This is brilliant! I came to the UK from Poland in 2006, and now I'm just commencing my employment at National Express West Midlands and no. 37 is going to be one of my routes! So amazing to see it from back in 1987, especially that I have lived in Tyseley area for quite some time now. Thank you :D
Brings back memories of my student days in the early 70's.Cold brick buildings,electric meters,rising damp,shared bathrooms,net curtains,freezing cold beds!
some parts are identical til today,other parts seem like a different world altogether, wats definitely different now is the 50 million somali's, pakeyestanis, bengalis,indians, aghans, iraqis, romanians, poles....jamaicans, albanians, korean, , vietanamese, that now live there, (along with 3-4 english families)
Sparkbrook/Sparkhill has been taking in immigrants for a very long time began with the irish then the former colonies obviously after the war....nothing new.
