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Pictures: More blended images showing changing face of Birmingham

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Graeme Brown-BP

14:09, 25 MAY 2015

Birmingham Law Courts, Corporation Street. Circa 19001 of 27
Birmingham Law Courts, Corporation Street2 of 27
A blended image showing Birmingham Law Courts in 1900 and 20123 of 27
The gates of Edgbaston Stadium as seen in 20094 of 27
Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham5 of 27
A blended image showing Edgbaston Stadium with its old gates merged on to the new entrance6 of 27
Erdington High Street in 19747 of 27
Erdington High Street, Birmingham8 of 27
A blended image showing Erdington High Street in 1974 and today9 of 27
Moseley Village, Birmingham, in the 1950s10 of 27
Moseley Village, Birmingham11 of 27
A blended image showing Moseley Village in the 1950s and today12 of 27
Longfellow Road, Northfield, in 196213 of 27
Longfellow Road, Northfield, in 201214 of 27
A blended image showing Longfellow Road, Northfield, in 1962 and 201215 of 27
The Black Horse Pub, Stratford Road, Sparkhill, in 196716 of 27
Stratford Road, Sparkhill.17 of 27
A blended image showing Stratford Road, Sparkhill in 2012 and 1967, with the former Vale Onslow Motorcycle store on the left.18 of 27
Acocks Green Village in 193319 of 27
Acocks Green Village20 of 27
A blended image showing Acocks Green Village in 193321 of 27
The Billesley Hotel, Kings Heath, Birmingham, 193322 of 27
The New Billesley Pub, Kings Heath, Birmingham, 201223 of 27
A blended image showing the New Billesley Pub (formerly Billesley Hotel) in Kings Heath, Birmingham in 1933 and 201224 of 27
The Red Lion Pub, Soho Road, Handsworth in 194925 of 27
The now boarded-up Red Lion Pub, Soho Road, Handsworth26 of 27
A blended image showing Soho Road in Handsworth in 2012 and 194927 of 27

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