Recently, we’ve been looking back through Birmingham’s incredible history through the decades.
Recent picture galleries have looked at life in the city in the 1950, 60s and 70s.
This week we’ve taken a look at Birmingham during the post-war era of the in the 20s. After the Great War ended in, the city council decided to build modern housing across the city to rehouse families from inner city slums. Recent boundary expansions which brought areas including Aston ,Handsworth, Erdington,Yardley and Northfield within the city's boundaries provided extra space for housing developments.
Brum was also one of the largest cities which experienced an economic boom shortly after this decade.
Here are 11 pictures from the 1920s. All photos from Getty

9. Willie Quaife
Portrait of cricketer Willie Quaife (1872 - 1951), leg break spin bowler and right handed batsman for Warwickshire County Cricket Club circa July 1928 at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images

10. Jack Hood
11th December 1925: Jack Hood welterweight boxer from Birmingham, shadow boxing. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) | Getty Images


