A major community heritage project which researched and documented the history around Stratford Road in Birmingham, from the 1940s to the present day

Sampad has announced that around 25,000 Birmingham residents took part in its major community heritage project, My Route, which explored the changing history of Stratford Road, one of the city’s busiest and best-known thoroughfares. Working with local people between Sparkbrook and Hall Green, My Route identified changes in the population, landscape and culture from the 1940s to the present day, with the settlement and migration of new communities along the road. The extensive programme of work was supported by the National…