Birmingham Back to Backs

We visited the Birmingham Back to Backs. These unusual houses are divided down the middle - they were saved by the National Trust when they realised they were the last ones left in Birmingham.

Thousands of houses like these were built, literally back to back, around courtyards, for the rapidly increasing population of Britain's expanding industrial towns. They were inhabited from 1840 to the 1970s.

The tour was fascinating and the story of the site was told through the experiences of the people who lived and worked there. We especially liked the glass eye collection and the traditional sweet shop.

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