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This section of Great Barr covers the modern part of Hamstead Road to the Tanhouse Avenue Junction, between the railway and the canal. Tanhouse Avenue is itself covered by the Valley Area and the rest of the Hamstead Road is split between the Vally Area and Green Lane Area.
This part of the site would include Hamstead Colliery(which has its own dedicated site at www.hamsteadminers.co.uk) . It includes the Tanhouse Centre and Hamstead School.
The Durham estate was built in the late 1950s / early 1960s as homes for miners drafted in to work at the Hamstead Colliery from the North East. Some 250 homes were built along West Way. The estate has been council housing since the colliery closed and has faced a number of problems.
Reproduced with permission from the Express and Star. Copies of this "Pictures from the Past" published on February 12th 2004 may be obtained from the Express and Star. Copies are approximately 10x8 ins and can be ordered by phoning 01902 319444
In the 1990s the esate was refurbished and a major review is in progress.
"Five Year plan to revamp estate"
Sandwell Council have proposed the demolition of five blocks of maisonettes which will be replaced with bungalows.
In December 2005 Pepys Court was demolished. 
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