It was the dawn of a new era. Everything seemed possible in Birmingham in 1960 as a new, enlighted, age dawned. And there was plenty new in the city. Nechells flats were brand new, Birmingham library ...

Was it a walrus? A ‘sea cow’? Cthulhu come to devour downtown Birmingham? The child peering up at the 40-foot tall tusked, purple balloon looks as confused as most everyone must have been that ...

Christmas in 1960s Birmingham occupies a special corner of memory, wrapped in the glow of streetlights reflected on wet pavements, with shopping trips to city centre department stores For many ...

Old photographs showing what it was like to grow up in 1960s Birmingham The 1960s were a defining era for the world with it being one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in history. Birmingham ...