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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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2 pairs

1938: A small gabled brick church among trees, with a 1930s car parked on the lane. — All Saints, Shady Lane, 1938 and 2013
The little Victorian church on Shady Lane, built after the site was bought in 1893, with a 1930s car on the lane. By 2013 it was the All Saints Centre; it was demolished about 2014 for a medical centre car park.
All Saints Church, Shady Lane The 1938 picture The 2013 picture
1938: Library of Birmingham, Local Studies and History Department, LSH WK K10 0112 (3/1332) · 2013: © Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 3.0

2013: Small Victorian red-brick chapel with a steep tiled roof, gabled porch and pointed windows, shortly before demolition — All Saints, Shady Lane, 1938 and 2013
The little Victorian church on Shady Lane, built after the site was bought in 1893, with a 1930s car on the lane. By 2013 it was the All Saints Centre; it was demolished about 2014 for a medical centre car park.
All Saints Church, Shady Lane The 1938 picture The 2013 picture
1938: Library of Birmingham, Local Studies and History Department, LSH WK K10 0112 (3/1332) · 2013: © Andy Mabbett, CC BY-SA 3.0

1839: Engraving of St Mary’s College, Oscott, in 1839: the long Gothic college building across open lawns — St Mary’s College, Oscott, 1839 and 2013
St Mary’s College, newly built across its lawns, engraved for Roscoe’s Book of the Grand Junction Railway in 1839. The red-brick range and its central tower still look out over the grounds.
The 1839 picture The 2013 picture
1839: Engraving in Thomas Roscoe, The Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1839), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain · 2013: Photo: BoldmereBoy, 2013 · CC BY-SA 3.0

2013: The red-brick front of St Mary’s College, Oscott, with its central clock tower above steps and a lawn — St Mary’s College, Oscott, 1839 and 2013
St Mary’s College, newly built across its lawns, engraved for Roscoe’s Book of the Grand Junction Railway in 1839. The red-brick range and its central tower still look out over the grounds.
The 1839 picture The 2013 picture
1839: Engraving in Thomas Roscoe, The Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1839), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain · 2013: Photo: BoldmereBoy, 2013 · CC BY-SA 3.0

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