Butcher Charles Oswald Lee makes good his promise to give free meat to his customers at his butcher's shop in Birmingham. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) — Butcher Charles Oswald Lee makes good his promise to give free meat to his customers at his butcher's shop in Birmingham. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Birmingham retro: 15 nostalgic photos capturing a bygone era of shopping in Birmingham

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Published 5th Nov 2025, 15:52 GMT

These photos capture a bygone era of retail in Birmingham, before the rise of internet shopping

They chronicle how shops and shopping habits have changed over the decades, from the 1960s to the 1990s.

Take a look below:

5. Rackham's Birmingham

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6. Rackhams, 1966

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7. Cosmetics on the ground floor of Rackhams in Birmingham.

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8. rackhams 90s

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