The 1970s was another defining area for the world, with huge economical changes and political controversies, such as the Watergate scandal, aplenty.
In the UK, it was the decade of the Ford Cortina, the record player and cassette recorder. It was also a decade of strikes, with postal workers, miners and dustmen all taking part in industrial action in the seventies.
After years of Labour in government, the end of the deacade also marked the start of Margaret Thatcher’s reign as Prime Minister.
Birmingham also remained by far Britain’s most prosperous provincial city as late as the 1970s, with household incomes exceeding even those of London and the South East.
Although the city became increasingly dependent on the motor industry before the recession of the early 1980s saw Birmingham’s economy collapse.
The following pictures show snapshots of life in Birmingham in the 70s:
5. Police officers restrain a student after he had attempted to assault Prime Minister Edward Heath during Heath’s visit to the University of Birmingham on 17th February 1973
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6. England batsman Geoffrey Boycott on 12th man drinks duty during the 2nd Test Match against the West Indies at Edgbaston on August 13th, 1973
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7. A general elevated view of the M6 motorway and the A38(M) Aston Expressway at the Gravelly Hill Interchange also known as Spaghetti Junction, under construction, circa June 1970
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8. Shoppers on the forecourt before the Bull Ring Shopping Centre, with signs for Woolworths and the Commercial Union Assurance on the facade above, April 1971
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