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Edgbaston is known as being one of Birmingham’s more affluent areas with its range of high end restaurants and pricey homes.
The suburb is also home to some of the city’s most esteemed restaurants - including one with a Michelin star.
The Edgbaston Villlage has developed into one the city’s more expensive areas over the years, but it’s also home to Edgbaston Cricket Ground, the University of Birmingham, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and the Edgbaston Archery and Lawn Tennis Society, the oldest lawn tennis club in the world.
We’ve taken a look back over the neighbourhood’s history with some brilliant old photos from the 1900s.
Take a look here:
9. Cricket in the 50s
circa 1950: Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images | Getty Images
10. England versus West Indies Test series on 31st May 1957
Frank Worrell (1924 - 1967), right handed batsman from Barbados and the touring West Indies Cricket Team drops his bat after being hit from a delivery by England fast bowler Fred Trueman during the first innings of the 1st Test Match of the England versus West Indies Test series on 31st May 1957 at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham, England. The match was drawn. | Getty Images
11. Large crowds
Crowds of spectators in the grandstand and the Pavilion look on during the third day of the first Test match of the series between England and the West Indies on 1 June 1957 at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham, United Kingdom. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images | Getty Images
12. Birmingham Edgbaston MP Edith Pitt
Politician Edith Pitt, MP for Edgbaston, pictured after being appointed as the new Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Health and Pensions, London, December 21st 1955. (Photo by Terry Disney/Central Press/Getty Images) | Getty