966 picture The 2005 picture
1966: Library of Birmingham, Local Studies and History Department, LSH/ Warks Photo Survey WK-K10-0116 (3/1335) · 2005: © Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Geograph)

2005: Low grassy hummock with three bare trees on a green beside the road, with inter-war houses behind under a dark sky — The King’s Standing mound, 1966 and 2005
In 1966 the tumulus on Kingstanding Road was an inconspicuous clump of trees behind a paling fence. By 2005 it was a low grassy hummock on an open green — the scheduled mound that gave Kingstanding its name.
The King’s Standing mound The 1966 picture The 2005 picture
1966: Library of Birmingham, Local Studies and History Department, LSH/ Warks Photo Survey WK-K10-0116 (3/1335) · 2005: © Adrian Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Geograph)

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