The year 1956 was now 70 years ago - and it our photographs from the time show the change. We have been through our archives to see images taken from Birmingham and the West Midlands from that year.

New York Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart and his teammate badly needed this one. They were more than tired of dealing with the agony that built a nine-game losing streak and took out their ...

The world entered 1956 with a full complement of great men: national leaders, statesmen, philosophers, artists and scientists, many of whom, pursuing their legitimate vocations, would be remembered ...