The Media Archive for Central England is the public screen archive for the East and West Midlands. An independent charity and company based at the University of Lincoln, MACE acquires, catalogues, preserves and makes widely available moving image materials that inform our understanding of the diverse cultures and histories of communities between the Lincolnshire coast and the Welsh border.
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Ladywood Redevelopment
The tattered wallpaper of part demolished housing contrasts with gleaming new tower blocks. Ladywood in Birmingham may be on the up but what about the forgotten people?
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Overview
This 1965 news item made at the height of Birmingham's modernisation begins with silent views of Ladywood. Children play on demolition sights amongst the rubble of a city deep in renewal. The old back alleys and courtyards will also soon be under the wrecking ball. Canon Norman Power, the vicar of Ladywood, believes that the people have been forgotten amid all this scorched earth policy. Communities have been displaced - will the old districts be lost forever?
Canon Norman Power's book about the redevelopment of Ladywood was titled 'The Forgotten People' and was published in 1965.
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