Whist dipping Flickr last week for urban exploration pictures, I came across an intriguing stream entitled ‘My old scanned pics‘ – I know most of these aren’t Brownhills (although the one that is will bring back memories for many – a real gem) – they are really evocative and typical of their time. The interesting thing is noting just how much the areas pictured have changed. Birchills Locks and Smiths Flour Mill in particular, and the market image is pure eighties.
I have an idea who this stream is generated by, but I shan’t speculate publicly as they clearly left it unnamed for a reason which I shall respect. My thanks to them for a wonderful, scattershot view of life from the decade that style forgot. Do go take a look, it’s wonderful.
The laundrette in the Ravencourt Precint in Brownhills, dated 1987. Click the picture to see the image at flickr and read the author's original information.
Walsall Market in December 1986. Click the picture to see the image at flickr and read the author's original information.
This is wonderful. Birchills Locks, 1987. On the right is the wall of Smith's Mill, now apartments. This has changed so much. Click the picture to see the image at flickr and read the author's original information.
The view from the other end of the Birchills flight. Smith's Mill is on the left, the chimney in the distance still extant. Click the picture to see the image at flickr and read the author's original information.
18 plus stall at Pelsall Carnival in 1980. Any familiar faces? So evocative of the time. Click the picture to see the image at flickr and read the author's original information.
This 1987 image of the demolition of Walsall's Reedswood Power Station is emotive for many. I intend to return to this in a later feature. Click the picture to see the image at flickr and read the author's original information.
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