Thursday 12 September 2019

UNDER THE ARCHES: BIRMINGHAM NOIR

The BBC's super-hit show Peaky Blinders is set in Birmingham and more specifically, the streets of Digbeth, which have traditionally been the seat of the local Irish community.  However, thanks to the Luftwaffe in World War II, not much of the old neighbourhoods actually remain, and the production has to film elsewhere in the country. Despite that, the Digbeth area of town, where the music and arts festival takes place, still has a certain cinematic ambience if you can catch it in the right light. Below is a selection of photographs from around my studio.

( Below ) : The Old Typhoo Building, Bordesley Street


( Below ) : Lower Trinity Street



( Below ) : The Custard Factory, Floodgate Street



( Below ) : Lower Trinity Street



( Below ) : Coventry Road


( Below ) : Coventry Road


( Below ) : Electric Supply Station, Upper Trinity Street


( Below ) : Adderley Street


( Below ) : The Custard Factory, Gibb Street