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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
In the 1950s and '60s, aware of what was about to happen to
Birmingham, Dennis Norton took his camera and went to work.
Photographing buildings along the route of the forthcoming inner
ring road, around New Street station and in other areas of the city
due for redevelopment, he captured a Birmingha, that is now long
gone but fondly remembered by many. Almost half a century later
Mark Norton discovered these photographs, taken by the father he
never knew: Dennis died just nine weeks before his son was born.
Mark set about retracing his father's footsteps, to discover what
has been lost and to compare past with present. In the process he
gained a respect for Birmingham that had been missing when he grew
up amid the concrete, subways and urban motorways of the 1970s.
Anyone who remembers Birmingham as it was in the 1950s and '60s
will be fascinated by these recently rediscovered photographs,
while those who only know the city of today will be astonished to
see the changes that have taken place.
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