These compelling photos provide a peek into Birmingham's history, revealing the grim reality of life in slum dwellings. Years ago, a substantial portion of the city's inhabitants resided in slums ...

Today Birmingham's slums have long gone and the city residents were moved onto the new towns developing in the 50s and 60s along with the high rise tower blocks.

Welcome to Birmingham 1919. Now - nearly a century later - a six-part drama series explores the lives of the members of the city's most notorious gang from a century ago - the Peaky Blinders.

Old Birmingham map outlined 'Negro Concentrations,' then shunned them. Published: Jun. 30, 2015, 3:30 p.m. By . ... We probably had neighborhoods that were already slums by then, ...

So how true is Peaky Blinders to the real-life criminals from whom it takes its name?. Violence was a way of life in impoverished districts of late Victorian Birmingham such as Small Heath and ...

"Bin workers in Birmingham waking up one morning and being told their pay would be cut by up to £8,000. "For some up to a quarter of their pay. Putting their mortgages, rents and livelihoods at risk.

Birmingham's bin strike misery could go on until CHRISTMAS as union workers vote to continue industrial action. By LETTICE BROMOVSKY. Published: 11:33 EDT, 5 June 2025 | Updated: 12:04 EDT, 5 June ...

These compelling photos provide a peek into Birmingham's history, revealing the grim reality of life in slum dwellings. Years ago, a substantial portion of the city's inhabitants resided in slums ...