Past, Present - and Future!
David Hardy, of Southam Road, is perhaps best known for images that show the future, as he is a leading astronomical and science fiction artist.
However, he also has a great interest in the past, and took a leading role in our recent (abortive) attempt to save Highfield House, being our spokesman for Radio WM, and is also a founder member of the HG Preservation Group.
This has also led him commence a private project: to collect old archive pictures of Hall Green - the landmark places and buildings still standing - and photograph them as they are today, from as close to the original camera position as possible, and including a section on Highfield House. He has now produced a very interesting 42-minute ‘digital slideshow’ on DVD entitled ‘Hall Green: Then & Now’, copies of which are available from Hall Green Library.
The DVD is not being sold commercially, but residents may obtain a copy for a contribution to the extensive costs of production (blank DVDs and cases, ‘burning’ each copy, printing labels, etc.) He can be contacted at 0121 777 1802, and his website is www.astroart.org.
