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Post by pedro42 on Oct 18, 2014 15:45:27 GMT
Acocks Green - Warwick road - 1900's
Pete
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Post by Jerry on Oct 19, 2014 11:38:32 GMT
If you zoom in you can see that the pub on the left was called The Spread Eagle. This is the same view now. The buildings on the left have gone but the shops / houses on the right are still there. Jerry
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Post by pedro42 on Oct 19, 2014 11:40:28 GMT
It's one of my favourite pictures, especially since I was born in Acocks Green, and went back to live there for a couple of years when I got married. I was also amazed by the quality of the photo. The Spread Eagle sign seems to advertise "Accomodation for cyclists". The greengrocer has his wares on display, including hung poultry. You can also see a chicken in the road behind the last cart on the LHS
Jerry's picture aptly demonstrates the differences that 100 or so years has made to Acocks Green
Pete
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Post by planetmalc on Oct 19, 2014 14:43:23 GMT
Incredible photo - and I'm not just referring to the actual street scene either. No idea what camera/lens or recording medium was used - but just look at the amount of detail - you can read just about every sign. Even if you allow for some digital restoration, it is still outstanding in terms of level of detail. Is that a double-decker coach in the foreground ? Powered by 2 horses if you count the legs. But you can certainly trace the evolution of the (engine powered) double decker from this design. No converging verticals, so it's a rising-front plate camera B_B. The blurring on the old lady at right suggests a shutter speed of around half-a-second. It's rather apt that we should be discussing photography here as the furthest of those gabled properties was, until the 1980's, home to one of Brum's best camera shops, owned by Bannister & Thatcher the chemist's (and run by my namesake Malcolm ). The double-deck vehicle is the standard horse-bus of the day, so the photo's probably late 19th century.
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