Guided walk of Druids Heath + Screening of a Decent Place With Hot and Cold
Continuing our collaboration with the Place Prospectors CIC in Druids Heath, this special walk and archive screening have been developed in response to the Nick Hedges exhibition at the Birmingham Back to Backs.
- Booking essential
The first part of the event is a walk around Druids Heath hosted by Jayne Murray (Place Prospectors). In the 1960s many people moved to Druids Heath from back-to-back communities when they were demolished as part of slum clearance programmes. Join Jayne for a tour around the estate taking in the sites and heritage of Druids Heath, including one of the highest vantage points in the city. The estate has now come full circle and the community is faced with clearance again. Walkers will be able to take away a postcard pack of photographs and artworks relevant to the tour.
Then we’ll be drawing on the collections of Shelter and the Media Archive for Central England to build a thought-provoking selection of film material on the subject of housing, with a particular focus on the post-war era. A highlight of the programme is Decent Place With Hot and Cold (1970) a half-hour documentary made by then-student Ian Dabbs in back-to-backs on Birmingham’s Hingeston Street. Four years earlier the same street had served as the location for Cathy Come Home, and Dabbs shows it just before demolition.
Please be aware that this event does not take place at the Back to Backs, but in Druids Heath.
Times
Prices
| Ticket type | Ticket category |
|---|---|
| All | £10.00 |
The basics
- Booking details
Call 0344 249 1895
- Suitability
Not suitable for Children
- Meeting point
Meet at the 50 bus terminus at the junction of Bells Lane and Druids Lane. What3words survey.evenly.deaf Ends at The Outpost Arts Centre on Pound Road, B14 5SB
- What to bring and wear
Please wear comfortable and weather-appropriate clothing for the walk.
- Accessibility
90 minute walking tour.
Upcoming events
A Taste of Honey - Flatpack Festival Screening
The film has been selected by photographer Nick Hedges, whose revelatory images of housing conditions in the 1960s and 70s are currently on show at the Birmingham Back to Backs.
Cathy Come Home - Flatpack Festival Screening
A special outdoor screening of this groundbreaking TV drama, shown in the courtyard of the Birmingham Back to Backs.
Birmingham Pride Open Day
Pop into the Back to Backs during Pride Weekend to get a taste of what life was like living in Court 15.
Herb Planter Workshop with Grand Union
No matter how small a space you have, you can grow herbs, whether on balconies, in containers, in backyards, or from your window sill.