Birmingham then and now: in photos

The Bullring Credit: Phyllis Nicklin/Daan Bijdevaate

Photos taken of Birmingham in the 1950s and 1960s have been recreated.

The Bullring shopping centre

Credit: Robyn Allen

Birmingham Fazeley Canal

Credit: Phyllis Nicklin
Credit: Peter Allen

Digbeth

Credit: Phyllis Nicklin
Credit: Daan Bijdevaate

Rotunda view towards Five Ways

Credit: Phyllis Nicklin
Credit: Jay Mason Burns

BSA Works, Armoury Road, Small Heath

Credit: Phyllis Nicklin
Credit: Wali Taylor

In The Footsteps of Phyllis at the Library of Birmingham shows the images taken by Phyllis Nicklin in the 1950s and 1960s side-by-side with photographs taken in the last year.

This is the original photographer herself, Phyllis Nicklin.

Phyllis Nicklin Credit: University of Birmingham