This is Kings Heath, Birmingham 1960

Silent 8mm home movie, filmed circa 1960 in King's Heath, Birmingham. This is an improved copy of my original upload under the same title which has unaccountably disappeared from KZbin! I have now uploaded another version running at a slightly slower speed which can be viewed via the following link • This Is Kings Heath, B...

[@otidbdriftwood]

Look at what we have lost.

[@bernardlandymore7372]

Gave away.

[@shanefrance7446]

Safe and happier days then

[@marthasheilds2446]

Very racist then and still is now in Birmingham and Segregated too in areas with no integration at all.

[@shanefrance7446]

@@marthasheilds2446 Mrs sheilds hope one day racism will come to a end

[@oldhippy8475]

Lovely film thank you. I lived in Kings Heath mid 1970s to mid 1990s and it had gone down then! Nice to see a more formal world...

[@bluey7007]

Another world to what it is now

[@davidfield7810]

Better people, better place and better times !

[@johnjohn17]

Kings' heath, like other parts of Birmingham, is now finished

[@suzanne9696]

Great video! Iv grown up and lived in yardley wood/kings heath all my life, I’m often on the high street, loved all the elderly men on the bench chatting away, the baby in the pram, and the old cinema, which is now half knocked down.

[@terrypearson7787]

Thank you so much for viewing and for taking the time to post those lovely comments. If you look at the description (below the picture) you will see a link to the same film running at a slightly slower speed which gives you more time to see the content.

[@tonymeck-lj8rv]

@@terrypearson7787 well you cant like the birmingham of today if you know what i mean

[@Flumstead]

How decent people looked, not like the crap you see in Kings Heath today.

[@bluespectrumtapes]

Funny but true

[@topquark6919]

Yup, people dressed well. Not a track suit in sight.

[@notmyles2883]

@@topquark6919 i can't remember the last time i saw someone in a tracksuit when walking round highbury park... i thought it was a known fact that people in kings heath and moseley are incredibly well dressed anyway lol

[@johnclark7065]

Chavs in Birmingham and racist scum these days .

[@_B.M_]

@@topquark6919 Guessing more people have to go to the gym these days hence the tracksuits ... and before you ask, that was sarcasm!

[@western-oud1898]

I miss the times I never knew..

[@user-tl7qn4gr2i]

I’m 65 lived in area all my life never thought we would see such a change really sad how kings Heath is today . What have these governments done 😢

[@arthurkinnell9891]

Wow! I lived in/around Kings Heath in the late 50's to the late 70's and remember well all the shops etc and the Kingsway, where I spent many a happy hour. The first school shown was (i believe) Colmore Road, where I attended bot the infants and juniors. A great pity that K.H has now turned into such a crap-hole!

[@terrypearson7787]

You're right, Arthur - Colmore Road School is the first school seen in the film.

[@stevieb9490]

Multi culti Kings Heath sure ain't like that anymore.

[@patmwhite68]

My nan and I have shopped round here, She lived in Selly oak and we'd take a taxi to Kings heath.

[@MrGranfield]

Should have taken the number 11 Outer Circle bus.

[@garypoole6414]

My Grand Parents had a news agent shop in Silver Street late 50/60's

[@paulenglish6383]

When the place looked all neat and normal If they wanted a public square why destroy the Churchyard lots of other stuff to knock down

[@Domdeone1]

​@@yoyoyotoooBut it is shite, charity, plastic fantastic & fast food shops

[@alexandranicolamason-whitt6630]

WoW Wonderful memories, our family Wheelers lane/Howard Road. I was christened Allsaints Church june 1958. Went to Private mixed School (Kings Heath High School)next to Kings Heath Cricket Club. Family association with the Masonic Lodge. My Parents were origanal people in 36,Wheelers lane until my Mom died 25.11.1980.

[@terrypearson7787]

Thank you for viewing and for taking the time to send your lovely comments and memories. I have now uploaded another version running at a slightly slower speed which can be viewed via the following link kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJWupJ2grahsmas

[@tariqmahmood6497]

Thankyou for sharing 👌👍 love to know what the folks are saying, lip reading capability would have been useful

[@syoung4557]

Not a coffee bean in sight!

