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Fort Dunlop Tyres

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

WHEN it opened in 1917 Fort Dunlop employed 3,200 people and was the biggest factory in the World. This film takes a look at the workings of the factory and the six other satellite factories spread across the Midlands

The making of the Bull Ring shopping centre (part 4)

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

SEE the final instalment of this fascinating film on the making of the then revolutionary new Bull Ring in the middle of the last century.

Bull Ring shopping centre from the 1950s (pt 3)

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

SEE the third part of this fascinating video about the making of the Bull Ring in the middle of the last century.

Bull Ring shopping centre from the 1950s (pt 2)

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

SEE the second part of the video on the making of the then state of the art Bull Ring shopping centre in the middle of the last century.

Bullring shopping centre from the 1950s...

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

IT'S amazing to think that in the 1950s the then 'new' Bull Ring shopping centre was a sight to behold. See the first part of this video on the making of the famous shopping centre.

Old Davenports adverts (Part 2)

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

TAKE a trip down memory lane and watch the second set of adverts for Birmingham's famous brewer Davenports, first aired in the 1950s.