It's Not As Bad As They Say
This series was made over a number of years within walking distance of my house in Erdington.
Erdington, a suburb and ward in northern Birmingham, has a rich history, slightly older than the city It has a population of 21,552. Erdington was valued at thirty shillings in the Doomsday Book. I read somewhere that most houses up until the Second World War, were built with bricks from the Nocks brickworks on Holly Lane. One of Birmingham's oldest man-made objects was found lying on the surface of a garden in Court Lane, Erdington. A handaxe just 13cm long, it had been fashioned out of quartzite a quarter of a million years ago by Neanderthal people and is now exhibited in the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
This series was made over a number of years within walking distance of my house in Erdington.
Erdington, a suburb and ward in northern Birmingham, has a rich history, slightly older than the city It has a population of 21,552. Erdington was valued at thirty shillings in the Doomsday Book. I read somewhere that most houses up until the Second World War, were built with bricks from the Nocks brickworks on Holly Lane. One of Birmingham's oldest man-made objects was found lying on the surface of a garden in Court Lane, Erdington. A handaxe just 13cm long, it had been fashioned out of quartzite a quarter of a million years ago by Neanderthal people and is now exhibited in the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