[@emokiller907]

Coffee bean?

[@_B.M_]

I'm trying to work out whether this is subtle racism hinting at the changing colour of the people in the area ..... OR .... whether its the fact that high streets these days are full of coffee shops. lol

[@emokiller907]

@@_B.M_ well to be fair there are lot more of both to be honest, not necessarily a bad thing depending on your views though haha, I am somewhat "coffee" coloured though so maybe I'm being biased.

[@martindalton5894]

Pre internet so people had to go to the shops so more of a choice of places to visit now it's all coffee shops, barbers and chicken shops - and not a racist comment in sight

[@theholyoneofisrael.9550]

Baby in the prams about 64 now.

[@mrh-blue]

Look how clean and tidy it was. What happened ??

[@xxxx-ep1tj]

S### happened.

[@judgejulie7869]

I was born in the wrong era I think. I feel nostalgic and sad and want simpler times. Not all this materialistic, false and extreme consumerism. When women had class and dressed like ladies and everyone took pride in themselves. I live in kings heath and I do like it but its not the same as it was.

[@theholyoneofisrael.9550]

Dont judge julie 😊

[@bensims7501]

Same here Julie

[@BCFC1875Cruzeiro]

How nice it is to see what our country once looked like. What a shame. What on earth have the governments and politicians down the decades done to this once Beautiful and powerful Country ! Welcome to 2024... welcome to the Third World Country and Islamic state of Britain. 😢😢😢

[@citiesthroughmyeyes]

Great video! But I wish it was bit longer.

[@terrypearson7787]

Thanks for your kind words - I'm very pleased you enjoyed the film.

[@allanbuttery5297]

The Pavements appear nice and wide but over the last 60 years you can see how they have been narrowed and now as a Political point scorer for the next five years they will reclaim the expanse.

[@neilbradley.]

Lovely footage. Are you by any chance related to Joan Pearson.

[@terrypearson7787]

Thank you for viewing - really pleased you enjoyed the footage. If you check in the description below the video, you will see a link to another version which runs at a slightly slower speed. Thanks also for asking but I don't know a Joan Pearson - sorry.

[@MickAngelhere]

The King Edward School had less buildings then

[@terrypearson7787]

... and looked better!

[@jeffbutler3054]

Kings Heath looks nice in this video-crap hole now

[@skofahmad4590]

Was that School bishop challonet

[@terrypearson7787]

Thanks for viewing - the school at the start of the film (after the school sign) from approx 20 seconds to 30 seconds is Colmore Road Junior School - the middle one of the three Colmore Road School buildings.

[@angelsone-five7912]

You wouldn`t know the place today, terrible area.

[@markwiles3485]

00:45 These old boys are likely WWI servicemen who didn’t wear their medals or headwear to go to the shops or bits of uniform hoping for someone to say “Thank you for your service” after the Great War unlike the World War None veterans of today. Today’s former servicemen & women who did engage in combat tend to be like these old men. Others make a fuss about nothing.

[@marktaurus206]

Spot the black man in the video , Birmingham, mainly White those days and still today, it's a different divided city. There is lots of segregation in areas of Birmingham

[@dmdm7690]

You have to move with the times mate like it or not

[@marktaurus206]

@@dmdm7690 People in Birmingham don't move with the times hence why the city areas are segregated racially and people are very backwards especially locals. Many in Birmingham suffer from high anxiety issues and don't like foreigners or change.

[@marthasheilds2446]

@@dmdm7690 Not everyone want to live with the times people are happy in the world of today sheer misery and Birmingham is a crap hole even today the people are demented and lazy no care or community locals are rude and ignorant.

[@adamsturdy321]

Just say you're racist and move on

[@marktaurus206]

@@adamsturdy321 Look at your own race before you talk about racism such hypocrisy and accept the truth in what I said about Birmingham. People in the UK of today still deny their racism and will never own up to how they feel and blame other countries for their own attitudes.

[@NeilHughes-ti6pz]

Yeah no Beggars 😂

[@lillianflorence6056]

Crap land now