@@citiesthroughmyeyes I still live in Birmingham. Tyseley to be exact. I used to live in Small Heath, but often visited the Mermaid pub for the gigs. General Public fronted by the late Rankin Roger performed there in the upper room, it was absolutely packed and you could see the sweat coming off the walls. Another interesting fact: this section of Stratford Road was one of the locations used for the horror movie I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle, which featured Anthony Daniels from Star Wars.
@@evertonporter7887 Vale Onslow? that was a quite a big bike shop, and a few doors down was Garrett's, I remember Garret used to sit in the back office while another bloke called Paul was the frontman, it was a bit of a grubby shop but good for second hand bike parts and other things too.
The area looks like a thriving Pakistani community. Where did the English people go? A lot of changes in 45+ years. The Sparkbrook area looks revitalized from what it was, which was depressed and rundown. Many of us left the country years ago and your videos allow us a look at the "old" places. Thank you Joseline.
@user-mc1yd9bp5x Racism is rife and segregation.is growing all over Birmingham and west midlands no integration at all areas is segregated and divided people are backwards and bigoted both older and younger generations today.
The house on Braithwaite rd behind the yellow food wagon near the pound shop used to be where I lived over 20years ago. It seems like yesterday I was there. Time really does fly.
The big house opposite Ladypool school/ church with the white car in front, 222b Stratford road was wher I lived 30 years ago when I was a Carlsberg Special Brew swilling punk rocker!!!!!
@@citiesthroughmyeyes I wasn't in a band, but I followed GBH,and Driven to Distraction. The latter used to play the Mermaid pub on the junction of Warwick road and Stratford road. I got knocked off my bicycle 25 years ago on Camp hill island.I hit the middle of the island with my head. Luckily I was wearing a helmet, and I was lucky not to have a broken neck or back!!!! Couple of months later I moved to Exeter.
So they put a red route in and what the fk they do, park on the pavement, really sad to see where i was born and lived till the mid 80s looking like a third world contry, what happend to intergration. ?????????
19:05 Stratford Road Baptist Church used to be part of a much larger building, half of it was a photographic studio with a rather gothic looking interior. I worked there on a four week industrial placement while I was at college back in late 1982. It was rather boring and a complete waste of time, as the only thing I learned was how to build room sets and make tea and coffee. The boss of that firm took a rather negative attitude to photography students, which made working there worse. In fact, the whole experience at that college overall wasn't enjoyable at all and I dropped out at the end of my first year.
Do you notice how many women's clothes shops there are, that's because they keep their money and spend ours, that's the rule we have to abide by, not a problem.
I don't want to defend people parking on double red lines or parking on the pavement but this is a problem of UK and the government as well. Yes people should not have that many cats but where should they put their cars? Streets with terraced houses are so narrow, there are no assigned parking spaces for the cars, no underground parking like in other European countries (I am German). Totally stupidly designed. Just to build as many houses as possible without thinking of that people will have cars or need space. If one family has two cars, this is already a big issue. So in these areas where you have a lot of terraced houses, everywhere this is an issue. So the blame is not only on the people.
Hey @Joseline I live in Greater London and am considering a move to the Suburbs of Birmingham. I was looking at Hall Green as an area and came across your video. Just wanted to thank you and give a shout out as was able to see the main Hall Green areas thanks to you. Anyone reading this- i would welcome your suggestions on which areas to buy. My budget is 300k and Hall Green is where I am looking at currently..
@@citiesthroughmyeyes thanks. I have seen the Hall green video indeed and will post the same comment there incase it gains more views and comments from there. Very keen to get feedback from locals!
Walking round Birmingham you mean walking round Pakistan looks like that as if they have took over whole places like sparkbrook boardsley green I can go on but would get boring what a joke our country has become imagine goin to there country and trying to old a Church 😕
Was born in Sparkhill. Used to be such a lovely area. Wonder what happened to it. Sigh.
From Bradford but used to visit my cousins in Sparkbrook back in the 80s. Thanks for the vid and memories 😊
Thank you very much for watching Will Scarlett, I'm glad the video brought you back to Memory Lane 🙂
Now I know that Kabul is in England
My goodness, there used to be quite a few pubs along this stretch of Stratford Road, including The Mermaid. Sadly they're all gone now.
Did you live around Stratford Rd Everton Parker? You now live in London, am I correct?
@@citiesthroughmyeyes I still live in Birmingham. Tyseley to be exact. I used to live in Small Heath, but often visited the Mermaid pub for the gigs. General Public fronted by the late Rankin Roger performed there in the upper room, it was absolutely packed and you could see the sweat coming off the walls. Another interesting fact: this section of Stratford Road was one of the locations used for the horror movie I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle, which featured Anthony Daniels from Star Wars.
The Shakespeare, the victoria the angel the antelope the bear.....just off Stratford road Warwick rod the sportsman
@@evertonporter7887 Vale Onslow? that was a quite a big bike shop, and a few doors down was Garrett's, I remember Garret used to sit in the back office while another bloke called Paul was the frontman, it was a bit of a grubby shop but good for second hand bike parts and other things too.
The pub at the end of Coventry Road has been demolished too gone .
The first row of shops after the bridge from camp hill island was one massive motorcycle shop called Vale Onslows.
