I can’t believe 10 years have passed since photobydjnorton.com went online. After many years of looking at my father’s photographs of Birmingham and feeling frustrated that I couldn’t reconcile them with the city I had grown up in, the sudden realisation that their very importance was based on this difficulty hit me hard.
Category Archives: Images
March
30
Phyllis Nicklin Unseen
posted by @brumpic
It’s safe to say, that even 45 years after her death, Phyllis Nicklin has been integral to the success of Brumpic.
March
30
Sutton Park by Verity Milligan
posted by @brumpic
There are many faces to Sutton Park, and no single photo series could ever hope to show them all.
March
29
Concrete and Caves
posted by @brumpic
Gravelly Hill Interchange: Birmingham’s most famous motorway junction and an important piece of structural history from the city’s period of modernist redevelopment
February
27
The Birmingham Music Archive
posted by @brumpic
I’ve Got The Birmingham Blues – Our amazing music history.
December
13
The Odeon Queensway
posted by @brumpic
The Scala Cinema opened on 23rd November 1964 . It was taken over by the Rank Organisation from 22nd February 1970 and re-named the Odeon Ringway (due to its location near to Smallbrook Ringway). It was re-named Odeon Queensway in June 1972 and re-furbished in 1983. It was a one screen cinema with 604 seats.
November
26
The Acocks Green Flood – 1981
posted by @brumpic
I now live in Southern California and we are experiencing a severe drought this year. I wish it could rain here like it did that day.
October
28
The Pals by Matt Weston
posted by @brumpic
Today has been nice, a chance to catch up with my oldest friends on a yearly tradition known simply to us as ‘The Jolly Boys Outing’.
October
28
The Outer Circle – Stage* 2
posted by @brumpic
We’ve travelled on our tour of the Outer Circle from Sarehole Mill, and in stage 1 we got as far as the Grand Union Canal in Acocks Green.
October
28
The Chamberlain Legacy
posted by @brumpic
Standing proudly, and visible from miles around the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston campus, is the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial clock tower – or Old Joe, to give him his more colloquial title.
October
28
Some Cities, Stories from the City
posted by @brumpic
Some Cities CIC,is a city-wide social project inviting Birmingham photographers, of all abilities, to share their images of the City with the world via a dedicated on-line platform. Simply add the hashtag #somecities to Tweets or instagram posts.
October
13
The 1992 Olympic Bid (Part 2)
posted by @brumpic
What do the England football team, Diana Ross and Buckland Austin Solicitors have in common. Yes, you guessed it, they all featured in Birmingham’s bid for the 1992 Olympic games! Continuing our insight into the proposals, here’s another look at the 1986 bid document.
October
13
The Outer Circle – Stage 1
posted by @brumpic
OK – here’s the plan. You decide, because you are a Brummie, or an adopted Brummie and can’t drag yourself away, to find out more about the outer reaches of the Second City. Then you ask a mate to join you – you’ll find you may need one!
October
01
The Images of Geoff Dowling
posted by @brumpic
Regardless of the decade we grew up in, us Brummies have a huge appetite for nostalgia, and a fierce love for the city we remember from our childhood, and as a result the Brumpic Twitter and Facebook accounts just keep growing in popularity.
September
12
The 1992 Olympic Bid (Part 1)
posted by @brumpic
What do the NEC, The Dome nightclub and Pontins in Weymouth have in common? Well, they were all part of Birmingham’s bid for the Olympic games in 1992.
September
12
The Beorma Social Club
posted by @brumpic
So what is The Beorma Social Club? It ‘s the Youth Club you’ve attended where you wished the summer wasn’t about to end, the Labour Club where you allowed ‘just the one’ Cherry Brandy or a Babycham when you were younger.
September
12
Snow Hill and Sterra.
posted by @brumpic
Parents today would be horrified! While they wrap their offspring up in cotton wool & drive them everywhere in people carriers, they may want to spend a few minutes pondering on one of my after school activities.
September
12
Tim Cornbill – Retrospective
posted by @brumpic
These images are from a project undertaken by Tim Cornbill using archive photography of Birmingham City Centre and aligning them with modern day positions. We plan to show you the entire series on the website over the coming months.
September
12
The Spitfire Club (BMAG)
posted by @brumpic
Did you know that Birmingham produced over 50% of all Spitfires in the War? Between 1940 and 1945, the Castle Bromwich factory was rolling out an average of 40 new planes a week!
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