Comments on: Getgood Link: Camp Hill Flyover, Birmingham, 1970

By: Roy Palmer

Roy Palmer — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:06:53 +0000

A friend gave me a part of the flyover tonight.

By: Content idea: publish local photos on your website - Talk About Local

Content idea: publish local photos on your website - Talk About Local — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:20:38 +0000

[...] on how things used to look! When I found the above photo of the long-gone Camphill flyover and published it on Digbeth is Good, people commented with their memories of driving over it. People may have interesting old photos [...]

By: Talk About Local » Getgood Linkage #1: Heritage

Talk About Local » Getgood Linkage #1: Heritage — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:00:38 +0000

[...] really react to a bit of local history on a community website. Look at the comments on this post of a photo of 1970’s Digbeth. People remembered the flyover and reacted with their own personal stories about it. Similarly with [...]

By: Nicky Getgood

Nicky Getgood — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:29:28 +0000

Hmmm…a ‘temporary traffic solution’ that took one weekend to erect. No wonder Jon was scared out of his wits!

By: Brendan

Brendan — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:58:57 +0000

I wonder does anyone have a picture of the King King statue that was relocated next to it?

By: Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:39:27 +0000

I remember that well; and shared Nick’s joy in the view from the top deck, on the way to my grandmother’s every Saturday.

My father used to work opposite the site, and recalls going ho one Friday while some workmen were starting to dig holes in the road. On the following Monday morning, the flyover was complete and in use!

I recall that the flyover was re-erected elsewhere – Southampton or Bristol; maybe it’s still in use?

There’s another picture, here: http://bit.ly/5tgT5C

By: Jon Bounds

Jon Bounds — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:30:35 +0000

It used to scare me to death — we didn’t have much cause to drive through town in those days, but the once or twice I did was petrifying. Bring it back I say.

By: Nick Booth

Nick Booth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:17:14 +0000

I used to love sitting on the top deck at the very front of the bus to go over the flyover. Steep thrills!