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29 October 2009
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Birmingham timelapse from 7inch cinema on Vimeo.

“a selection of images taken by amateur photographer Derek Fairbrother from the same spot in Birmingham’s Chamberlain square between 1963 and 1986. We’ve [7 inch cinema] just compiled them for a new exhibition called Birmingham Seen which opens at BM&AG this weekend; other sequences include the Post Office tower and the Rotunda.”

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  • jessthomas

    That is fascinating. I walk past this area every day and had no idea it looked so different a comparatively short time ago.

  • David Winters

    Just shows how beautiful central Birmingham could be now if we'd not allowed the destruction of such fine original buildings.

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