I also worked at South Birmingham College for 8 years from 1989 to 1997
Vale Onslaw, Smiths Coaches, Bourkies ❤
The area looks like a thriving Pakistani community. Where did the English people go? A lot of changes in 45+ years. The Sparkbrook area looks revitalized from what it was, which was depressed and rundown. Many of us left the country years ago and your videos allow us a look at the "old" places. Thank you Joseline.
Which part of Birmingham do you come from?
All the English have moved to outer parts in Birmingham and west midlands hence why its a very racist and segregated city and region .
@@jonesroberts3640its not racist, racism is gone and boring outdated
@user-mc1yd9bp5x Racism is rife and segregation.is growing all over Birmingham and west midlands no integration at all areas is segregated and divided people are backwards and bigoted both older and younger generations today.
the first few minutes of Stratford road/sparkbrook is unofficially known as 'somali town'.
Glad your doing the walking video's again Joseline. Keep them coming, love all your content too. Great to see Birmingham x
Good Morning Isha, thank you for your constant support. I really really appreciate it 🙂
@@citiesthroughmyeyes ❤❤
The house on Braithwaite rd behind the yellow food wagon near the pound shop used to be where I lived over 20years ago. It seems like yesterday I was there. Time really does fly.
I agree with you times flies and waits for no one. Merry Xmas & Happy New Year.
What the house that got turned into a mosque its now alfalah mosque.
@@-ZED- yes that’s the house my parents owned. They sold it to the mosque owners. That was over 20 years ago!
Really enjoyed watching this keep them coming!
Thank you Mariee XO, I'm glad you like the video 🙂
57:16 that guy obviously wasn’t comfortable being recorded
When he removed his hands he had a big smile on his face...
The big house opposite Ladypool school/ church with the white car in front, 222b Stratford road was wher I lived 30 years ago when I was a Carlsberg Special Brew swilling punk rocker!!!!!
Very interesting! Did you perform locally or nationwide?
@@citiesthroughmyeyes I wasn't in a band, but I followed GBH,and Driven to Distraction.
The latter used to play the Mermaid pub on the junction of Warwick road and Stratford road.
I got knocked off my bicycle 25 years ago on Camp hill island.I hit the middle of the island with my head. Luckily I was wearing a helmet, and I was lucky not to have a broken neck or back!!!!
Couple of months later I moved to Exeter.
So they put a red route in and what the fk they do, park on the pavement, really sad to see where i was born and lived till the mid 80s looking like a third world contry, what happend to intergration. ?????????
Another great video thank you :))
Thank you for watching Shahela Parvin 🙂
19:05 Stratford Road Baptist Church used to be part of a much larger building, half of it was a photographic studio with a rather gothic looking interior. I worked there on a four week industrial placement while I was at college back in late 1982. It was rather boring and a complete waste of time, as the only thing I learned was how to build room sets and make tea and coffee. The boss of that firm took a rather negative attitude to photography students, which made working there worse. In fact, the whole experience at that college overall wasn't enjoyable at all and I dropped out at the end of my first year.
I know how you feel about rubbish internships. Some of them you are just hired to make tea and photocopy...
Awesome walking tour
Thank you for watching JasonTheWorldisYours 🙂
Welcome to halall green😂
A dump because of the people living there
Do you notice how many women's clothes shops there are, that's because they keep their money and spend ours, that's the rule we have to abide by, not a problem.
Nice video...👌👌👌
Thank you Shahid 🙂
Why would people park on double red lines, where is the council people??
I don't want to defend people parking on double red lines or parking on the pavement but this is a problem of UK and the government as well. Yes people should not have that many cats but where should they put their cars? Streets with terraced houses are so narrow, there are no assigned parking spaces for the cars, no underground parking like in other European countries (I am German). Totally stupidly designed. Just to build as many houses as possible without thinking of that people will have cars or need space. If one family has two cars, this is already a big issue. So in these areas where you have a lot of terraced houses, everywhere this is an issue. So the blame is not only on the people.
@@abuismail9983 Good points Bro. Bradford has a similar problem.
@@abuismail9983 although most of the terraces were built in the late 19th / early 20th centuries when there weren't cars.
They do what they want palistani dont follow rules
If you express your thoughts, you are the criminal.
There's a prize if you can spot 1 white person in the video
Thanks mem...🙏🙏🙏
What an awful place.
Hey @Joseline I live in Greater London and am considering a move to the Suburbs of Birmingham. I was looking at Hall Green as an area and came across your video. Just wanted to thank you and give a shout out as was able to see the main Hall Green areas thanks to you. Anyone reading this- i would welcome your suggestions on which areas to buy. My budget is 300k and Hall Green is where I am looking at currently..
Hello Anwar Miah, here is a video of Hall Green if that can help ua-cam.com/video/QxuKiLLptas/v-deo.html
@@citiesthroughmyeyes thanks. I have seen the Hall green video indeed and will post the same comment there incase it gains more views and comments from there. Very keen to get feedback from locals!
@@anwarmiah6948 Yeah Hall Green is an ok area, its not posh yet its not rough or anything, I'd recommend it with your budget
Don't move to Birmingham its a rough dump full of divisions and problematic city.
@@jonesroberts3640 division exists in every city. How do you mean rough dump? I know some parts are unclean but the outer parts are good arent they
Walking round Birmingham you mean walking round Pakistan looks like that as if they have took over whole places like sparkbrook boardsley green I can go on but would get boring what a joke our country has become imagine goin to there country and trying to old a Church 😕