Birmingham Hagley Road, Five Ways, Broad Street and Paradise Circus. How Broad Street has changed..... No ICC !!! Filmed from my Ford Escort on Sony Betamax camera in March 1981 !! Music by www.freeSFX.co.uk
I got caught in the average speed cameras on the Hagley Road last year - I think I was remembering the days I used to do 60 along there in the 80’s. Shocking how much quicker it was then, you could get out and walk faster now - “progress” I guess. Thanks for the good memories.
The Hagley rd section literally is almost identical. Only when he hit the bottom Broad Street parts were unrecognisable. Great Vid I would of been 1 at the time this was recorded lol
This is the Birmingham I left behind so many years ago and still miss so very much. I remember this drive into town as if it were yesterday, I was ok until you came to where Musical exchanges and the Tow Rope used to be then a tear came into my eye.......Nights spent in the Greyhound/ Bogarts/Railway/Barrel Organ or Barbarellas, Great Gigs at the Town Hall, John Martyn/Rory Gallagher/Ten Years After...... Siigghh....if only we could.!!
Excellent - my home town is Kidderminster but I've lived in Brum for many years now, and you've managed to capture some great images from both places! Thanks for sharing it - great memories.
Lovely stuff. The speeds you could achieve in those days - the Strathallan Hotel to Paradise Circus in 3 minutes!! Unthinkable today. I notice the road goes 'up' from Broad St. onto P. Circus. I'm guessing it was around 1988 when they put it in a trench?
Fantastic and fascinating stuff : ) Great foresight! Amazed at how quick you got up the Hagley Road and down Broad Street - seems like a breakneck speed compared to crawling up it today! Can you remember roughly at what time of day it was?!
Cars were more friendly then. They didn't have the awful tinted windows that they all have today, which make cars look like they're being driven by mafia gangsters.
Great memories of times past. I remember going to Bingley Hall for the Motor Show with my dad before it moved to the NEC - he worked for the Post and Mail so we got free tickets 😃 happy days
My first ever job was on Hagley road, I delivered papers there. We called it Millionaires row then as the bottom part was mostly posh hotels and off the side roads were mostly very big posh houses, who rarely gave tip, probably why they were so rich! Happy days
Blue Maxi indeed, it's a1800/2200 Land crab at the start. I think the old Bingley Hall is along there somewhere. Well I bought my Marina in Feb 81, ( 71' K reg) I was hoping to see us in there somewhere, although I was working at the Court Oak pub at the time. No can't see us, still have the car though. Amazing how much pleasure one can get from such a simple idea like this, makes You Tube so worthwhile. Well done you
Amazing - bit that confused is the 1 st tunnel is that heading towards the old fire station as thought the as expected to see aston expressway on left side ? very enjoyably -many thanks for uploading ..remember walking this in my teens
Amazing stuff mate. I miss this. I do remember on the left on broad street it was bingley hall, correct me if I'm wrong next to the now Rep theatre. Just takes me back. Lived in Chadbury road in Halesowen (just on your left as in your other vid going up Manor Way just before the sandvik building) at the time so I know the area very well.
Cheers Jason..... I remember Bingley Hall. As a teenager we visited a couple of events there. For the last 15 years I've worked as a Chauffeur for Sandvik !! lol Regards Paul
Great memories, all along Board was the clothing wholesale business, I rember going as a teen when helping on a market stall. Belive or not some of the traders are still around.
Many thanks for this-happy days-I ‘worked’ the Edg area for telecom early 80s so knew this patch like the back of my hand.. have to say…looking at the colour of the bonnet..could that be a BT yellow van? :-)
yardelli you had to be wearing the special helmet though! Great to see some empty roads. Did two trips into central London last year after 30 years moved away. NEVER AGAIN!
Remember Faulkes Furriers 1st on Islington Row ,Then moved to Calthorpe road,I think it was The Old Donne shop ,Selling School uniforms.But how could the Council demolish the beautiful old Tudor House Faulkes shop site . Like Demolishing the Church of The Redeemer , Hagley roadand many other old Churches..in Broad street.Very sad the awful buildings replaced so many lovely old places and houses.
@@PaulDonovan Thank you Paul,- I was born in Birmingham many moons ago and loved the city I still miss it .I worked at Grosvenor House Hotel at Five ways before it was demolished in the late 60's. Happy Happy, simple memories
Interesting to see they had Phillips ma50 lanterns on the broad street side as well. I spoke too soon! What are those funky lanterns they had after the phillips ma50s. They are in a lot of old (1980s, 70s) Birmingham videos and pictures. We need more of these from current times to compare in the future. I do not have a dashcam though.
Wow some really good images from before when i was born! Recognise the sites. I was wondering if you ever managed to capture moseley, sparkhill,sparkbrook,hall green on your travels back then??
Hagley Road virtually looks the same as for Broad Street it’s very different I hardly recognised it at all very different now from when I lived in Birmingham in the nineties.
@@PaulDonovan Oh yes I know exactly the system you describe. I used that too in 1982 the recorder unit itself was very heavy and you had it on a strap around your neck. All in all filming was not a very pleasant experience!
That dude in the blue maxi at the start was hammering, i mean he wasnt stoppin for shit! You could have rammed that apricot orange morris ital if you fancied, just as the driver overtook. I thought the video band would rip at 01,40 was alrite though. Also, that goddamn faded green capri that pulled out onya from the left at the end, hed been partaking of the alcoholic refreshments so i would say
