Incredible footage of Birmingham in the 1920s

This is a fascinating look at life, and traffic, on the streets of Birmingham over 100 years ago.
Taken from our documentary 'Birmingham, The Way We Were'

[@mongisme14]

stange to think almost everyone in that video will be dead

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

Look at the mixture of traffic. Horse and cart, bicycle, car, hand-drawn cart, and so on. What a wonderful experience it must have been for a country dweller to visit a city back then!

[@sarahadams6940]

Everyone is so slim!

[@crc778Hypnodoc]

remarkable quality bfor the year

[@TahreyUK]

@alemcodon I was marvelling at how, even though I couldn't directly recognise much of it (think I saw some of corporation st, and victoria square?), it still FELT the same...

[@TahreyUK]

@mongisme14 My nan's 92... she may be in there. As a baby, if so...!

[@StephenLyons-tl8ie]

Wow! A policeman!!

[@alemcodon]

@mongisme14 not almost everyone, EVERYONE. funny i was looking at these vids thinkin the same thing, shows how interesting our lives are...